[Chapter-delegates] NYTimes: Regulating the Internet in a Multifaceted World

[Veni Markovski]

I wish I could be so optimistic as Constance is, but I am afraid there's 
much more work to be done, in order to be considered "on an equal 
footing", if ever.
But there are other paragraphs in that article, which should worry ISOC 
chapter members:

Yet the multistakeholder approach is not enshrined in any law or treaty, 
and it is not universally liked. The governments of Russia and some 
developing countries, which are not members of the O.E.C.D., have 
expressed dissatisfaction with it. They would like to see the 
International Telecommunication Union, a U.N. agency, exercise greater 
oversight.

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Hamadoun Touré, 
secretary general of the I.T.U., this month in Geneva, where he said 
that “Russia was determined to contribute to the work of the union and 
to strengthen the collaboration with the organization,” according to an 
I.T.U. news release.

The official Russian government Web site carries a more detailed 
description of the discussions, saying Mr. Putin told Mr. Touré: “We are 
thankful to you for the ideas that you have proposed for discussion. One 
of them is establishing international control over the Internet using 
the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the International 
Telecommunication Union.”


I picked this difference two weeks ago, tweeted about it, and shared it 
with people at ISOC and ICANN, as to me the difference in the press 
releases from Russia and from the ITU is striking. It is the ITU which 
wants "increased control and oversight over the Internet governance".

Worth watching what will happen next.

veni


On 6/26/2011 21:12, Joly MacFie wrote:
>
> http://j.mp/myyl7o  (New York Times)
>
>     Constance Bommelaer, director of public policy at the Internet
>     Society, a group that campaigns against restrictions on the
>     Internet, said her organization had been invited to participate in
>     the drafting of a communiqué to be issued at the O.E.C.D. meeting.
>     At the G-8 meeting, by contrast, the communiqué had been drafted
>     in advance by government representatives.
>
>     “This time, we will participate on an equal footing with business
>     and government, which is very encouraging,” she said.
>
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