Category: ICANN

Governance, ICANN, IGF, International, Internet, ITR, ITU, WCIT

European Parliament against fundamental changes to the #ITRs – 22 November 2012 – (WCIT-2012)

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The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 22 Nov 2012 calling upon the European Council and the Commission to ensure

that any changes to the International Telecommunication Regulations help to advance “the internet as a truly public place, where human rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly freedom of expression and assembly, are respected and the observance of free market principles, net neutrality and entrepreneurship are ensured.”

 

The EP regrets “the lack of transparency and inclusiveness surrounding the negotiations for WCIT-12”, rejects that ITU or any other single entity should have a regulatory authority over Internet governance or traffic flows, and “believes that internet governance and related regulatory issues should continue to be defined at a comprehensive and multi-stakeholder level.”

 

Make sure you read the full text of the resolution.

 

See on www.europarl.europa.eu

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Governance, ICANN, IGF, International, Internet, ITR, ITU, WCIT

ITU should ‘leave Net regulation to stakeholders’ – The Nation

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“ITU should ‘leave Net regulation to stakeholders’ The Nation The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) should focus on telephony as its core task and not expand its scope to regulate the Internet…David Gross”

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Governance, ICANN, IGF, International, Internet, ITR, ITU, WCIT

Interview: US Ambassador David Gross explains UN ‘takeover’ of the Internet | Digital Trends

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Digital Trends talks with former U.S. Ambassador David A. Gross about the international proposals to give member states of the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations’ agency, more regulatory power over the global Internet.

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Governance, ICANN, IGF, International, Internet, ITR, ITU, WCIT

The United Nations and the Internet: It’s Complicated – By Rebecca MacKinnon

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“An open letter signed by a broad coalition of civil society groups from all over the world has demanded that the December meeting in Dubai be opened to civil society participation, development of a formal public consultation process, and the public release of all policy documents.”

See on www.foreignpolicy.com

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Governance, ICANN, IGF, International, Internet, ITR, ITU, WCIT

Why is the UN Trying to Take over the Internet? – Forbes

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“The “sending-party-network-pays” proposal, in the end, is an archetypal example of what FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell recently called the “please regulate my rival” approach to policy change.”

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Governance, HumanRights, ICANN, ICT4D, IGF, InfoSoc, International, Internet

IGF 2012 Online Registration has started

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 The Seventh Annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The proposed main theme for the meeting is:

‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’.

Online registration for the IGF 2012 meeting is now open. It will close on October 15 and the onsite registration will open on Friday 2nd November at the Baku Expo Centre.

To register for the Internet Governance Forum 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, please use the Online Registration Form at: https://comanche.vervehosting.com/~wgig/igf/registrationb/threeb.php

via Baku registration form.

Also see the IGF Website for the preparatory process: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-process/927-igf-2012

And check out the host country Website: http://igf2012.com/

 

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Governance, ICANN, International, Internet

ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé opening speech at ICANN Prague – 25 June 2012

Fadi Chehade Opening speech, ICANN 44, Prague, 25 June 2012

After years of learning about ICANN through accounts from others, I drove to Prague for ICANN 44, the first meeting at which Fadi Chehadé introduces himself as the organization’s incoming CEO.

I came on my own account, with no particular brief, no institutional hat, just curiosity about an organization that had always seemed to me to operate in a world of its own. I wanted to finally see the organization up close.

Rod Beckstrom has just delivered his farewell address to mixed reviews, as has been the pattern throughout his three-year tenure. The community is ready for a change. Chehadé’s opening speech is worth preserving in full.  (more…)

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