Salut Pierre, While i agree with the issues highlighted by Bob, we should also take cognisance of the fact that the UN-IGF provides a platform for all stakeholders concerned with management of the Internet eco-system to air their views on governance of the Internet on equal footing. It is important that we scrutinize the word 'equal' footing since the eco-system is made up of governmnet, civil society, private sector and academia, as such the UN-IGF is not a decision making body, the respective constituencies convert the discourse into Policy actions. With regard to the relationship between the US and ICANN i suppose the issue needs to be handled with sobriety, in my view it is akin to a child aquiring the family house from his parents and asking them to vacate due to 'new' and emerging interests, whereas it is the correct thing to do, how it is done determines its success. I am sure a lot has gone on this regard with formation of the GAC within ICANN cycles and since i am not an authority i will leave it to someone in GAC to respond. My two network cables On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou@gmail.com> wrote:
FYI,
An argument in favor of having an "impartial" mechanism for handling global internet governance:
http://thecitizen.co.tz/editorial-analysis/-/16527-internet-governance-the-n...
Rgds Pierre
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