Sorry top break the discussion thread on the Kenya IGF. But could not help sharing this with you, particularly considering that Kenya has expressed interest in hosting the 2011 UN-IGF. very best alice -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels... Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:01:16 +0200 From: Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette@apc.org> Reply-To: governance@lists.cpsr.org,Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette@apc.org> Organization: Association for Progressive Communications To: governance@lists.cpsr.org, "Carlos A. Afonso" <ca@cafonso.ca> References: <9A36AD43-07B6-43B6-B348-6B5E8CCE9F7B@ipjustice.org> <AANLkTikUmS1d3DoLM6Q3L4NXzpolgKQYeGaWl5Zhsno-@mail.gmail.com> <D96FE7A3-C573-465D-B831-5435D137C5B9@ipjustice.org> <75822E125BCB994F8446858C4B19F0D705AC3E73BB@SUEX07-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> <9D151813-00C1-46CE-9CFA-DBCF466AE29E@IPJUSTICE.ORG> <4C150EFE.3020704@cafonso.ca> <75822E125BCB994F8446858C4B19F0D705AC3E73EE@SUEX07-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu> <4C232E42.6010708@cafonso.ca> <4C232FC4.7090502@seltzer.com> <AANLkTinPESZIDdepCYUq-khrQaLF4D-ehcPLh-TXaoqb@mail.gmail.com> <4C30B533.60503@cafonso.ca> Dear c.a. Yes.. good question. Let's hope that we don't have the same paranoia emerge again when the IGF is being hosted in Kenya. Anriette On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 13:22 -0300, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:

Dear people,

When ICANN proposed to hold their meeting in Nairobi, there came an avalanche of reports and fears -- above all, a statement from the US government warning all of us not to go due to serious security concerns.

The ones who went (I was there) found a wonderful people, a nice country, we learned a lot visiting museums and other places -- above all, we were at least as safe as in our home towns.

Now, in Brussels, one of us had its bag forcefully stolen at the central train station. Nothing of this sort happened in Kenya. Our NCUC friend Marcelo Fernandes Costa had about Eu5,000 in equipment and money stolen in the capital of Europe. When he approached a policeman to report the robbery, the Belgian shook his shoulders as if saying "nothing new...".

Why didn't the US government and other "mandarins of worldwide security" warn us about the serious risks we run when in civilized Europe???

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