[AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?

Fri Aug 10 09:52:14 SAST 2012

Thank you for this information! I will carefully read them to have a 
deep understanding of what is going on.
Regards

Le 09/08/2012 14:19, Ntoko, Alexander a écrit :
>
> Dear All,
>
> As a follow-up to my previous posting on this topic,  please find 
> below an extract of the speech (in quotes and between the dotted 
> lines)  delivered by ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré at 
> the opening of the 2012 Session of ITU Council in July. The entire 
> speech can be found online at*: 
> *http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-07-04.aspx
>
> This speech addresses some of the misinformation about ITU and the 
> WCIT-12.
>
> *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
>
> */"WCIT/*//
>
> /
> Immediately after the WTSA, also in Dubai, we have the World 
> Conference on International Telecommunications, WCIT-12./
>
> /
> This is the first event of its kind since the conference in Melbourne 
> in 1988 which produced the current International Telecommunication 
> Regulations, the ITRs./
>
> /
> As you will know, the Council Working Group on WCIT has led the 
> preparatory process for this landmark conference, and has just 
> concluded its last meeting, here in Geneva./
>
> /
> I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight on a 
> number of important issues which have found their way into various 
> realms of the public domain over the past few months. /
>
> /
> I am grateful for the public awareness surrounding these issues as it 
> has given me an opportunity to clarify the plain facts and the 
> potential benefits we can hope to achieve through the WCIT event./
>
> /
> Firstly, as I have said at other recent meetings, WCIT will be the 
> catalyst for the free flow of information./
>
> /
> As you know, in Article 33 of the ITU's Constitution, Member States 
> recognize the right of the public to correspond by means of the 
> international service of public correspondence./
>
> /
> And the ITRs cannot contradict that provision./
>
> /
> It is true nonetheless that most countries have measures in place to 
> protect copyright owners, for example, and to prevent defamation. Such 
> measures are of course permitted by Article 34 of the ITU's Constitution./
>
> /
> And the ITRs cannot contradict that, either./
>
> /
> WCIT, therefore, will facilitate the free flow of information./
>
> /
> There have also been a number of accounts stating that there is some 
> sort of barrier, conflict or even war between telecommunications and 
> the Internet./
>
> /
> In the converged world of the 21st century, this is plainly 
> ridiculous. Who today can tell me the difference, in terms of traffic 
> passing across networks, between voice, video, and data?/
>
> /
> So the real issue in front of us is how best to cooperate -- to ensure:/
>
> */The free flow of information;/
>
> */The continued development of broadband;/
>
> */Continuing investment in networks, services and applications;/
>
> */And perhaps most importantly -- in this very fast-moving world -- 
> continuing innovation./
>
> /
> I cannot imagine anyone who would disagree that the benefits of ICTs 
> should be brought to all citizens of the world./
>
> /
> And indeed the Council Working Group on WCIT concluded on this same 
> positive note, with all our members' agreement that we all want to see 
> the further development of telecommunications./
>
> /
> So the question before WCIT is therefore how best can the ITRs be 
> adapted to facilitate the achievement of that goal./
>
> /
> Ladies and gentlemen,/
>
> /
> It has come as a surprise -- and I have to say a great disappointment 
> -- to see that some of those who have had access to WCIT proposals 
> have chosen to publicly mis-state or distort them in public forums and 
> to journalists; sometimes to the point of caricature./
>
> /These distortions and mis-statements could be found plausible by 
> credulous members of the public, and could even be used to influence 
> national parliaments, given that the documents themselves are not 
> officially available -- in spite of recent developments, including the 
> leaking of Document TD 64./
>
> /
> I can confirm that a group of civil society organizations has written 
> to me to request public access to the proposals under discussion, and 
> I would therefore ask Council to consider granting open access to 
> these documents, and in particular future versions of TD 64./
>
> /
> I would also ask Council to agree to the holding of an open 
> consultation regarding the ITRs, accessible to all stakeholders 
> worldwide./
>
> /
> Most of us were not involved in the preparations for the 1988 
> conference in Melbourne. But the historical record shows that many of 
> the fears, concerns, and criticisms surrounding WCIT also appeared in 
> 1988./
>
> /
> As we know, those fears and concerns were unwarranted: the 1988 
> Melbourne conference created the framework that enabled the 
> spectacular growth of telecommunications -- including the Internet -- 
> over the past 24 years./
>
> /
> As we know, 1988 set the stage for the information society. /
>
> /
> And I am absolutely convinced that 2012 will set the stage for the 
> knowledge society."/
>
> /--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/
>
> /Alexander NTOKO/
>
> /Chief, Operations and Planning Department/
>
> /Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)/
>
> /International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/
>
> /Place des Nations, CH-1211/
>
> /Geneva, Switzerland/
>
> /Email: alexander.ntoko at itu.int/
>
> *From:*africann-bounces at afrinic.net 
> [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] *On Behalf Of *Ntoko, Alexander
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 09, 2012 2:18 PM
> *To:* africann at afrinic.net
> *Subject:* RE: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?
>
> Dear All,
>
> There is a lot of misinformation about ITU, the World Conference on 
> International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) and the International 
> Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs).
>
> Some of this misinformation is due to ignorance on the part of the 
> authors of these articles while others are simply due to hidden 
> agendas of the authors.
>
> Whatever the case, it is important to have some basic information 
> about ITU, WCIT and the ITRs so that you know what to expect at WCIT 
> in Dubai in December 2012.
>
> To start, I would suggest that you visit 
> http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/WCIT-backgroundbriefs.aspx for 
> background information about WCIT and the ITRs.
>
> For those of you interested in some of what has been published by the 
> press, you can visit http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit-12
>
> Regards,
>
> /Alexander NTOKO/
>
> /Chief, Operations and Planning Department/
>
> /Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)/
>
> /International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/
>
> /Place des Nations, CH-1211/
>
> /Geneva, Switzerland/
>
> /Email: //alexander.ntoko at itu.int/ <mailto:alexander.ntoko at itu.int>
>
> /Web: //http://www.itu.int/
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] On Behalf Of SM
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 2:01 AM
> To: Y Mshana2003; africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?
>
> Hi Yassin,
>
> At 15:53 08-08-2012, Y Mshana2003 wrote:
>
> >That raises a point for Negotiation not a point to Claim through any channels.
>
> The "ITU to control the Internet" is far from clear.  I don't 
> understand what the negotiation is about as I could not find any 
> explanation about what is being controlled.
>
> Is it something to do with what web sites users can go to? Is that 
> what the ITU wants to control?  How does the ITU propose to control that?
>
> Regards,
>
> -sm
>
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