<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Esam's views should not be a point of
contention but of discussion and I concur with Pierre's suggestions that
a collective opinion should come from the existing African institutions
dealing with Internet Governance, including the African Union Commission
and ECA. In this context, there is need to organize a meeting in
Addis Ababa in July or September taking into account the positions which
were put forward by Africa during the WSIS process. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This meeting should result in an African
proposal on the future of ICANN in particular and Internet Governance in
general.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best regards.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Makane Faye<br>
United Nations<br>
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)<br>
P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<br>
Ext. 33563<br>
Tel: +251 11 5514534<br>
Fax: +251 11 5514416 / 0512 / 5829<br>
Email: mfaye@uneca.org</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: africann-bounces@afrinic.net</font>
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<br><font size=3>It seems to me Esam was speaking for himself; and to my
knowledge, the AU has no plan for safeguarding Africa against the so called'privatization'..</font>
<br><font size=3> </font>
<br><font size=3>But I suspect the Af* (AfriNIC, AfNOG, AfrISPA, AfISOC,
AfTLD, and AFREN) should be forwarding their collective opinion with regards
to the ending of the JPA..</font>
<br><font size=3>Best</font>
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<br><font size=3>Pierre Dandjinou</font>
<br><font size=3>Board member, Afrinic<br>
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<br><font size=3>On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, McTim <</font><a href=mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com><font size=3 color=blue><u>dogwallah@gmail.com</u></font></a><font size=3>>
wrote:</font>
<br><font size=3>Hi,</font>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM, SM <</font><a href=mailto:sm@resistor.net><font size=3 color=blue><u>sm@resistor.net</u></font></a><font size=3>>
wrote:<br>
> At 07:08 29-05-2009, Abulkhirat Esam wrote a PDF file.<br>
><br>
> I was astonished to see a statement from the African Union Commission
saying<br>
> that Africa is not ready yet.<br>
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<br><font size=3>I was as well, perhaps he speaks only for himself? That's
what I<br>
reckoned anyway.</font>
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Does the reference to ICANN privatization and<br>
> liberalization refer to the call by an European Commissioner for ICANN
to<br>
> operate transparently and with accountability so that judicial review
could<br>
> be conducted via an international tribunal that would replace the
courts in<br>
> California as far as who has jurisdiction over the organization?<br>
</font>
<br><font size=3>probably not, it's all to do with the end of the current
Joint project<br>
Agreement between the US and ICANN, ending in September, and what<br>
comes after that.</font>
<br><font size=3><br>
><br>
> "Africans shouldn't find themselves in a situation where
ICANN is fully<br>
> liberalized or privatized, without a proper planning that will
ensure<br>
> equal and balance participation of all countries and ensure
that those<br>
> plans do not undermine the stable and effective oversight of
the internet<br>
> DNS system. Otherwise this will only lead to inventing a new
domination<br>
> system by the developed countries over ICANN, disguised by
the name of<br>
> international management structure of ICANN even with safeguarding
ICANN<br>
> against capture key area identified by the PSC."<br>
><br>
> Does the African Union Commission have a plan to ensure that Africans
should<br>
> not find themselves in that situation?<br>
</font>
<br><font size=3>hahahahahaha</font>
<br><font size=3><br>
><br>
> According to the Vice President of Corporate Affairs, ICANN (<br>
> </font><a href="http://www.icann.org/presentations/levins-to-tpi-08may09-en.pdf" target=_blank><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://www.icann.org/presentations/levins-to-tpi-08may09-en.pdf</u></font></a><font size=3>
), the<br>
> organization is already private and private sector led.<br>
><br>
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<br><font size=3>private as in private, non profit (NGO).</font><font size=3 color=#888888><br>
<br>
--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel</font>
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