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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>There is a lot of misinformation about ITU, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) and the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs).</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>To start, I would suggest that you visit <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/WCIT-backgroundbriefs.aspx"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/WCIT-backgroundbriefs.aspx</u></font></a> for background information about WCIT
and the ITRs.</div>
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<div>For those of you interested in some of what has been published by the press, you can visit <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit-12"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit-12</u></font></a></div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div><i>Alexander NTOKO</i></div>
<div><i>Chief, Operations and Planning Department</i></div>
<div><i>Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)</i></div>
<div><i>International Telecommunication Union (ITU)</i></div>
<div><i>Place des Nations, CH-1211</i></div>
<div><i>Geneva, Switzerland</i></div>
<div><i>Email: </i><a href="mailto:alexander.ntoko@itu.int"><font color="blue"><i><u>alexander.ntoko@itu.int</u></i></font></a></div>
<div><i>Web: </i><a href="http://www.itu.int"><font color="blue"><i><u>http://www.itu.int</u></i></font></a></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: africann-bounces@afrinic.net [<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>] On Behalf Of SM<br>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 2:01 AM<br>
To: Y Mshana2003; africann@afrinic.net<br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Hi Yassin,</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">At 15:53 08-08-2012, Y Mshana2003 wrote:</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">>That raises a point for Negotiation not a point to Claim through any channels.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">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.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">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?</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Regards,</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">-sm </span></font></div>
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