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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">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<b>:
</b></span><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-07-04.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-07-04.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt">This speech addresses some of the misinformation about ITU and the WCIT-12. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">“WCIT</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
Immediately after the WTSA, also in Dubai, we have the World Conference on International Telecommunications, WCIT-12.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
This is the first event of its kind since the conference in Melbourne in 1988 which produced the current International Telecommunication Regulations, the ITRs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
Firstly, as I have said at other recent meetings, WCIT will be the catalyst for the free flow of information.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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And the ITRs cannot contradict that provision.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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And the ITRs cannot contradict that, either.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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WCIT, therefore, will facilitate the free flow of information.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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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?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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So the real issue in front of us is how best to cooperate – to ensure:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The free flow of information;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The continued development of broadband;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Continuing investment in networks, services and applications;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">And perhaps most importantly – in this very fast-moving world – continuing innovation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
I cannot imagine anyone who would disagree that the benefits of ICTs should be brought to all citizens of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
So the question before WCIT is therefore how best can the ITRs be adapted to facilitate the achievement of that goal.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
Ladies and gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
I would also ask Council to agree to the holding of an open consultation regarding the ITRs, accessible to all stakeholders worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
As we know, 1988 set the stage for the information society. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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And I am absolutely convinced that 2012 will set the stage for the knowledge society.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Alexander NTOKO<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chief, Operations and Planning Department<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Place des Nations, CH-1211<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Geneva, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Email: alexander.ntoko@itu.int<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> africann-bounces@afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ntoko, Alexander<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 09, 2012 2:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> africann@afrinic.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There is a lot of misinformation about ITU, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) and the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To start, I would suggest that you visit
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/WCIT-backgroundbriefs.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/WCIT-backgroundbriefs.aspx</a> for background information about WCIT and the ITRs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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">http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit-12</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Alexander NTOKO</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a> [<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; <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITU to control Internet?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi Yassin,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">At 15:53 08-08-2012, Y Mshana2003 wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">>That raises a point for Negotiation not a point to Claim through any channels.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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