[rpd] Anti-Shutdown

[Boubakar Barry]

Thanks. But I wiil be glad if the Chevalier clarifies this himself.

Boubakar


On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:

> I surmise that Chevalier is suggesting that I claim that the the UN would
> not have chosen to discuss the shutdown issue but for the AfriNIC policy
> proposal; I do not in fact make such a claim.
>
> I just thought that people would be interested to see that the discussion
> is happening in the UN; that AccessNow is actively driving the process
> forward; and I independently related the fact that a number of people in
> other fora (most recently the CyCon meeting in Estonia last week) had
> expressed interest in the issue, and been pleasantly surprised to find it
> being brought forward by the AfriNIC discussion.
>
>                                 -Bill
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 9, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Boubakar Barry <boubakarbarry at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm struggling to understand this statement.
> >
> > But I must confess, my English is very limited. Any chance for a clearer
> statement?
> >
> > Boubakar
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Chevalier du Borg <
> virtual.borg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > let us find some ways to claim that UN would be discuss this if Andrew,
> Fiona and Ben had not 'abuse' our sacred PDP!
> >
> > 2017-06-09 21:04 GMT+04:00 Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net>:
> >
> > Apropos this topic, a discussion of the issue (not the AfriNIC proposal,
> but the shutdown issue itself) is scheduled for an upcoming UN meeting:
> >
> >     https://www.accessnow.org/united-nations-event-explore-
> ways-stop-internet-shutdowns/
> >
> > So, putting aside the question of whether AfriNIC policy is the place to
> finally enact a change, I think it’s been incredibly valuable to have the
> conversation, and that having the conversation has drawn favorable
> attention to the fact that Africa has an active Internet governance
> policymaking body.
> >
> >                                 -Bill
>
>
>
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