[rpd] Anti-Shutdown

[Benjamin Eshun]

Hello

Why would a senior RIR principals be interested in promoting anti-shutdown
at UN when colleagues like Vint Cerf are cautioning  such moves [1]?
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Regards,

Benjamin

[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/gaia/t_P4WZgYj3z40moHGCwrYy2TgXA


On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:

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> Apropos this topic, a discussion of the issue (not the AfriNIC proposal,
> but the shutdown issue itself) is scheduled for an upcoming UN meeting:
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>     https://www.accessnow.org/united-nations-event-explore-
> ways-stop-internet-shutdowns/
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> 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.
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>                                 -Bill
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