<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello<br><br>Why would a senior RIR principals be interested in promoting anti-shutdown at UN when colleagues like Vint Cerf are cautioning such moves [1]?<br>,<br>Regards,<br><br></div>Benjamin<br><div><br>[1] <a href="https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/gaia/t_P4WZgYj3z40moHGCwrYy2TgXA">https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/gaia/t_P4WZgYj3z40moHGCwrYy2TgXA</a><br><div><br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Bill Woodcock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" target="_blank">woody@pch.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Apropos this topic, a discussion of the issue (not the AfriNIC proposal, but the shutdown issue itself) is scheduled for an upcoming UN meeting:<br>
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<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/united-nations-event-explore-ways-stop-internet-shutdowns/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/<wbr>united-nations-event-explore-<wbr>ways-stop-internet-shutdowns/</a><br>
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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.<br>
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