Hi Craig,
> Furthermore, ICANN's Articles of Incorporation and BylawsXXXXX GAC.
> were written in such a fashion as to obligate ICANN's Board of
> Directors to "...carry...out its activities in conformity
> with relevant principles of international law and applicable
> international conventions..." as "advised" by ICANN.
could carry out its activities in contravention of relevant principles of
international law and applicable international conventions, but entities
which do so find that they can't do it for long. Maybe your point is that
there *are no* relevant principles of international law or applicable
international conventions, not that they should be contravened.
My point is that no known organizations of any kind have
such provisions and tie-ins in their basic instruments.
These are usually Complex of Law matters
Um, that's conflict of laws. Ahem.
Bill Lovell
that are considered
by the organization's General Counsel in the course of real
cases in controversy. Instead, we have an intergovernmental
body established to make findings and promulgate agreements
on any matter it decides.
By any standards, this is not good jurisprudence or good
organizational practice.
much direct influence over ICANN's decision-making, then I might be with
you, but if the complaint is rather that there is a GAC at all, that nations
have any involvement with Internet governance, then I disagree.
Please indicate to me what about the coordination of names and
number among private networks and computer hosts - formerly effected
by two-part time researchers - portends of such matters of "Internet
governance" that it requires a free-lancing intergovernmental body
of potentially 200 some sovereign States??
There are plenty of other forums for sovereign States - with
considerable attendant checks and balances - to deal with "Internet
governance."
I am yet to hear an explanation of why something as important as the
Internet should operate outside the oversight of public authority. No one
Who is saying this? There is patently lots of "oversight" occurring.
What is there about Internet names and numbers that requires its own
specialized, permanent, free-lancing intergovernmental body? Inquiring
minds want to know.
thing, particularly in infrastructure-based network industries. The GAC
folks (the majority of whom I agree probably don't have a clue) are just
looking out for the public interest, which is, I'd venture to claim,
relevant here.
The question is whose interests are the following clueless looking after?
ArgentinaUndersecretary for International Trade
ArmeniaMinistry of Posts and Telecommunications
AustraliaDepartment of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
AustriaFederal Ministry for Science and Transport
BangladeshBangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board
BelgiumBelgium Institute of Post and Telecommunications Services (IBPT)
BrazilNational Agency for Telecommunications (ANATEL)
CanadaIndustry Canada
ChileUndersecretary for Telecommunications
CyprusMinistry of Communications and Works
Czech RepublicMinistry of Transport and Communications
DenmarkMinistry of Research and Information Technology
FinlandMinistry of Transport and Communications
FranceMinistry of Foreign Affairs
GambiaMinistry of Works, Communications and Information
GermanyFederal Ministry of Economics and Technology
IrelandDepartment of Public Enterprise
ItalyAuthority for IT in the Public Administration (AIPA)
JapanMinistry of Posts and Telecommunications
KoreaMinistry of Information and Communication
LatviaMinistry of Transport
LibyaGeneral Post and Telecommunication Company (GPTC)
MalaysiaMinistry of Science, Technology and the Environment
MexicoTelecommunications Ministry
MoroccoState Secretariat for the Post and Information Technology
NetherlandsMinistry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
New ZealandMinistry of Commerce
NorwayNorwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Telecommunication Authority
PeruMinistry of Transport, Communications, Vivienda y Construcción
SingaporeTelecommunication Authority of Singapore
SloveniaMinistry of Transport and Communications
SpainMinisterio de Fomento
Sri LankaCouncil for Information Technology
SwedenMinistry of Industry, Employment and Communications
SwitzerlandFederal office for communications
TaiwanDirectorate General of Telecommunications
TongaPrime Minister's Office
TuvaluMinistry of Works, Energy & Communication
United KingdomDepartment of Trade and Industry
United States of AmericaDepartment of Commerce
Vatican City StateComputer Department
VietnamDepartment General of Posts and Telecommunications (DGPT)
YemenMinistry of Communications
APT
EUDirectorate-General XIII
ITUGeneral Secretariat
OECDDirectorate for Science, Technology and Industry
SPFSDevelopment and Economic Policy Division
WIPO
--tony
