nettime ICANN or UN? (Declan)

2003-12-12 Thread geert lovink
This posting of Politech Declan seems to representative of the U.S. libertarains and academics' postion towards WSIS--at least I have not yet heard other voices. This position seems to mix up national governments with UN, as if they are one and the same. But even more remarkable is their defense

RE: nettime ICANN or UN? (Declan)

2003-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Of the thousands of delegates and unaccredited participants in Geneva, I don't think many have the interest or much understanding of the complexities about ICANN or broader issues of Internet governance. That's one reason why there was not more discussion about alternatives to ICANN. All that