<incom> U.N. telecom not eying Internet control

[mclauglm at po.muohio.edu]

I do agree that the UN is too weak and don't think that there's any 
satisfactory answer to the question of internet control in the 
present context. But, well, as to Dr. Toure's approach to ICT 
development, Jean-Louis Fullsack shared the following on the WSIS 
plenaryy listserv. I'm guessing that Jean-Louis won't mind if I 
"re-publish" here:

"""

Dear all

  For those of you who still have some illusions on true 
multistakeholder partnership in the ITU lead post-WSIS process, and 
actual CS involvement in this framework, please go to following 
website

<http://www.telecomtv.com/itu/world06/home.asp>http://www.telecomtv.com/itu/world06/home.asp

and scroll down to "Dr Hamadoun Toure, ITU".

  Listen attentively this interview : the answer to your hope/illusion 
is in the "non said"!

  If it is still convinced to be part of decision taking actors, more 
than ever CS has to fight for being present and active in this UN 
agency whose 15 floors are still closed to CS, even under the newly 
elected African SG.

  All the best

Jean-Louis Fullsack

CSDPTT-France  

"""

Best, Lisa

At 12:04 PM -0800 1/13/07, Steve Cisler wrote:
>I think the UN is way too weak, what with the scandals
>and the new SG who's known in Korea as 'the slippery
>eel' for his ability to say little when questioned.
>
>As Bob Kahn mentioned in his talk the other night,
>leaving control with Dept. of Commerce was preferable
>to  ceding to govts/ITU or to (mainly) U.S. telecomms
>firms.
>
>I met Mr. Toure in 2000 at the ITU grand event in Rio.
>I was pleased to know he was upset by the outrageous
>cost of the so-called multipurpurpose community
>telecenter that was built in Timbuktu with ITU, Swiss
>and other money. I thought he had a sensible apporoach
>to ICT development, but it was from a brief encounter.
>
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________________

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