RE: [soac-mapo] charter and mission

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

Andrei
Your concept simply doesn't work in a global network. Given ANY government 
(whose authority is confined to one national jurisdiction) the right to stop 
ICANN (which controls the _global_ namespace) from adding a TLD is to 
illegitimately and unlawfully extend that government's authority far beyond its 
proper bonds. To put it more directly, the Russian govt may have the power to 
censor the press and media in Russia, but it does not have any legitimate right 
to censor my speech in Syracuse, or in Germany or in Malaysia. 

The idea of a single-state unilateral veto is not only a terrible idea on 
legal, moral and policy grounds, it was specifically rejected by the GAC. 

> -----Original Message-----
> I'm for the simple procedure of blocking ANYTHING
> by giving the power to the individual GAC members
> to object any TLD string. Then you blame country
> he\she represents, not the ICANN.
> It works very simple. If country is not in
> GAC, it still have power to block it locally.
> If country is presented - then its publically visible
> and can be loudly aired.
> 
> The function of MAPO objections cannot be in the
> hands (panel) of individuals, internet gurus, religious
> leaders, superheroes, space travelers, etc. It is
> a function of governments (hopefully) representing
> a population of certain territory and nation.
> Half of the population in this world live outside
> of the tradition of "public panels" made of "experts"
> even if its "wide".
> 
> --andrei
>