Re: [soac-mapo] Third "draft recommendation" (individual government objections)

[Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dearest Milton,

In the post below, are you restricting the freedom of expression of
governments ? I'm deeply surprised ;-)

Jokes aside, Chuck is right : nobody is suggesting what you are assuming.

I am sad to have to repeat that again and again : this procedure is not
about giving a veto right to any single public authority. I thought this was
already cleared. This discussion is primarily about procedures guaranteeing
fair hearing (even to governments) who may have respectable concerns that
actually are their moral and constitutional responsibility towards their
citizens.

Besides, as this is indeed a global critical infrastructure (the root is a
global common resource), may I remind you that the famous definition of
Internet governance includes the words : "with the full participation of
governments, the private sector, civil society and international
organizations" (and I even voluntarily omit the terms "in their respective
roles").

You cannot really mean that governments have NO legitimacy to have even
their voice heard in the process we are trying to establish ?

I understand your anxiety but please can we assume that people here are
trying in good faith to find a solution acceptable for all (even you) and
are not pushing some hidden and mischevious agenda ? Let's not get
distracted.

Best as usual

Bertrand



On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  As should be clear from my previous comment, I completely disagree.
>
> Individual governments do not have any legitimate authority over the
> expression a _*global*_ infrastructure. If they don’t like a particular
> TLD they can take action against it within the boundaries of their local
> jurisdiction. They have no right to claim a globalized blocking power. If
> they want such a globalized power, they have to use lawful processes (which
> does not include GAC resolutions or this WG, neither of which have been
> empowered by any international law
>
>
>
> *From:* owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Gomes, Chuck
>
>  It seems to me that Bertrand’s suggestions are helpful.  Does anyone
> disagree?  I do have one question though: what is meant by ‘introduction
> process’?  Is that the ‘Initial Evaluation Process’ or something different?
> We should use a term that is used in AGv4.
>
>
>
> Chuck
>



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