[ncdnhc-discuss] Role of ITU and ICANNh
James Love
james.love at cptech.org
Wed Apr 24 18:40:18 CEST 2002
For years the ITU has been held out as a bad alternative to ICANN.
However, in this latest proposal, the ITU has offered to have some limited
engagement. In looking specifically at the proposal of the ITU working
with ICANN on a boundary statement, I think this would be useful. Suppose
for example that ITU wasn't a perfect organization to do the current ICANN
functions, but ITU didn't want ICANN to grow beyond its current mission.
Suppose that we also don't want ICANN to grow beyond its current mission.
Then maybe on this one point, it would be useful to work with the ITU on an
ICANN boundary statement.
I don't have strong feelings on this, and would be willing to have it
explained why this would be a bad thing. In terms of why it might be a
good thing, consider the following:
1. ITU has strong public sector involvement.
2. ITU says it has a process to allow NGOs to participate without paying
fees. Below is a list of 24 NGOs where ITU waived fees.
3. ITU claims it is changing.
4. If NGOs participate in ITU, they would probably have a postitive impact,
as has happened with WTO in recent years.
5. Gives ICANN a bit of competition, and gives people a place to complain
if ICANN doesn't listen.
6. Doesn't give ITU any authority of its own.
7. ICANN's own non-profit charter and mission statements are not very
limiting, or don't have much permanent effect, as a two third vote of the
ICANN board can do just about anything it wants. An external charter is a
bound to be a more meaningful limit than any international boundary set by
the ICANN board.
Jamie
Regional and internat.
(CV231)
- 1 - 4/24/2002
V. Regional and other international organizations (CV231)
Acronym Name
AHCIET Association Hispano-Américaine des Centres
de Recherche et d'études des
télécommunications (AHCIET) - Hispano-
American Association of
Telecommunications Research and Study
Centres - Asociación Hispanoamericana de
Centros de Investigación y Estudios de
Telecomunicaciones (AHCIET), Genève,
Suisse
ASETA Association of Andean Community
Telecommunications Enterprises -
Asociación de Empresas de
Telecomunicaciones de la Comunidad
Andina, Quito, Equateur
CE / EC Communautés européennes (CE) - European
Communities (EC) - Comunidades Europeas
(CE), Bruxelles, Belgique
CEI / IEC Commission électrotechnique internationale
(CEI) - International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) - Comisión
Electrotécnica Internacional (CEI),
Genève, Suisse
CICR / ICRC Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
(CICR) - International Committee of the
Red-Cross - Comité Internacional de la
Cruz Roja, Genève, Suisse
CIGRE Conférence internationale des grands
réseaux électriques à haute tension
(CIGRE) - International Conference on
Large High Tension Electric Systems -
Conferencia Internacional de las Grandes
Redes Eléctricas de Alta Tensión, Paris,
France
CIRM Comité international radio-maritime (CIRM)
- International Maritime Radio
Association - Comité internacional
Radiomarítimo, Londres, UK
CIT / ITC Congrès international de télétrafic (CIT)
- International Teletraffic Congress
(ITC) - Congreso Internacional de
Teletráfico (ITC), Stuttgart, Allemagne
EBU / UER Union européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER)
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU) -
Unión Europea de Radio-Televisión (UER),
Genève, Suisse
ECTA European Competitive Telecommunications
Association
ETNO European Public Telecommunications Network
Operators'Association (ETNO), Buxelles,
Belgique
EURELECTRIC Union of the Electricity Industry,
Bruxelles, Belgium
GCC Conseil de coopération du Golfe pour les
pays arabes - Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) for Arab Countries - Consejo de
Cooperación del Golfo para los Estados
Arabes, Manama, Barhain
IATA Association du transport aérien
international - International Air
Transport Association (IATA) -
Asociación de Transporte Aéreo
Internacional, Montreal, Canada
IFIP Fédération internationale pour le
traitement de l'information -
International Federation for Information
Processing (IFIP) - Federación
Internacional de Tramitación de
Información, Laxenburg, Autriche
INTUG International Telecommunications Users
Group, Brussels, Belgique
ISO Organisation internationale de
normalisation - International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) -
Organización Internacional de
Unificación de Normas, Genève, Suisse
ISOC Internet Society (ISOC), Reston, Virginia,
USA
OTI Organisation de la télévision ibéro-
américaine - Ibero-American Television
Organization - Organización de la
Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), Mexico,
Mexique
PTC Pacific Telecommunications Council,
Honolulu, USA
SITA Société internationale de
télécommunications aéronautiques (SITA)
- International Society for Aeronautical
Telecommunications - Sociedad
Internacional de Telecomunicaciones
Aeronáuticas, Paris La Défense, France
UIC Union internationale des chemins de fer
(UIC) - International Union of Railways
- Unión Internacional de Ferrocarriles,
Paris, France
URSI Union radio-scientifique internationale
(URSI) - International Union of Radio
Science - Unión Radiocientífica
Internacional, Gent, Belgique
URTNA Union des radiodiffusions et télévisions
nationales d'Afrique (URTNA) - Union of
National Radio and Television
Organizations of Africa - Unión de las
Radiodifusiones y Televisiones
Nacionales de Africa, Dakar, Sénégal
TOTAL: 24
*) Organization exempt from contribution to the expenses, under Council
Resolution No. 925
VI. Regional telecommunications organizations (CV260)
Acronym Name Unit/N
otes
APT / Télécommunauté Asie-Pacifique (TAP) - Asia-Pacific *)
TAP Telecommunity (APT) -Telecomunidad Asia-Pacífico
(TAP), Bangkok, Thaïlande
ATU / UAT Union africaine des télécommunications - African *)
Telecommunication Union - Unión African de
Telecomuncaciones, Nairobi, Kenya
CEPT Conférence européenne des Administrations des Postes *)
et Télécommunications (CEPT) - European Conference
of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations -
Conferencia Europea de Administraciones de Correos
y Telecomunciaciones, Oslo, Norvège
CITEL Conférence interaméricaine de télécommunications - *)
Inter-american Telecommunications Conference -
Conferencia Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones
(CITEL), Washington, USA
COMTELCA Commission technique régionale des télécommunications *)
-Regional Technical Committee for
Telecommunications - Comisión Técnica Regional de
Telecomunicaciones (COMTELCA), Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
COPTAC Conférence des Postes et Télécoms de l'Afrique *)
Centrale
Change name as of 1.1.98 ?? Formerly CAPTAC
(Conférence des Administrations des Postes et
Télécommunications de l'Afrique Centrale (CAPTAC) -
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administrations of Central Africa - Conferencia de
Administraciones de Correos y Telecomunicaciones de
Africa Central), Kinshasa, Rép. Dém. du Congo
CTU Union des télécommunications des Caraïbes - Caribbean *)
Telecommunication Union (CTU) - Unión de
Telecomunicaciones del Caribe, Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
ETSI Institut européen des normes de télécommunication - *)
European Telecommunication Standard Institute
(ETSI) - Sophia Antipolis, France
LAS / LEA Ligue des Etats arabes - League of Arab States (LAS) *)
- Liga de Estados Arabes, Caire, Egypte
RCC Communauté régionale des communications (RCC) - *)
Regional Commonwealth in the field of
Communications (RCC) - Comunidad Regional de
Comunicaciones (RCC), Moscow, Russie
TOTAL: 10
*) Organization exempt from contribution to the expenses, under
Council Resolution No. 925
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