ICANN meeting and security concerns

[Dave Kissoondoyal]

Dear Robin,

 

I disagree with the statement: “If ICANN wants to be a truly international
governance institution, it cannot be afraid of AFRICA.  Time for ICANN to
grow-up and go into Africa with or without the entourage of elite Western
businessmen”

 

The above statement gives the impression that AFRICA is a place that one is
afraid of. 

Please note that there are many countries/nations in Africa and the majority
of them are democratic, where many religions cohabite in peace and harmony.

It is sad that people take the exceptions from AFRICA and generalise that
all are the same.

 

Best regards

 

Dave Kissoondoyal

 

 

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From: Non-Commercial User Constituency
[mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Robin Gross
Sent: 22 January 2010 21:18
To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN meeting and security concerns

 

ICANN would send a terrible message to the world if it cancelled this
meeting in Nairobi.   Now is when the world is looking to ICANN to be more
international and to open-up its processes away from only the small handful
of privileged Western businessmen that have traditionally managed the org.

 

I hope ICANN will not perpetuate these overblown fears about Nairobi and
insult much of the world by canceling the mtg. because certain ($$) people
have been frightened by the media into staying home.

 

If ICANN wants to be a truly international governance institution, it cannot
be afraid of Africa.  Time for ICANN to grow-up and go into Africa with or
without the entourage of elite Western businessmen.

 

My 2 cents,

Robin

 

 

On Jan 22, 2010, at 3:54 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:





Right now São Paulo is under a wave of protests in the poor communities

(which is more than 70% of that city of 11 million) against local public

policies. This is motivated by the poor record of the local and state

government in handling sanitation, flood prevention and urban

development. Some communities are under water and sewage for more than

40 days now. As expected, the local police reacts with the usual

stupidity and violence breaks up. But the big media is aligned with the

state government, and nearly no news of these protests circulates,

except in the many alternative blogs.

 

Since what happened in Nairobi involves a "fashionable" religious

conflict, big media blew it out of proportion, it seems.

 

--c.a.

 

McTim wrote:

Bill,

 

I haven't cross posted to ALAC or any other list, but want to give NCUC

members a first hand perspective.

 

Nairobi is no less safe now than when ICANN decided to hold its March 2010

meeting here.  Last weeks violence happened because police banned a

demonstration from happening after Friday prayers.  The Jamaican cleric was

deported last night.  It was a very, very small scale skirmish. I've been in

far worse riots in Washington D.C.

 

It would be an over reaction IMHO to cancel or move the March meeting from

Nairobi at this point.   Kenyan and other African stakeholders who are

looking forward to the meeting would be very annoyed indeed, and with good

reason.

 

 

-- 

 

Carlos A. Afonso

CGI.br (www.cgi.br)

Nupef (www.nupef.org.br)

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