GAC Communique Brussels Intersessional

[Andrew A. Adams]

> Thanks for forwarding that;
> 
> Two lines that stick out for me:
> 
> > Given that there appear to be a number of issues where the Board and the GAC still
> > need to agree a common approach
> 
> ...
> 
> > While fully respecting the Board's right not to accept GAC advice, the GAC is
> > obliged to ensure that existing rights, the rule of law and the security and protection of
> > citizens, consumers and businesses, and the principle of national sovereignty for
> > governments are all maintained within the new environment, as well as respect for
> > legitimate interests and sensitivities regarding terms with national, cultural,
> > geographic and religious significance. The GAC is committed to taking whatever time
> > is required to achieving these essential public policy objectives.

And as soon as all the members of GAC can achieve complete consensus on all 
these issues and agree and implement treaties, I'm sure that ICANN will 
happily comply with such new international laws. Until that time, the 
bottom-up stakeholder approach ICANN's system supposedly embraces provides 
the only sensible way forward for balancing the needs of the entire connected 
(and potentially connected) world.

-- 
Professor Andrew A Adams                      aaa at meiji.ac.jp
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/