ITU head wants to avoid creation of any new Internet superstructure

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
Date: January 14, 2007 1:05:24 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: ITU head wants to avoid creation of any new Internet  
superstructure

Hi Dave- the new ITU head says the ITU is going to focus on security  
and narrowing the digital divide, and that  ICANN and other key  
players should keep doing what they are doing.
"Fri Jan 12, 1:04 PM ET
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Internet should continue to be overseen by  
major agencies including ICANN and the ITU, rather than any new  
"superstructure," the new head of the International  
Telecommunications Union said on Friday.

Hamadoun Toure, who took up the reins of the
United Nations agency this month, said the ITU would focus on  
tackling cyber-security and in narrowing the "digital divide" between  
rich and poor countries.

"We all must work together, each agency has its role to play. We must  
come to a better cooperation ... and avoid setting up a  
superstructure which would be very controversial and very difficult  
to put into effect," Toure told a news conference."
The rest of the article is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070112/wr_nm/internet_un_itu_dc_1


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