UN report indicates ICANN retains position in Internet governance

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Update from Kieren over at The Register:

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A sneak preview of the UN’s report into internet governance has revealed that ICANN will retain its position as the 
lead technical body for the Internet. However, the organisation’s dreams of becoming a quasi-governmental body 
overseeing the future of the internet have been dealt a heavy blow.

Chairman of the UN’s Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), Nitin Desai, spoke at ICANN’s bi-annual conference in 
Luxembourg this morning and said that 70 to 80 per cent of Internet governance did not concern ICANN at all.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/icann_conference/

- ferg

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