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WSIS Report - ccTLD Problems Linger

Ronda Hauben (ronda@panix.com)
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:53:26 UTC

I recently returned from the WSIS meeting in Tunis and found it a
very interesting experience.

The ICANN problem, however, remains unsolved.

My article in OhmyNews discusses some of the problem outstanding with
the ccTLD's and ICANN.

"WSIS Proves a Summit of Unsolved Solutions"

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=260786&rel_no=1

excerpt:

"A criticism of ICANN is that it focuses on commercialization issues,
rather than internationalization issues. Instead of extending ccTLDs
to include other alphabets like Chinese, ICANN focuses on the
interests of the trademark holder community."

"It was clear from the Tunis Summit that the frustration expressed by
governments around the world that was not addressed, will continue to
impact Internet governance developments in various ways."

Best wishes,

Ronda

ronda.netizen@gmail.com
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/

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