USG keeps control on DNS

16 November 2005  |  Published in ICANN, Internet, WSIS/IGF

According to this report by Kieren Mc Carthy, the US government will keep its oversight on the DNS root zone. Apparently, the EU has received a strong message from the US Department of State which frightened some member states. As a result, they surrended to the US proposal.

At WSIS last night,  the minimal agreement reached says that a Internet governance Forum will be established within 5 years. This forum will not have any oversight function. ICANN will fundamentally remain how it is today, ie under contract with the US Department of Commerce.

There may be some changes within the Government Advisory Committee of ICANN, but nothing fundamental.

The question now is if all this UN/ITU/Unesco circus was necessary to come up with such a small conclusion. They could as well have used the money  to fund the summit and its parrallel meetings to effectively address the digital divide.

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