Hey John,
> No, we might not be able to "fully justified" monopoly of US due to
multi-stakeholders participation.
> But ICANN is still very much "controlled" by US and that, the mechanism to
allow civil societies participation in ICANN could
> still have a lot of rooms to improve.
I am glad to hear that some people are still optimistic about this.:-)
Then, maybe you can even consider being a member of NCUC of ICANN/GNSO
Even though you missed a chance to participate in the upcoming election of
the NCUC, it is not too late for you to be a member of NCUC where you
can have your voices in the ICANN policy decision making process.
For more information about Non-Commercial Users Constituency
http://www.gnso.icann.org/non-commercial/
As of today, NCUC has 30 organizations as electorates when they are supposed
to elect their representatives on behalf of non-commercial users
constituency.
I hope you can make differences!
Cheers,
YJ
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> sacha and chun, i always appreciate your writings.
> They are very educational for me.
>
> and greetings to YJPark.
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: YJ Park [mailto:yjpark@myepark.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:04 PM
> To: communication@wsisasia.org
> Subject: [communication 935] Re: Fight never ends for a free press
>
>
> Thank you for sharing factual stories!
>
> > I appreciate your efforts to share your information with others in this
> > communication list. But I feel some problems in some articles you are
> > introducing.
> >
> > I hope you to talk with Supinya regarding NWICO (new world information
and
> > communication order) because she knows correctly what that is. It was
> > never such a thing to lincense all journalists. Rather, such a critic
was
> > given by the U.S. conservertive press group. In fact, NWICO dispute has
an
> > aspect of struggle between developing countries and Big Power and their
> > so-called mainstream presses. The U.S didn't allow the critic to global
> > information and communcation order, where they had been dominating and
> > colonizing people's mind in the world. That is why they withdrew from
> > UNESCO. Now the surrender of UNESCO came from their financial
> > difficulties. Due to lack of the U.S. funding, UNESCO suffered very hard
> > times for last twenty years. So, finally, they chose to compromise.
>
> If you read "Hope & Folly" written by William Preston, the full story
> is there.
>
> > Surprisingly, even in WSIS, still those U.S conservative press group
> > affects civil society contents very badly, You should know the notion of
> > communication rights have been aggressively offended in media caucus of
> > civil society and finally disappeard. Those negative actors in Media
> > Caucus was American conservative press group.
> >
> > On the one hand, particularly concerned with internet governance, the
> > description that dictator's coalition is pushing for governmental
control
> > over internet related things is right. Then, on the other hand, the
> > current conflict surrounding internet governance has something to do
with
> > fighting aginst the U.S. monopoly dominating power over internet. Of
> > course, intergovernmental approach and preference of ITU has very
negative
> > implication as well because it virtually and completely exclude the
> > participation of civil society and other stakeholders in decision making
> > process. However, the present U.S. monopoly mechanism could not be
fully
> > justified because it allows multistakeholder's participation.
>
> I endorse this observation and support that US monopoly mechanism cannot
> be fully justified because it allows multistakeholder's partcipation.
>
> > Due to these reasons, the viewpoint of Bangkok Post seems to be very one
> > -dimensional. The current conflict in WSIS cannot be simplified as the
> > conflict for freedom of press. Rather, in my view, the bad guy who is
> > trying to break up WSIS seems to be the U.S. Up to last 2nd PrepCom, the
> > U.S. has ignored the significance of WSIS. Their contribution or
> > intervention had been very limited. But since last intersessional
meeting,
> > and remarkably in last PrepCom III, the U.S. positively mobilized their
> > bloc to make documents their languages. In a sense, the breakdown of
WSIS
> > is what the U.S. and a few Big Powers really have wanted. Here, civil
> > society group is facing this dillema.
>
> Since I was not in the PrepCom III, I cannot say what happened exactly
> but this story is not unfamiliar at all.
>
> Regards,
> YJ
>
> > regards,
> >
> > Chun
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Sacha Jotisalikorn wrote:
> >
> > > The Bangkok Post
> > > 7 October 2003
> > >
> > > Editorial
> > > Fight never ends for a free press
> > >
> > > Last week was almost normal to those who specialise in trying to
secure
> > > freedom of speech and the press. Iranian militiamen seized 14,000
> > > satellite dishes because citizens might use them to obtain news. The
> > > Chinese editor of a biography of US senator Hillary Clinton not only
> > > admitted censoring the Chinese translation but bragged of it. The
> > > United States rejoined Unesco, after bureaucrats in the United Nations
> > > cultural agency ended their 20-year-old battle for a ``new information
> > > order'' to license all journalists. And a loose coalition of
> > > dictatorships attempted to subvert the World Summit on the Information
> > > Society in December by putting all internet facilities under
government
> > > control.
> > >
> > > WSIS was originally framed to discuss the digital divide around the
> > > world. In general, rich people have reaped the benefits of the
internet
> > > and other information technology projects, sometimes to the detriment
> > > of the poor. Similarly, both governments and citizens of poorer
> > > countries have seen fewer IT benefits. Sometimes they have seen none
at
> > > all. Sometimes, they have actually fallen back from their relative
> > > positions, compared with neighbours or richer countries.
> > >
> > > This subject alone has more than enough facets to keep world leaders
> > > arguing and proposing solutions to problems for three days. But that
> > > will not satisfy oppressive governments, meddling dictatorships and
> > > censorious regimes. Advance talks to the Dec 10-12 summit in Geneva
> > > reveal a dangerous, hidden agenda.
> > >
> > > Authoritarians seek to have the sponsoring International
> > > Telecommunication Union authorise government control of, and meddling
> > > into, freedom to access the internet and all information technology.
> > > Yoshio Utsumi, the Union secretary-general, is an expert on
information
> > > technology and has deep knowledge of the digital divide. The Union
> > > itself was formed as a non-political group which sets world standards
> > > for technology so, for example, a fax machine made in Thailand will
> > > communicate with one made in Latin America.
> > >
> > > Certain governments, including several important and influential ones,
> > > are seeking to use the Union and its ambitious World Summit on the
> > > Information Society to legitimise their own censorious ways. Last
week,
> > > the Union found it could not organise a statement of principles for
the
> > > summit because of disputes. China and similar governments seek to
sneak
> > > in statements and paragraphs that would seem to make the UN approve of
> > > censorship and withholding information. Other governments and a group
> > > of non-government organisations called the civil society disagree.
> > >
> > > This is not an issue that can be bartered. First Lady Laura Bush
> > > announced the United States was rejoining Unesco as a ``full, active
> > > and enthusiastic participant'' after a 19 year absence. The US,
Britain
> > > and Singapore quit the group in protest at its New World Information
> > > Order. Now, with Unesco back on track pressing cultural and
educational
> > > exchanges, there is a new attempt to use UN offices for censorship,
via
> > > the International Telecommunication Union.
> > >
> > > Thailand has been blindsided by the tricky and underhanded attempts to
> > > subvert the WSIS. The Thai team to the two preparatory meetings in
> > > Geneva has pressed ahead with such issues as better access to
> > > information by the handicapped, more sources of aid to poorer nations
> > > to establish internet connectivity, and help to spread use of
> > > high-speed internet lines to and from the country. The attempt to
> > > subvert WSIS in favour of censorship has made it necessary to hold
> > > another unscheduled preparatory meeting. Thailand must join attempts
to
> > > kill off attempts to write pro-censorship clauses into the final
summit
> > > statement. Such subversion will widen the digital divide. Advances in
> > > information technology requires a free flow of ideas.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Chun Eung Hwi
> > General Secretary, PeaceNet | phone: (+82) 2-2166-2205
> > Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81 | pcs: (+82) 019-259-2667
> > Seoul, 158-600, Korea | eMail: chun@peacenet.or.kr
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