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Analysis of WSIS Outcomes for Internet Governance
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The UN was unable to prevent the U.S. from invading Iraq. Does that mean that the world has legitimized the war in Iraq? No, it just means that the U.S. has the power to do what it wants, regardless of what most other nations think.
Analogously, it seems incorrect to me to say that the world's governments "declined to change ICANN's structures." It would be far more accurate to say that they were unable to change them without US agreement. Since the U.S. would not agree, ICANN remained unchanged. I fail to see how retaining the support of the US - which ICANN already had - signals any change in the level of ICANN's global support.
The world's governments remain intensely critical of U.S. unilateral control over ICANN, and suspicious or jealous of ICANN's power to make public policy. Those concerns are reflected in the WSIS Agenda, in paragraphs 63, and 68-71. As I have written elsewhere, in leaving the status quo in place, WSIS failed to resolve any major controversies.
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