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So, Why not the ITU?
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Very simple. The US Government has no interest in giving the ITU any say in the Internet.
Just imagine the reaction of the US Congress or Dubya should the Dept. of Commerce give the ITU any significant say in ICANN...
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I am not so sure of this. There are two developments over the past 4 years that lead me to believe that, for reasons of national security, the U.S.Government feels its interests are maintained as this relates to ICANN:
1) DoC has formally testified that it will retain control of the "A" root server indefinitely.
2) ICANN is entrenched as a U.S. based entity formally recognized under U.S. jurisdiction.
Other than these two considerations, I am not sure that much else about ICANN hits the radar screen of the U.S. Congress. Now that these 2 parameters indeed exist, would the U.S. Government stand in the way of ITU involvement should ICANN request its assistance in defining an internationally agreed restatement and description of the boundaries for ICANN’s policy making mission? Given the parameters that exist today, I am not so sure. A formal response by ICANN to the ITU offer (made on behalf of over 180 countries) is called for and would likely address the very legitimate point you are raising.
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