Re: [Internetgovtech] US Government response to the European Commission statement

[Russ Housley <[e-mail]>]

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=4453

I find this document very interesting, especially page 5.

Russ


On Feb 12, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Gordon Lennox wrote:

> Yes. 
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe-wants-less-us-power-over-internet/2014/02/12/7e231bde-9409-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html
> 
> A good piece.
> 
> But I would suggest caution about taking certain phrases at their common reading. What do other people really mean by internationalisation or globalisation?  
> 
> Before and elsewhere a lot of people presumed there was agreement about "enhanced cooperation". But this was also a standard piece of EU jargon which referred to a group of member states, nation states, getting together to achieve certain goals.
> 
> http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/glossary/enhanced_cooperation_en.htm
> 
> But as both the US and ETNO are doing, it is part of the game to try and impose your preferred interpretation early!
> 
> Gordon
> 
> 
> On 12 Feb, 2014, at 21:27, Russ Housley <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> FYI..
>> 
>>> Statement of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling on the European Commission statement on Internet governance:
>>>  
>>> The U.S. government welcomes the strong and continued commitment of the European Commission to the multistakeholder model of Internet governance.  We will work with the Commission and other Internet stakeholders to make multistakeholder governance more inclusive, especially to support the engagement of countries in the developing world.  We have long encouraged the further globalization of ICANN as reflected in our work the last five years to improve the accountability and transparency of ICANN to all nations and stakeholders.
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