Internet Governance Forum

United Nations Fail?

[tangor]

The first preparatory meeting for the 2011 Internet Governance Forum has ended with a significant degree of uncertainty thanks to ongoing bureaucratic delays.

Over two days, representatives from business, government, civil society, and the technical community met in Geneva in order to decide the path forward for the sixth annual meeting of the Forum, dedicated to discussing global governance issues for the internet and due to be held in Nairobi toward the end of the year.

Later in article:

While many would be tempted to write off the destabilising delays as typical United Nations bureaucracy (and a good reason why the organisation should not be given a central role in governing the Internet), the widespread suspicion is that they are deliberate.

[theregister.co.uk...]
Considering the UN track record on things international, should we be worried?

[wyweb]

Considering the UN track record on things international, should we be worried?

Well, there's worried and there's worried. I'm neither on this issue. I've read the article twice and what stands out the most is that, in spite of what's claimed, the UN actually does have a history of stonewalling issues. It's what bureaucratic systems do.

I'm fairly happy with the internet the way it is right now. The idea of government, any government, becoming involved.. well, that's actually what worries me.

[frontpage]

The UN is a joke. Libya was elected chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, despite opposition from the United States.