WSIS: Text on Internet Governance Watered Down
Image source: BBC / AFP
An AP newswire article, via The Washington Post, reports that:
Negotiators seeking to avert a U.S.-EU showdown at this week's U.N. summit on the information society watered down language on the Internet's governance in talks Tuesday.
U.S. officials considered the vague language a signal that world leaders would ultimately agree to leaving the U.S. Commerce Department ultimately in charge of the Internet's addressing system.
"We're waiting until they pass something we can accept," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael Gallagher.
Diplomats are eager to reach agreement before Wednesday's start of the World Summit on the Information Society, which is scheduled to last through Friday.
posted by Fergie @ 11/15/2005 08:07:00 AM
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