<span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Alice<br><br>Very useful and vindication of the process we have started. Thanks!<br><br>Ali Hussein<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank">alice@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear All,<br>
<br>
I could send to you a much longer list of similar articles, blogs and<br>
publications about alleged ITU plans to take control of the Internet. I<br>
could also send to you many which state the contrary. But none of this<br>
will be of any use.<br>
<br>
The last meeting of the Council Working Group (CWG) for WCIT started this<br>
morning 20 June and ends on 22 June. Find attached the speech of ITU<br>
Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, delivered today at the opening<br>
of this last CWG WCIT meeting.<br>
<br>
ITU has 193 Member States. The decision on the content of the revised ITRs<br>
will be made by ITU Membership at the end of this year (3-14 December)<br>
during the WCIT in Dubai.<br>
For those of you who represent your countries in ITU, I would encourage<br>
you to increase the involvement of the citizens of your countries in your<br>
national consultations during this process. I would also hope that your<br>
positions and views regarding ITU and the process to review the ITRs are<br>
based on actual proposals and discussions taking place in the appropriate<br>
ITU forums dealing with this subject and not necessarily on blogs,<br>
publications, speeches and media reports many of which do not accurately<br>
reflect the facts.<br>
<br>
Also, please find attached a WCIT background brief which I hope will be<br>
helpful to have a basic understanding of what the ITRs are and the roles<br>
of sovereign states in the process leading to the review of this Treaty<br>
(the ITRs). Please feel free to share this brief and the speech of ITU<br>
Secretary-General as you consider appropriate.<br>
<br>
For reliable and up-to-date information about ITU, the ITRs and WCIT,<br>
please visit <a href="http://www.itu.int/wcit" target="_blank">www.itu.int/wcit</a><<a href="http://www.itu.int/wcit" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/wcit</a>><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Alexander NTOKO<br>
ITU Representative (Observer) to the GAC<br>
Chief, Operations and Planning Department<br>
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)<br>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<br>
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