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Good points, all. Just an additional point: the
US didn't need to join the WGIG: the US had the
ICC/CCBI as its representative. I'm not being
facetious. Pay attention to the US State Dept.
web site among other things.
Regards,
Lisa
At 2:51 AM +0200 7/28/05, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
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>Good points, Rainer and Wolfgang. The special position of the US in many
>regards (WIPO, UNESCO, IG) is an interesting phenomenon and needs more
>discussion.
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>Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
>>And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict between G
>>20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and PrepCom3++
>>without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for Tunis are:
> > a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
>>b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
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>The difference is: In UNESCO and WIPO, this all is taking place within the
>UN context and in order to change the policy of a UN organization (which
>indirectly would change policy of member states). ICANN is different, as
>there the US can just stand still and do nothing. They do not even need
>veto power, as the other governments have no real decision-making power.
>Therefore, if we want the US to leave WIPO and/or UNESCO, we are weakening
>multilateral structures. We will then not be able to ask for a more
>internationalized (W)ICANN. The US will never
>join it. They never even joined the WGIG.
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>What is still not really clear to me: What is the position of the EU or
>Japan to these issues? And does it count?
>
>Ralf
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