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Nations squabble over internet management
October 2005
Delegates at a meeting in Geneva on Monday failed to reach an
agreement on who should control the internet's addressing system. The
meeting, which is being held in preparation of the World Summit on the
Information Society in Tunis next month, degenerated into a farce when
delegates argued over the right of the US to control the internet's
addressing system.
Countries of the world lined up either for or against the US retaining
control over the management of the net, which is currently the
responsibility of ICANN under the authority of the US Department of
Commerce. Standing firmly against the US is the European Union, which
is joined by countries such as Russia, Iran and China.
For its part, the EU is supporting countries like Iran, which said
that it was concerned that the US could effectively cut it off from
the internet if it chose to at any time. The EU has called for
internet governance to be handed over to the UN's International
Telecommunications Union.
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