Domain Registration Related News
US rejects changes to net control
September 2005
The US has rejected calls by European Union (EU) officials to give
control of the net over to a more representative United Nations (UN)
body.
Wrangling over who should essentially be the net police, managing
domain names and net traffic routing fairly, has been going on for
some time.
The matter is supposed to be discussed at November's World Summit on
the Information Society in Tunisia.
But at a pre-Summit meeting this week, the US said it would resist the
plans.
In the meeting, the European Union (EU) backed proposals that control
of the net should be under a more representative body.
"We will not agree to the UN taking over the management of the
internet," said Ambassador David Gross, the US coordinator for
international communications and information policy at the State
Department.
"Some countries want that. We think that's unacceptable."
|