Domain Registration Related News
India to seek dilution of US role in Net
governance
February 2005
INDIA will push for dilution of control of
US-supported Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) over global Internet
governance. It will also suggest setting up an
inter-government organisation to co-ordinate
issues related to Internet and IP-based services
at the UN-sponsored Working Group on Internet
Governance meeting to be held in Geneva between
February 14 and 16.
Currently, most Internet related activities such
as domain name registration and Internet address
registrationare primarily controlled by ICANN, a
private organisation working under an MoU with the
US Government.
"India, among the developing countries, is not at
ease with the limited influence of governments in
ICANN. ICANN's incorporation in the US implicitly
means it will always be subject to the US law. It
is believed that this shall introduce an
asymmetric role of the US Government vis--vis
other governments," according to a position paper
by the Department of Telecom for the working
group.
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