Sunday, November 20, 2005
We, the representatives of the peoples of the world . . .
Tunis Commitment
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has posted two documents that have come out of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) The first is the Tunis Commitment and the second is the Tunis Agenda for an "equitable information society." Just what is an "equitable information society"? And who is responsible for creating information equality?
The representatives of world governments assembled in Tunis have come to some conclusions on how to begin the process of addressing the global imbalance in information and communications technology (ICT). The U.S. is not supporting this effort in "world government" which is coming out of the United Nations. While the U.S. supports the goal of global equality, the Bush administration disagrees with the means: international governance of the internet and information infrastructure.
The consensus in Tunis is that control over the internet should not be dominated by the U.S or Europe but should be moved to some form of international bureaucracy under the aegis of the United Nations. Developing nations think that this shift in power over the net is a first step towards bridging the digital divide and internationalizing the digital revolution.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has posted two documents that have come out of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) The first is the Tunis Commitment and the second is the Tunis Agenda for an "equitable information society." Just what is an "equitable information society"? And who is responsible for creating information equality?
The representatives of world governments assembled in Tunis have come to some conclusions on how to begin the process of addressing the global imbalance in information and communications technology (ICT). The U.S. is not supporting this effort in "world government" which is coming out of the United Nations. While the U.S. supports the goal of global equality, the Bush administration disagrees with the means: international governance of the internet and information infrastructure.
The consensus in Tunis is that control over the internet should not be dominated by the U.S or Europe but should be moved to some form of international bureaucracy under the aegis of the United Nations. Developing nations think that this shift in power over the net is a first step towards bridging the digital divide and internationalizing the digital revolution.
