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Click here to download the ALAC Statement on the Geographic Regions Review in PDF format
Comment Period | Important Information Links |
Open Date: | 30 September 2011 |
Close Date: | 19 December 2011 |
Time (UTC): | 23:59 |
Originating Organization: | Community-Wide Geographic Regions Review Working Group |
Purpose: | For the past two years a community-wide working group chartered by the ICANN Board has been working to (1) confirm the history, underlying principles and goals of the current geographic regions framework, (2) analyze how those goals and principles have been applied by the Board, Staff and community and (3) consulted with the community on how those principles and goals can be best maintained in the future. |
Current Status: | The Working Group has reached a consensus on its recommendations, but given the extensive consultative nature of this effort and mindful of the potential implications even small changes to the framework could have on the wider community, the WG decided to make this draft document available to the community for review and comment before the WG formally publishes its Final Report. |
Next Steps: | The Working Group will closely review all comments submitted in this proceeding and will determine whether to modify the recommendations in the Final Report. The Working expects to formally publish its Final Report early next year. At that time the various ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees will be asked to formally comment on the recommendations in the Final Report. |
Staff Contact: | Robert Hoggarth |
Email: |
Copies of the Draft Final Report in all six UN languages can be found at the following links:
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- [العربية|http://www.icann.org/ar/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-ar.pdf] \العربية [PDF, 325 KB
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Wiki Markup [English|http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-en.pdf] \[PDF, 252 KB\]Wiki Markup [Français|http://www.icann.org/fr/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-fr.pdf] \[PDF, 324 KB\]Wiki Markup [Русский|http://www.icann.org/ru/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-ru.pdf] \[PDF, 388 KB\]Wiki Markup [Español|http://www.icann.org/es/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-es.pdf] \[PDF, 390 KB\]Wiki Markup [Appendix A|http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/report-comments-geo-regions-interim-report-30sep11-en.pdf] (EN) \[PDF, 112 KB\]- English [PDF, 252 KB]
- Français [PDF, 324 KB]
- Русский [PDF, 388 KB]
- Español [PDF, 390 KB]
- Appendix A (EN) [PDF, 112 KB]
- Appendix B (EN) [PDF, 81 KB
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Introduction
This text has been taken from the Geographic Regions Review – Draft Final Report Public Comments Page
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Finally, we can conclude that the review will be a positive one if it reinforces the objective for which the geographic regions were implemented in ICANN. It is clear that the proposal of the working group final report doesn’t bring a better diversity, and thus failed in achieving its goal. ALAC thinks that it is of extreme importance that the review of the geographic regions be done for the benefit of a good international representation, taking into account the interest of all parties.
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Draft ALAC Statement on the Geographic Regions Review (Second Draft including comments)
Abstract
This Statement of the ALAC makes the following recommendations:
- Do not follow the recommendation of the ICANN Geographical Regions Review Working Group Final Report to follow the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) model
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- It does not satisfy the request for which the review was initiated;
- It removes countries from their original regions to which they belong, to a different region, far from their lands, with very different language and culture, and a far different level of Internet penetration (Example: Yemen from Asia to Europe).
- The document makes use of the term “mother countries”, a term that can be seen as offensive by some countries and appear to support colonialist ideals.
- By proposing a new geographical region framework along specific lines, in this case, moving to the RIR model, ICANN would be taking full responsibility over Geographical Region Divide. This would open ICANN to taking the responsibility of deciding matters of sovereignty, international law & diplomacy, including taking sides in unresolved conflicts such as the one between Argentina and the United Kingdom about the Islas Malvinas “Falkland Islands” (See Appendix A)
The draft final report says asserts that the current framework has created a large number of anomalies without detailing or even mentioning them. We believe that the proposed framework would create more problems at the representation level, as well as at the political level and will take responsibility for these anomalies. It will not fulfill the main requirement of diversity for which the geographic regions were created in ICANN.
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While relations between Argentina and the UK were restored in 1989, the islands' sovereignty remains aside as a mutual understanding. As a result, comments received from the LACRALO region included the following:.
For the sake of example, and making no judgment as to its pertinence or accuracy, we include an example of a comment, transcribed verbatim, received from a contributor living in the region covered by LACRALO. The level of diplomatic detail is such that other members from the region oppose this, and we hope this illustrates the complexity of a situation which ICANN should not pertain to have an answer to.
Item 50 . “the request should be initiated or supported by the local government of the relevant country or territory.”unmigrated-wiki-markup
_For LAC, natives of the Malvinas natives of the Malvinas (Falklands) islands are Argentine citizens living full indivisible part of the national territory is illegally occupied by an invading power, therefore can’t be applied the principle of self, but to be applied the principle of integrity territorial state. The sixth paragraph of resolution 1514 (XV) of the UN General Assembly, enacted on December 14, 1960, states that "any attempt aimed at partial or total disruption \ [...\] the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. "_unmigrated-wiki-markup
_Then, in resolution 2353 (XXII) of January 8, 1968, the Assembly reaffirmed that "any colonial situation which totally or partially destroyed \ [...\] the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter."_
This will only have two parties to the dispute over sovereignty, Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Argentina believes that Resolution 2065 (XX) urged to resolve the dispute through negotiations, taking into account the "interests" rather than "wishes" of the islanders. Argentina considers that is not recognized right to self when referring to the "interests" of the inhabitants of the Malvinas (Falkland Island) and is recommended to be "taken into account" by the two countries dispute the sovereignty.
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