[icann-eu] European Parliament resolution on Internet government

[Vittorio Bertola <vb@vitaminic.net>]

http://158.169.51.11/eif/InternetPoliciesSite/InternetGovernance/EPResolution15March2001.html

Very interesting. Among other things, the very first point of the resolution
is:

[The EU Parliament] 
>2.  Emphasises the need for all five geographical areas covered by ICANN to be represented by democratically elected representatives on the organisation's Board of Directors;

Please note "democratically elected" :-)
And also:

>7.  Points to the need to define the management structure of ICANN, an essential issue in order to guarantee the best possible results for its work; calls for the budgetary and financing arrangements for ICANN to be defined clearly and transparently to facilitate annual monitoring and guarantee its future viability, irrespective of the fact that ICANN is managed privately; considers that there should also be a transparent membership process when the corporation is being formed;

On another side, the Parliament invites the national Parliaments to
coordinate their legislative efforts, but also not to "interfere":

>insists that neither the Commission, nor the US Government, nor other governments should interfere in the organisation and management of the Internet, but they should give it sufficient independence and a legal basis at international level, so that it may be an independent network;

This is very important for us in Italy, where the government was about to
"takeover" by law most of the management of ccTLD registrations and other
policy issues.
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Vittorio Bertola     <vb@vitaminic.net>    Ph. +39 011 23381220
Vitaminic [The Music Evolution] - Vice President for Technology