http://www.opendemocracy.net/accord_on_internet_governance_0 Comments for "Accord on Internet Governance, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/accord_on_internet_governance_0 Delegates at Summit reached an agreement yesterday that leaves the supervision of domain names unchanged. The accord can be read at: http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/random-bits/2005-November/001305.html The US is pleased with the outcome. The Washington Post reported that "an 11th-hour agreement that leaves the United States with ultimate oversight of the main computers that direct the Internet's flow of information, commerce and dissent." "If you look at the rate of innovation and the rate of growth on the Internet," US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael Gallagher said, "and the need for the DNS mechanism to be fluid and stable and secure and nimble to meet the growth targets and fend off threats, it demands a very technical driver, not a political driver." &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/accord_on_internet_governance_0" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/accord_on_internet_governance_0">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/accord_on_internet_governance_0#comment Governing the Net media &amp; the net Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:06:57 +0000 matthew.rimmer@anu.edu.au 32732 at http://www.opendemocracy.net