The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG), a 29-member private group chaired by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, issued its new report on the upcoming transition of Internet control following a closed, two-day meeting in Ottowa, Canada, on November 26. Following its off-the-record meeting, the organization issued a communiqué stating, “The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) supports the transition of the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) stewardship role for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the global multi-stakeholder community.” According to the GCIG communiqué, “The Commission endorses the NTIA conditions which are: Support and enhance the multi-stakeholder model; Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet Domain Name System; Meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; [and] Maintain the openness of the Internet.” The Global Commission further explained its position on the upcoming transfer of Internet authority in a 14-page paper entitled, “Legal Mechanisms for Governing the Transition of Key Domain Name Functions to the Global Multi-stakeholder Community.” The Register, a British newspaper, criticized the GCIG report for being “bland,” “painfully out of date,” “far behind current discussions,” and “mildly embarrassing.” Nevertheless, the commission’s report will undoubtedly serve to push the process of “internationalizing” control over the Internet further in the direction of a UN-controlled model. As we reported earlier this year, the high-powered GCIG was appointed by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the British globalist group more commonly known as Chatham House (see here and here). The commission membership includes such establishment one-worlders and prominent members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence, author of The Next Convergence; and Professor Joseph Nye, former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and current North American chairman of the Trilateral Commission. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is also a GCIG member. (...)
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:08:41 +0000