A joint letter by Greenpeace International and the International Trade...
A joint letter by Greenpeace International and the International Trade Union Confederation on the World Conference on International Telecommunications is “misleading, inaccurate and grounded in conjecture,” said Paul Conneally, head of ITU’s communications division, in a blog post (http://bit.ly/UssiwU). The…
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letter, sent to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, said the two organizations “believe the Internet ... is at risk from an attempt by some governments to impose solely governmental control over this extraordinarily valuable global resource, which has until now benefitted from a unique system of multi-stakeholder direction.” The organizations also complained about a perceived lack of transparency, and that the conference will be held “behind closed doors” with only government officials “fully party” to the talks. The ITU has members from the private sector, Conneally said. The preliminary list of participants includes representatives of the private sector and civil society, he said. The list isn’t public. “There are no limitations whatsoever on the composition or size of delegations,” Conneally said. “Governments are encouraged to include both private sector and civil society representatives on their national delegations,” he said. The ITU secretary general met with the trade union and invited UNI Global Union, a group that represents trade unions, he said. The union “is the voice of 20 million service sector workers,” including the telecom industry, its website said.