Thanks a lot, Robin, for sharing this. I take it as a very welcome appraisal for a position we have taken again and again, and for which we - especially also those of us on the GNSO Council at certain times, on behalf of the NCUC - have been criticized for "preventing consensus building" etc. Norbert = On Saturday, 20 December 2008 13:49:29 Robin Gross wrote: > The US Govt submitted its comments to ICANN on the introduction of > new gTLDs. > http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/msg00175.html > > And the US Govt agreed with a point NCUC has been making throughout > this entire process. The US suggests ICANN "Focus on coordinating > technical functions related to the management of the DNS and not on > matters more appropriately addressed by governments, such as > adjudication of morality and public order and the community > objections in accordance with international human rights law. The > proposed mechanisms are inappropriate." > > Interesting to say the least. > > Best, > Robin == Phnom Penh/Cambodia PGP key-id 0x0016D0A9 If you want to know what is going on in Cambodia, please visit us regularly - you can find something new every day: http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com (English) http://kanhchoksangkum.wordpress.com (Khmer)