Should the UN Replace ICANN?

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo news has a story on how some developing countries want control of the assignment of network names and numbers turned over to an international body, such as the UN's ITU (International Telecommunication Union)."

Comments

Re:The UN?????

[Chirs]

Have you even heard of the ITU?

They manage the radio spectrum, satellite orbits, and distress/safety stuff. The reason why you can make a phone call to China is that telcos around the world generally abide by ITU standards (technically "recommendations"). They do a bunch of other stuff too (R&D, etc.).

If anyone is to be given control over the Internet, the ITU is probably the most appropriate organization.

Re:Can United Nations REALLY stop cyber crime and

[LuSiDe]

What I do know is that none of those 13+ organizations you rattled off has been able to stop genocide in Yugoslavia or Rwanda nor have they been able to prevent the UN from being a money launderer for Saddam.

You never hear the small, positive stories. The media want to see blood. It sells.