UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet

kaufmanmoore writes "Hamadoun Toure, the new head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN. In his statement he says that the ITU will instead focus on bridging the digital divide, internet security and standardize broadband communications. When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU."

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Re:As has been said before...

[Ironsides]

Remeber Sudan/Darfur?
Serbiea/Kosovo?
Bosnia?
Tianement Square?
Tibet?
Rwanda?

The Korean War was just about the last time the UN had a backbone.