Richard, I think we agree.
"Enhanced cooperation” was, as far as certain EU folk were concerned, about a group of states cooperating independently of the US. In that context the US would of course choose a different interpretation. So of course there was, and perhaps is, scope for inherent disagreement. Gordon > On 26 Dec 2016, at 17:19, Richard Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Gordon > > Thank you for this. As you may recall, I was a member of the WSIS > secretariat when the text in question was negotiated and I was involved in > the discussions. > > As I recall, the term "enhanced coordination" was used as a an euphemism for > "end unilateral US control of Internet governance in general and of ICANN and > IANA in particular". > > However, after the text was agreed, there was disagreement regarding its > intent: as I recall, the USA took the view that the intent was to encourage > more cooperation amongst UN agencies and between those agencies and other > Internet governance bodies such as ICANN. > > But others might have different recollections. > > Best Richard > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile. >
