Hi Roberto,
>Nevertheless, I keep the part of my point about ICANN not having any
>obligation to contact individual governments that do not participate in the
>GAC.
However, they may be effectively obliged by the "invites 1" provision,
Res. [COM5/15], Constitution and Convention of the International
Telecommunication Union, Minneapolis, 1998. That provision - which
by virtue of its being part of a treaty instrument signed by about
185 Member States, "invites" those States to "participate in and follow"
the ICANN work. On the other hand, the US Government - which by virtue
of hosting ICANN would be responsible for implementing the provision -
typically does not regard ITU Resolutions as compelling, and in any
case, any obligations to inform individual governments under COM5/15
could be delegated to the ITU.
--tony
