Tony Rutkowski wrote:
>
> 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.
Thank you for pointing it out, I was not aware of it.
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.
>
... which may give another reason for ICANN using the ITU list.
If there's an obligation to inform, and this task is delegated to the ITU,
it seems reasonable that the contacted people be the one on ITU's list.
Regards
Roberto
