<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br><br>apologies for the belated reaction. Just a small clarification.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Jefsey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jefsey@jefsey.com" target="_blank">jefsey@jefsey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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2. On the EU face:<br></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>[...]<br>
<blockquote type="cite">"The European Commission
will work together with the US and with all global stakeholders to
implement the globalisation of the IANA functions in a process that is
accountable and transparent, and in a manner that secures the open
Internet and that will underpin human rights."</blockquote><br>
Nelly for sure has not read the NTIA statement: "NTIA will not
accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an
inter-governmental organization solution". An EC+EU work would mean
a government-led solution.<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The Statement of the European Commission of 15 March which you quoted (available at <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-70_en.htm">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-70_en.htm</a>) clearly says the Commission will work "together with the US <b>and all global stakeholders</b>" (emphasis added). I'm at a loss to understand how you would interpret that as a "EC+EU government-led solution".<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Andrea<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>--<br>I speak only for myself. Sometimes I do not even agree with myself. Keep it in mind.<br>
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