U.N. to control use of Internet?

[Stretch]

THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
U.N. to control use of Internet?
Developing countries want global body to govern cyberspace

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Posted: February 22, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Leaders of a U.N. Internet panel yesterday said they hope to set up a global system where cyberspace would be under the control of the United Nations.

The committee, which was set up in December 2003, is laying the groundwork for the U.N.-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society where a final decision on the control of the Net will be determined, stated a Reuters report. The summit will take place in Tunis in November.

The panel is considering such problems as cyber-crime and e-mail spam.

ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, currently is the most recognizable Internet governing body, but developing countries want a U.N. agency, such as the International Telecommunication Union, to have control over domain names and other issues.

"There is an issue that is out there and that needs to be resolved," Nitin Desai, chairman of the panel and special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, told Reuters.

Incorporated in 1998, ICANN oversees management of the Internet's addressing system, which matches numerical addresses to website addresses. Critics claim ICANN is subject to U.S. political influence.

According to the report, developing countries see the International Telecommunication Union, a 138-year-old trade body that among other things established country code rules for international telephone calls, as better able to deal with Internet governance.

At the first World Summit on the Information Society in 2003, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called for international rules to govern the Net.

"The information society offers new opportunities, but like all new technological revolutions it also brings uncertainty," Raffarin said. "It calls on us to establish international rules, which citizens can rely on."

At the time, China was leading efforts to globalize Internet control. Beijing allows its own citizens online access, but only with government surveillance. China was joined in its efforts by representatives of Syria, Egypt, Vietnam and South Africa.

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[no1important]

I would think that would be a very difficult thing to do.

 

[Stretch]

not if you're quietly taking over all the ISPs

 

[Girl82]

Geez, it's always about control eh. If it's not religion it's government.

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: U.N. to control use o

The UN isn't really a government though. I'd rather have them in charge of the internet than have a single country in charge of it. They may be able to force change in places like China, where access is limited.

Most of all, it's doubtful that content beyond what is already illegal (kiddy porn, hacking etc) would be made so. If it's just an agency to coordinate enforcement of existing laws, that's fine. If they can use it to help oppressed people get access to information, all the better. If they are going to try to limit content they will fail.

 

[no1important]

The governments of the world may like the idea but how would they get all the ISP's to co-operate?

I know the governments know more than we think and maybe it would not be too hard so maybe your right.

I know it pisses that waste of my tax paying dollar CRTC off that they can not regulate or control the net.

 

[Girl82]

If the U.N couldn't stop Bush from invading Iraq how do you suppose they are going to regulate the internet?

 

[Stretch]

The Rev. said >>The UN isn't really a government though<<

nah mate, it isn't, it's the "new" world police force!

The united nations "PLATFORM" is the complete and total disarmament of the planet!

Just ask the Australians.........

On Sunday April 28th, 1996, at the tourist site of Port Arthur in Tasmania, 35 people were killed and more wounded by a rampaging gunman, in what has become known as the Port Arthur massacre.

NOTE THE DATES!!!

In December 1987, after a specially called Premier’s meeting in Hobart, the New South Wales Labour Premier, Mr. Barry Unsworth stated, "There will never be uniform gun laws in Australia until there is a massacre in Tasmania." This quote is extremely prophetic, as it was only after the Tasmanian massacre in April, 1996 that the Federal government forced the States into adopting laws prepared by bureaucrats from within the Federal Attorney General’s office.
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~noelmcd/portarth/timeline.htm




http://home.overflow.net.au/~nedwood/portarthur.html

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~noelmcd/portarth.htm

 

[Stretch]

Martin Bryant, an intellectually impaired registered invalid with no training in the use of high powered assault weapons, could not under any circumstances have achieved or maintained the incredibly high and consistent killed-to-injured ratio and kill-rate which were bench marks of the Port Arthur massacre.

 

[Jay]

Will groups like Hezbollah and Hamas have to worry?

I think it will become political.

 

[Tom McNall]

How can they enforce laws online when they can do nothing in real life?

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: U.N. to control use o

They can do things in real life, Tom. There have been several arrests for child porn lately. Those are on-line crimes. That kind of thing I support.

There's nothing wrong with the UN treaty on small arms, Stretch. There are provisions for weapons for hunting and sports. The idea is to get AK-47s out of the hands of 10 year old boys who have been forced to become soldiers.

Nobody can regulate the internet, Girl82. That's my point. If they try, they will fail. An agency that police forces can cooperate through is a good thing though. So is an agency that can force countires that restrict internet access to smarten up.

 

[Stretch]

its a sort of problem-reaction-solution thing........ya create the problem......
(a massacre in Tasmania, a school shooting or 3, a couple of towers collapsing, WMD, nuslear power...the list goes on....)

reaction......"OH MY! something must be done to stop these horrible "terrorists"....

solution....the pre planned disarming of Australia,

the preplanned attack on Afganistan

the preplanned pre-emptive strike on Irag

the list goes on....ya no whose allowing the child porn on the net????
problem reaction solution........

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: U.N. to control use o

You can buy an AK-47 with a chicken in many parts of Africa, Stretch.

 

[Stretch]

what does that mean? that their governments haven't gone mad........

 

[Vanni Fucci]

Re: RE: U.N. to control use of Internet?

its a sort of problem-reaction-solution thing........ya create the problem......
(a massacre in Tasmania, a school shooting or 3, a couple of towers collapsing, WMD, nuslear power...the list goes on....)

reaction......"OH MY! something must be done to stop these horrible "terrorists"....

solution....the pre planned disarming of Australia,

the preplanned attack on Afganistan

the preplanned pre-emptive strike on Irag

the list goes on....ya no whose allowing the child porn on the net????
problem reaction solution........

The Hegelian Principle...a favourite tactic of the NWO...which the UN just may be the poster child for...

 

[Stretch]

if the guy with the rifle wasnt starving then he may have been a bit more hesitant in selling it...and obviously the guy who bought it felt the need to protect himself......perhaps he stole the chicken.....lol

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: U.N. to control use o

It means children being forced to kill children.

I don't know what the gun laws are in Austrailia beyond what you've linked to on this site, Stretch. I don't even doubt that the Aussie government may have used the UN agreement on small arms as an excuse. That doesn't change the fact that the UN agreement does not limit personal ownership of small arms for legitimate purposes.

The same would be true of any UN agreement on the internet.

 

[Stretch]

well some "malcontent" in a university let fly with a hand gun killed a couple and injured a few more
result? pretty much put an end to pistol clubs etc you couldnt own a hand gun in australia unless you were a member of a club

funny thing is....they were told this was going to happen......

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: U.N. to control use o

That's the Aussie government though, not the UN.