Re: [ga] Haiti, the Internet and ICANN
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-7" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">the .IQ thread is two years old, the domain has been re-delegated to the iraqi government back in august 2005 IIRC.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a> wrote, On 6/30/2007 7:24 PM:<br> </p> <blockquote cite="mid63655.216.154.18.52.1183220671.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">As a nation state, Haiti has bigger and more pressing issues to address than whether or not they will be included in internet governance; problems like child slavery for instance... there are roughly as many child slaves as there are internet users in Haiti i.e. roughly 6% of the Haitian population (of just over 8 million) or some 500,000 souls all told. In fact, rather than being seen as a supporter of such an abominable institution as child slavery by including delegations from the current Haitian administration (and actually paying for their trip!), ICANN should suspend activities relating to Haiti's participation in ICANN until said country cleans up its act! To suppose that a country that sanctions and perpetuates the institution of child slavery is a valuable member of the internet community is ridiculously hypocritical, especially when you consider the reason the .IQ ccTLD has been put "on ice". [see: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forums.hostmysite.com/post-16288.html";>http://forums.hostmysite.com/post-16288.html</a>] Last time I checked, child slavery was an internationally condemned practice and illegal in the United States... Why doesn't ICANN suspend .ht instead of rewarding an administration that has one of the worst human rights records on the planet? Sotiris </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> Attachment:
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