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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by rrreese on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @11:00AM (#4132131)
I think that as the US is a permanent member of the security council it can veto this if it wants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council...
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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by leonlee on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @11:05AM (#4132167)
I'm afraid not. ITU belongs to UNDG, which itself is a sub-group of ECOSOC, and the veto policies of SC don't carry over to ECOSOC.
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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by adventureful on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @11:18AM (#4132249)
I sincerely like the fact that someone on here can answer with something like that. I had no clue and it would have taken a lot more time to look that up than read it (and off the cuff it sounded plausible re: the security council). And if I want to pursue it, I can start from what you said and check that.
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