U.N. telecom not eying Internet control

UN TELECOM NOT EYEING INTERNET CONTROL
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Frank Jordans]
The United Nations will not try to take the lead in determining the future of the Internet, the head of the U.N. telecommunications agency said Friday. Hamadoun Toure, a Malian who was elected director-general of the International Telecommunication Union in November, said the agency would be just one of many organizations involved in shaping the Internet's development. He said the ITU would work with other agencies such as the quasi-independent Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, which manages the day-to-day flow of data across the Internet from its Marina del Rey, Calif., headquarters and oversees key rules that govern how computers communicate. Control over these rules has been a major point of contention between governments, with some developing countries demanding complete independence of ICANN from the U.S. government, perhaps with the U.N.-affiliated body taking control.
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