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International Telecommunications and Economic Law

United States Rejects International Telecommunications Union Conference Outcome, Fearing Interference with Internet Freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 444 - 447
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Eric Pfanner, Integrity of Internet Is Crux of Global Conference, N.Y. Times, Nov. 28, 2012, at B2.

2 International Telecommunication Union, World Conference on International Telecommunications(WCIT-12) (undated), at http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx.

3 For an overview and analysis of the conference, see David P. Fidler, Internet Governance and International Law: The Controversy Concerning Revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations, ASIL Insights (Feb. 7, 2013), at http://www.asil.org/insights130207.cfm.

4 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 106 AJIL 843, 883 (2012)Google Scholar.

5 Editorial, Global Internet Diplomacy, N.Y. Times, Dec. 13, 2012, at A26; Fidler, supra note 3.

6 Eris Pfanner, Drafters of Communications Treaty Are Split on Issue of Internet Governance, N.Y. Times, Dec. 7, 2012, at B5.

7 The Final Acts of the World Conference on International Telecommunications are available online on the ITU’s website, http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Documents/final-acts-wcit-12.pdf [hereinafter Final Acts].

8 Article 1.1 (abis) provides: “These Regulations also contain provisions applicable to those operating agencies, authorized or recognized by a Member State, to establish, operate and engage in international telecommunications services to the public, hereinafter referred to as ‘authorized operating agencies.’ “

9 The conference chair was Mohamed Nassarr al-Ghanim, head of the Telecommunications Regulation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, the host country.

10 Final Acts, supra note 7, at 20.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 Eric Pfanner, Citing Internet Impasse, the U.S. Rejects a Treaty, N.Y. Times, Dec. 14, 2012, at B1; Ellen Nakashima, U.S. Refuses to Back Telecommunications Treaty, Wash. Post, Dec. 14, 2012, at A2.

14 A list of the signatories of the Final Acts is available online at http://www.itu.int/osg/wcit-12/highlights/signatories.html.

15 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release, World Conference on International Telecommunications—Remarks by Ambassador Terry Kramer, U.S. Head of Delegation (Dec. 13, 2012), at http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rm/2012/202040.htm.