[AFRI-Discuss] RE : Re: [At-Large] Question
Khaled KOUBAA
khaled.koubaa at gmail.com
Wed Mar 14 13:13:00 EDT 2007
Dear all,
As all of us know that Western Sahara situation is a political issue
that all stakeholders are discussing and debating at the governmental
level within a UN process, and that this geographical entity doesn't
exist in the ISOC 3166-1 list adopted by ICANN, I think it is not the
best place to deal with such issues.
I thank our colleague Aziz Hilali for explaining the situation with tact
and delicacy.
Best.
Khaled KOUBAA
President ISOC Tunisia
Aziz Hilali wrote:
> Dear Vittorio,
>
> As much as we appreciate your keen intent to dispel any
> misrepresentation on our part, we still persit in saying that the
> overall tone and line of argumentation/presentation of your message
> was, to say the least, 'politically' charged *as you never took the
> time to present, albeit briefly, what the other side's view of the
> dispute is.* The impression that the reader is left with is that: a)
> the Western Sahara was 'militarily occupied' by Morocco, and as a
> consequence, b) there is a marginalised group of people whose
> interests, as far as the use of internet is concerned, need to be
> loked after. Clearly, this is not what one may call an unbiased view
> of the issue. Otherwise, why should it be raised in such terms ?
>
> One thing that we would like to stress at this point is that we are
> all striving after the same goal; namely to ensure that ALL end-users
> are treated on EQUAL FOOTING and that no one is being left out.
>
> */Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu>/* a écrit :
>
> hilali Aziz ha scritto:
> > *Dear all,*
> >
> > ***We received a forwarded message written by Vittorio Bertola and
> > forwarded by Nick Ashton Hart on 09- 02 -- 2007, in which we
> learn that
> > the author of this mail would like to see us give our support to a
> > recently formulated application to attribute the **.eh ccTLD** to
> > Western Sahara. *
>
> Actually, I was not asking for "support". What I would like is the
> application to be evaluated as far as possible on a non-political
> basis.
> ICANN has always adopted the approach that if a geographical
> entity is
> in the ISO 3166-1 list, then it deserves a ccTLD as long as
> someone is
> willing to run it; this does not imply any statement on whether that
> entity is or is not a country, or about the legitimacy of its
> political
> situation.
>
> To explain, my summarization of the political issue comes from the
> online neutral source for excellence, Wikipedia, and other
> websites. For
> example:
>
> > *To claim that the Western Sahara is one of the last colonies in
> the
> > world, just like the Cayman islands, is an utter fallacy;
>
> I took this from an United Nations document reported here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_Non-Self-Governing_Territories
>
> However, the point here is not to debate on whether Morocco's or
> Polisario's claims are legitimate, and I am sure that, as I noted,
> there
> are different interpretations of the matter. I just wanted to
> provide a
> quick recap for readers, without making a political statement.
>
> I am happy to hear from the Moroccan side of the dispute, of
> course, and
> I would also be happy to hear from the Polisario side; the "local
> Internet community" includes both. But I would avoid to get us
> involved
> into the political dispute in itself.
> --
> vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <--------
> --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
>
>
>
>
> Aziz Hilali
> Président de Misoc
> Addresse: B.P. 68 04, Madinat Al Irfane, Av. Allal Al Fassi Rabat, Maroc
> Téléphone :+ 212. 61. 40. 15. 15
> Email : hilaliaziz at yahoo.fr
>
> /*Rejoignez l'association pour la promotion de l'Internet au Maroc :
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>
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