U.N. Conference Slyly Introduces Resolution to Gain Control of Internet—in Middle of Night

Daniel Halper
Weekly Standard
December 13, 2012

In the middle of the night at a U.N. conference in Dubai, the presiding chairman of the International Telecommunication Union conference surveyed the assembled countries to see whether there was interest in having greater involvement in the U.N. governing the Internet. A majority of countries gave their approval.

With a sufficient majority supporting the U.N. becoming more active in controlling the Internet, the chairman put forth a resolution. The chairman, though, insisted the survey “was not a vote.”

The resolution was supported by Cuba, Algeria, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia; the United States opposed it.

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This article was posted: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 12:25 pm

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