From the article: "A petition to de-fund the U.N.'s telecom arm emerges just as the ITU readies
to hammer out internet governance plans at the World Telecommunication Information andCommunication Technology Policy Forum meetings
in February and May 2013.
The website De-fund the ITU
surfaced on the January NANOG (North American NetworkOperators' Group) email list.
…Five days ago ITU's Secretary-General Hamadoun TourĂ© released the fourth and final ITU/WTPF-13 report outlining groundwork for internet governance (and internet regulatory topics) at upcoming meetings on February 6-8 and May 14-16." Read more