The ITU representative opened with 278 proposals on the table, putting Internet governance through a four-year stress test.
The UN Telecom Agency remains central to spectrum, satellite orbits and technical standards, but several proposals may overlap with the roles of ICANN, IETF, RIRs and W3C. The Internet Society says it actively challenges measures that could affect the core architecture of the Internet or increase fragmentation.
The implication is as procedural as it is political: Most decisions are made by consensus, but proposals can be changed during the 18-day meeting, making room to expand the mandate to DNS, IP-based networks, AI, quantum policy and other emerging areas of governance.
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