I've yet to hear details about whether or not this proposition failed, but here's a wonderful article by Kofi Annan called
"The UN wants to control the Internet!" originally published in the Washington Post on November 5th.
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Originally Posted by Kofi Annan
One mistaken notion, heard with troubling frequency, was that the United Nations wants to “take over”, police, or otherwise control the Internet. Nothing could be further from the truth. Far from plotting its capture, the UN wants only to ensure its global reach. That effort was at the heart of the Tunis summit.
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Originally Posted by Kofi Annan
The US deserves our thanks for having developed the Internet and making it available to the world. For historical reasons, the US has the ultimate authority over some of its core resources and many say this authority should be shared with the international community. The US, which has exercised its oversight responsibilities fairly and honourably, itself recognises that other governments have legitimate public policy and sovereignty concerns, and that efforts to make the governance arrangements more international should continue. The need for change is not a reflection on the past or even the present; rather, it is a reflection of the future, when Internet growth will be most dramatic in developing countries.
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So if this proposition has been voted down, I'd hardly say you've seen the last of wanting to globalize the governance of the Internet. It's going to have to happen eventually.