On 25 May 2018, at 13:49, Antonio Prado via ipv6-wg wrote:
'explore ways and means for greater collaboration and coordination between ITU and relevant organizations [Including, but not limited to, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the regional Internet registries (RIRs), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), on the basis of reciprocity.] involved in the development of IP-based networks and the future Internet, through cooperation agreements, as appropriate, in order to increase the role of ITU in Internet governance so as to ensure maximum benefits to the global community.'
so, ITU is just following what the plenipotentiary conference (that is governments, mainly) decided in south korea four years ago.
No, the text above, where the names of he organisations are in a footnote, implies precisely that ITU should *not* develop their own things but instead cooperate so that what is developed in other SDOs matches whatever needs ITU believes exists. Without the text, RIPE would never have got the liaison in the first place. See you in Dubai. Patrik