PI/1620
Posted on 11/12/2004 10:49:53 AM PST by B4Ranch
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Press Release PI/1620 |
UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE
NEW YORK, 11 November (Working Group on Internet Governance) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance. The Working Group will prepare the ground for a decision on this issue by the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis in November 2005.
The Secretary-General was requested to establish a working group on Internet governance by the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva in December 2003. The task of this Working Group is to organize an open dialogue on Internet Governance, among all stakeholders, and to bring recommendations on this subject to the second phase of the Summit.
The two documents adopted by the Geneva Summit -- the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action -- asked the Working Group “to investigate and make proposals for action, as appropriate, on the governance of the Internet by 2005”. The Group was requested to:
-- Develop a working definition of Internet governance;
-- Identify the public policy issues that are relevant to Internet governance; and
-- Develop a common understanding of the respective roles and responsibilities of governments, international organizations and other forums, as well as the private sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries.
The Working Group on Internet Governance will be chaired by Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for the World Summit. It includes 40 members from governments, private sector and civil society, representing all regions (see the list below).
“The Working Group is not a negotiating forum”, said Mr. Desai. “Its purpose is to facilitate the negotiations that will take place in Tunis. We come into this process as facilitators, and will strive to establish a dialogue of good faith among all participants.”
The two Summit documents call for an “open and inclusive” process and “a mechanism for the full and active participation of governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and international organizations and forums”. On the basis of these guidelines, the Working Group will hold regular consultations and will seek to make the best possible use of electronic working methods, including online consultations.
The first meeting of the Working Group is scheduled to take place in Geneva from 23 to 25 November. On 24 November, the meeting will be held in an open format, allowing all governments and other stakeholders to interact with the Working Group.
“There is a general convergence of views on the need to treat Internet governance from a broad perspective and to build on what has been done elsewhere”, said Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations secretariat of the Working Group. “Issues that we expect to address include the management of Internet resources, network security, cyber-crime, spam and multilingualism.”
The report of the Working Group is expected to be submitted to the Secretary-General in July 2005 and will be made available to the WSIS second phase in Tunis.
Contact: in New York, Edoardo Bellando, tel.: (212) 963-8275, e-mail: bellando@un.org; in Geneva, Markus Kummer, tel.: +41 0 22 917 54 88, e-mail: mkummer@unog.ch. Web sites: www.wgig.org and www.un-wgig.org.
List of Members
Chairman: Nitin Desai.
Members:
-- Abdullah Al-Darrab, Deputy Governor of Technical Affairs, ICT Commission of Saudi Arabia;
-- Carlos Alfonso, Technical Director, RIT, Rio de Janeiro;
-- Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
-- Karen Banks, Director, GreenNet, Association for Progressive Communications, London;
-- Faryel Beji, President and CEO, Tunisian Internet Agency;
-- Vittorio Bertola, ICANN at-large Advisory Committee, Turin;
-- José Alexandre Bicalho, Member, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee; Advisor, Board of Directors, National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel);
-- Kangsik Cheon, Chief Operating Officer, International Business Development, Netpia, Seoul;
-- Trevor Clarke, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Avri Doria, Technical Consultant, Providence, Rhode Island;
-- William Drake, Senior Associate, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva; Chairman, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility;
-- Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director, LACNIC, Montevideo;
-- Dev Erriah, Chairman, ICT Authority of Mauritius;
-- Baher Esmat, Telecom Planning Manager, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt;
-- Mark Esseboom, Director, Strategy and International Affairs, Directorate General for Telecom and Post, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands;
-- Juan Fernandez, Coordinator, Commission of Electronic Commerce, Cuba;
-- Ayesha Hassan, Senior Policy Manager for E-Business, IT and Telecoms, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris;
-- Qiheng Hu, Adviser, Science and Technology Commission, Ministry of Information Industry, China; former Vice-President, ChineseAcademy of Sciences;
-- Willy Jensen, Director, Norwegian Post and Telecom Authority;
-- Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor, International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus;
-- Jovan Kurbalija, Director, DiploFoundation, Geneva;
-- Iosif Charles Legrand, Researcher, California Institute of Technology and CERN, Geneva;
-- Donald MacLean, Director, MacLean Consulting, Ottawa;
-- Allen Miller, Executive Director, World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Arlington, Virginia;
-- Juan Carlos Moreno Solines, Executive Director, Gobierno Digital, Quito;
-- Jacqueline A. Morris, Consultant, Port of Spain;
-- Olivier Nana Nzépa, Coordinator, Africa Civil Society, Yaoundé;
-- Alejandro Pisanty, Director, Computing Academic Services, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico;
-- Khalilullah Qazi, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Rajashekar Ramaraj, Managing Director, Sify Limited, Chennai;
-- Masaaki Sakamaki, Director, Computer Communications Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan;
-- Joseph Sarr, President, NTIC Commission, Dakar Regional Council;
-- Peimann Seadat, Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Charles Sha’ban, IT Manager, Talal Abu- Ghazaleh International, Amman;
-- Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Chairperson, Presidential National Commission on Information Society and Development, South Africa;
-- Waudo Siganga, Chairman, Computer Society of Kenya;
-- Mikhail Vladimirovich Yakushev, Director, Legal Support Department, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, Russian Federation;
-- Peter Zangl, Deputy Director-General, Information Society Directorate General, European Commission, Brussels; and
-- Jean-Paul Zens, Director, Media and Telecom Department, Ministry of State, Luxembourg.
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Just to clarify one point I made: It is possible to regulate the internet in the western world, but the UN cannot do this without the cooperation of all the western governments. From everything I've read, the UN is not going to get any cooperation from the west on internet regulation. This UN conference is just another UN-funded week-long boondogle of a party.
It does not call for 385 individual government types. It calls for one with everyone having the same goal, a new world order.
I can post tons of documents about how we gave all our National Parks to the authority of the UN, how the UN has divided American into environmental biospheres which we shall protect (EPA Rulings), on and on about how we surrendered our sovereignty to the UN.
Before You ask me to do so I want you to read the complete UN Charter so you understand what you are reading.
The amusing thing here is that they will actually meet (probably in some exotic location like Stockholm or Helsinki)...and discuss internet limitations. The internet is outpacing any such group...and it will be amusing to watch these dimwits argue about the future. The UN cannot control the internet...it control itself and moves at its profit direction. I'd personally like to pay off the folks @ Christmas Island, and be their rep to this meeting...might be a chance to meet some hot babes in Helsinki.
Earth to UN, Earth to UN...
There is to be NO UN participation in, or governance of, the internet. You are to return to moonbase now so momma Suha can tuck you all in.
Yep.
Yeah, I would say they did an excellent job "controlling populations" with a million dead in Rwanda and over 70,000 dead in the Sudan.
BEEN THERE. DONE THAT.
Been watching this phenomena at least since 1965.
Getting much into it is not healthy for my . . . peace.
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
I point out such things to any who will listen from time to time.
The Biblical prophecies will come to pass. Prayer and righteous living can slow a bit the rush to hell. But mostly, we must work while there's any light left at all.
And, we must walk close to God. There's no other safety. No other peace.
And, this is not my home. Just passing through.
But it's a very sad commentary on the frog in the bucket mentality of masses of Americans.
Copy that! MD-out.
Looks like you shook things up. Good job. It's amazing how many liberals read conservative sites, I never bother to go to a liberal site.
>>Looks like you shook things up.<<
That was my intention. I know that I can get too comfortable with things the way they are when I set back and relax for a few days.
We have to stay on our toes and keep fighting these sorry buggers!
bttt
UNnecessary. May it go the way of the erstwhile League of Nations.
Sort of reminds me of the Fire District (aka firemen) where I used to live who, inexplicably, decided to get into "rule-making" rather than putting out fires, ultimately codified "fireproof" houses which were fully "sprinklered" only, and effectively put themselves out of business. Except for the continued rule-making part, of course.
If I had the power to do anything, I would have replaced the whole lot of them.
So it's going to be Free Republicans vs. the totalitarians of the UN? Annan: keep your oil and blood stained hands off the Internet.
Reminds me of the title of a book I read once; but we digress.
First thing, I think, is finding out where these people live. Controlling the world is an ambitious task, with corresponding serious risks... intimidation has never been a one way street.
>>When did the U.N. decide that they were created as a world ruling and rule-making body?<<
The one that everyone in the US is acquainted with is the EPA and ESA.....1964 or 66
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