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UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE
www.un.org ^ | 11/11/2004 | UN Idiot

Posted on 11/12/2004 10:49:53 AM PST by B4Ranch

11/11/2004
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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To: B4Ranch
I've seen this coming for awhile. It really doesn't surprise me.

The 'powers that be' simply cannot allow a medium such as the internet, where truth and logic are freely exchanged, to co-exist with them.

I don't expect a total ban, but one step I do think will be taken is to hold the service providers and forum owners responsible for the behavior of their posters. All it would take is one or two "example" cases, and internet forums all over would shut down from fear of lawsuits or prison.

41 posted on 11/12/2004 5:36:04 PM PST by Mulder ("The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere and any time"-- Heinlein)
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To: B4Ranch; piasa; backhoe; RaceBannon; Mia T; Smartass; Registered; Seadog Bytes; doug from upland; ..

ON THE NET...

http://www.un.org/News/ossg/hilites.htm
"WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE ESTABLISHED: The Secretary-General today announced the establishment of a Working Group on Internet Governance. That body will be chaired by Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society, and will include 40 members from Governments, the private sector and civil society. The Working Group is intended to facilitate the negotiations that will take place in the second phase of the World Summit, which is to be held in Tunis in November 2005. Desai said that the group will 'strive to establish a dialogue of good faith among all participants.'"

http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/
"Annan Reaches out to Business, Civil Society"

Human rights and environmental groups, international labour federations and nearly 50 corporations met with Kofi Annan in July to cement the "Global Compact." The Compact is a plan to involve business in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions, and to bring the benefits of globalization to more people worldwide.
http://www.unglobalcompact.org


http://www.itu.int/wsis/
http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html

"WSIS: THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY"

"Connecting the world:
Helping the world communicate"

"AVAILABLE FOR SALE"

"The World Summit on the Information Society is held in two phases. The first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003. It addressed the broad range of themes concerning the Information Society and adopted a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. The second phase will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005."

 

"SECOND PHASE OF WSIS: TUNIS"

"PREPARATORY PROCESS OF THE TUNIS PHASE"

"Preparatory Committee meetings (PrepComs)
WSIS Stocktaking [Online database and questionnaire available]
Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC)
Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM) [New]
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
Regional conferences
Thematic meetings

 


"PREPCOM-1 (PREPARATORY MEETING)"
Hammamet (Tunisia), 24-26 June 2004

"Decision of PrepCom-1
Final Report of PrepCom-1
All documents, contributions, statements, and speeches
Lists of participants
Newsroom
Website of the host country (Tunisia)
Arrangements for the Tunis Phase of the Summit as decided at the first phase (Geneva, December 2003)"

 

 
"FIRST PHASE OF WSIS: GENEVA"


"PREPARATORY PROCESS OF THE GENEVA PHASE"

"Preparatory Committee meetings (PrepComs)
Regional conferences
Other events"

 
"SUMMIT: GENEVA, 10-12 DECEMBER 2003"


"Final Report
Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action: final documents adopted in the Geneva Phase.
Coverage: statements, list of speakers, webcast, newsroom...
Documents and Contributions
High Level Round Tables
Participation: list of participants, participants finder, accredited entities...
Summit Events: events held in conjunction with the Summit
Civil Society Declaration"

 

 

 
"basic information | first phase: Geneva | second phase: Tunis | information for observers | documents | newsroom | background material | links | funding of WSIS | WSIS related websites"

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42 posted on 11/12/2004 6:01:06 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Sarastro

>>Bottom line: the UN is constitutionally illegitimate and should be replaced, if at all, by a legitimate, representative organization of democratic nations.<<

Years ago, don't you think this was brought up? Yeah, I'll bet it was but we signed on for the ride anyway, constitutionally illegitimate or not.

Now, the Constitution has as much authority as the Sears catalog does in our legislative halls. We kill babies before they're born because it's convenient for us to do it.
We start wars without Congress declaring so.

These Executive Orders issued when Congess is in session aren't what I would consider legal but the legislators don't seem to mind. Are we even allowed to mind?


43 posted on 11/12/2004 6:04:34 PM PST by B4Ranch (A lack of alcohol in my coffee is forcing me to see reality!)
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To: Edgerunner
An how are they gonna govern the Internet? Gonna raid a country and arrest citizens for doing something they don't like? Try it anus boy! I believe this will get them off our shores, and if any of those UN aholes try to enter the USA, they will be turned away...

In Texas, a blue helmet is a bullseye for a LOT of people.

44 posted on 11/12/2004 6:08:20 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
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To: Cindy
>>The Compact is a plan to involve business in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions, and to bring the benefits of globalization to more people worldwide. http://www.unglobalcompact.org <<

The last thing the UN is trying to do is reduce slavery throughout the world!

There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The modern commerce in humans rivals illegal drug trafficking in its global reach and in the destruction of lives.

The porn industry makes more money per minute world wide than any other industry. Oh yes Annan, that is supporting human rights for sure when 14 year olds can be dragged from country to country for sex.

45 posted on 11/12/2004 6:11:00 PM PST by B4Ranch (A lack of alcohol in my coffee is forcing me to see reality!)
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To: Cindy; PhilDragoo; Ragtime Cowgirl; SusanTK; AdmSmith; Valin; ALOHA RONNIE; MeekOneGOP; ...


UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE.

FIRST, THEY MUST COME CLEAN ON THE OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL!

46 posted on 11/12/2004 6:20:09 PM PST by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: B4Ranch
Get US Out of the UN Now!

47 posted on 11/12/2004 6:21:49 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Mulder

The only way I can see to make life more difficult for them is to make a list of code words that correspond to published UN papers.

Secretary=attack
General=UN
Kofi=Headquarters
Annan=next 24 hours

This kind of thing would drive them nuts.


48 posted on 11/12/2004 6:23:14 PM PST by B4Ranch (A lack of alcohol in my coffee is forcing me to see reality!)
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To: AIC

It would be much easier to get 5000 people and just destroy the UN headquarters buldings. Most of the NYC police force would demand a front position! LOL


49 posted on 11/12/2004 6:24:57 PM PST by B4Ranch (A lack of alcohol in my coffee is forcing me to see reality!)
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To: B4Ranch

Govern this, you Marxist prigs.

51 posted on 11/12/2004 6:29:18 PM PST by spodefly (I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
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To: Mulder

take a look....http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html


52 posted on 11/12/2004 6:32:36 PM PST by mo
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To: B4Ranch
Dear United Nations,

Butt Out!

Most Sincerely,

dixiechick2
53 posted on 11/12/2004 6:33:36 PM PST by dixiechick2
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To: B4Ranch
UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE

FIRST ACT: "FREEREPUBLIC.COM" IS HEREBY AND FORTHWITH TO BE BANNED PENDING INVESTIGATION INTO "INCITEMENT TO RACISM AND BIGOTRY"

Kofi Annan
Secretary-General

54 posted on 11/12/2004 6:34:48 PM PST by montag813
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To: Smartass

55 posted on 11/12/2004 6:42:45 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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To: B4Ranch

The UN doesn't create, produce, or accomplish anything worthwhile but its anxious to manage what others have created. These people are nothing but a bunch of worthless bureaucrats seeking to control Internet resources under the guise of "governance".


56 posted on 11/12/2004 6:58:04 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Lady Jag; Smartass

Smartass, you have been out done :)

hee hee.


57 posted on 11/12/2004 6:59:38 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Lady Jag
Lady Jag, you did it again...The screw just about sums it up.
I just hope congress keeps pushing the UN for a full disclosure.
There are to many unanswered questions.   I for one would
like to see them booted out of New York.   U.S. and state statutes forbid foreign criminal enterprises on American soil.

58 posted on 11/12/2004 7:04:43 PM PST by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: Calpernia
You're right on...Lady Jag is absolutely great.
She keeps coming up some goodies!

59 posted on 11/12/2004 7:07:25 PM PST by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: B4Ranch

Sounds like it's time for the Internet to establish a Working Group on UN Subversion...


60 posted on 11/12/2004 7:11:44 PM PST by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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