Posted on 12/17/2010 11:36:09 AM PST by yoe
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.
“Kerry said that the United Nations should have control over most of our foreign military operations. “I’m an internationalist. I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.” - John Kerry
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1970/2/18/john-kerry-a-navy-dove-runs/
It was a long time ago, but his goals and those of his “fellow travelers” haven’t changed.
Poor John! His frustration explains the LONG FACE.
What’s wrong with that? They already fixed Globull Warming. /s
The Sec General of the UN is Ban Ki Moon...Kofi Anan is gone
Heh heh ... ever see this?
Trudeau had Kerry's number in 1972 Doonesbury cartoon...
Your profile page is full of patriotic sayings that you evidently DO NOT BELIEVE.
What year is this again?
This must be a joke. The writers don’t even know who the Sec General of the UN is.
Our founding fathers would have already started shooting!
Aren't we supposed to have a representative government instead of a government of representations?
Composition of the Working Group on Internet Governance agreed
Following a number of interventions, It was decided that the Group shall be composed of fifteen CSTD member states, with three members from each of ECOSOC’s regional groups:
* African States;
* Asian States;
* Latin American and Caribbean States;
* Eastern European States; and
* Western European and other States
plus the five countries that have previously hosted annual IGF meetings.
So they ruled out NGO's.
Thanks, however, for the reminder of their antics.
oh joy! just what I want, cutting edge and developing technologies being regulated by a number of countries that haven't developed out of the "stick-age" (that's the one below the stone-age).
Kofi Annan hasn’t been Secretary General for a while now. This is old. Ban Ki Moon is Secretary General.
Our founding fathers would have already started shooting!
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*nods*
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