Mustafa Akgul
2004-11-12 06:10:19 UTC
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/pi1620.doc.htm
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.
rt 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: ***@un.org; in Geneva, Markus Kummer, tel.: +41 0
22 917 54 88, e-mail: ***@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 Shaban, 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.
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.
rt 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: ***@un.org; in Geneva, Markus Kummer, tel.: +41 0
22 917 54 88, e-mail: ***@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 Shaban, 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.