[IP] governmental negotiations closer to agreement

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Looks like WSIS text on "Internet Governance" is agreed.

And poor stuff it is.

Adam



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> The only major conflicts still open are internet governance and finance.

not governance:

The below texts are agreed.

44. The Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public
and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information
Society agenda. The international management of the Internet should be
multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of
governments, the private sector, civil society and international
organizations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources,
facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the
Internet, taking into account multilingualism.

45.The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public
policy issues and should involve all stakeholders and relevant
intergovernmental and international organizations. In this respect it is
recognized that:

a) policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the
sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for
international Internet-related public policy issues; b) the private sector
has had and should continue to have an important role in the development of
the Internet, both in the technical and economic fields; c) civil society
has also played an important role on Internet matters especially at
community level and should continue to play such a role; d)
intergovernmental organizations have had and should continue to have a
facilitating role in the coordination of the Internet related public policy
issues; e) international organizations have also had and should continue to
have a important role in the development of Internet-related technical
standards and relevant policies.
46. International Internet governance issues should be addressed in a
coordination manner. We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to
set up a working group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive
process that ensures 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, to investigate and make proposals for action, as
appropriate, on the governance of Internet by 2005.


And this is also agreed by the states in the Action Plan:

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e) We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to set up a working
group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that ensures
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, to investigate and make proposals for action, as
appropriate, on the governance of Internet by 2005. The group should, inter
alia:

i)develop a working definition of Internet governance;

ii)identify the public policy issues that are relevant to Internet governance;

iii)develop a common understanding of the respective roles and
responsibilities of governments, existing intergovernmental and
international organisations and other forums as well as the private sector
and civil society from both developing and developed countries;

iv)prepare a report on the results of this activity to be presented for
consideration and appropriate action for the second phase of WSIS in Tunis
in 2005.

f) Governments are invited to:

i)facilitate the establishment of national and regional Internet Exchange
Centres;

ii)manage or supervise, as appropriate, their respective country code
top-level domain name (ccTLD);

iii)promote awareness of the Internet.

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