Monsieur Zens,
Toutes mes félicitations pour cette nomination. Ce groupe de travail
aura une lourde tâche mais je ne doute pas qu'il parviendra à faire la
part des choses entre lesš tâches qui relévent des gouvernements et
celles dévolues aun secteur privé. Cette une des principales pierres
d'achoppement du processus WSIS.
Je vois par ailleurs que l'ISOC est bien représentée par Vittorio
Bertola, Alejandro Pisanty et Wolfgang Kleinwachter, également membres
du CA d'ICANN ou de ses comités.
Cordialement,
Patrick Vande Walle
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http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/pi1620.doc.htm
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.š 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.š 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”.š 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.š 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.š
“Its purpose is to facilitate the negotiations that will take place in
Tunis.š 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”.š 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.š 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.š “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:š in New York, Edoardo Bellando, tel.:š (212) 963-8275,
e-mail:š bellando@un.org; in Geneva, Markus Kummer, tel.:š +41
0 22 917 54 88, e-mail:š mkummer@unog.ch.š Web sites:š
www.wgig.org and
www.un-wgig.org.
List of Members
Chairman:š 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.
--
Patrick Vande Walle
Trustee, Internet Society
Chairman, Internet Society Luxembourg
Tel: +352/26.53.29.52
Portable: +352/ 021 26.88.91
See you at ICANN Luxembourg, 9-15 July 2005
http://www.isoc.lu/icann-2005