[governance] APC - Recommendations to the WSIS on Internet Governance

[Adam Peake]

APC have produced a very good set of proposals on Internet governance.

A near final draft is attached (I think some further layout work is 
being done, but substance is complete.)

Karen and Anriette asked me to send to the list. Please see attached. 
Sorry, I only have MS Word, expect APC will provide in other format 
and I think languages.

ACP's proposing action in 5 areas:

"1. The establishment of an Internet Governance Forum;

2. The transformation of ICANN into a global body with full authority 
over DNS management, and an appropriate form of accountability to its 
stakeholders in government, private sector and civil society;

3. The initiation of a multi-stakeholder convention on internet 
governance and universal human rights that will codify the basic 
rights applicable to the internet, which will be legally binding in 
international law with particular emphasis on clauses in the 
universal declaration of human rights specifically relevant to the 
internet, such as rights to freedom of expression, freedom of 
association and privacy.

4. Ensuring internet access is universal and affordable. The internet 
is a global public space that should be open and accessible to all on 
a non-discriminatory basis. The internet, therefore, must be seen as 
a global public infrastructure. In this regard we recognize the 
internet to be a global public good and access to it is in the public 
interest, and must be provided as a public provision.

5. Measures to promote capacity building in developing countries with 
regard to increasing developing country participation in global 
public policy forums on internet governance."

I think there is a lot here we can draw on.  Avri, Jeanette and I 
provided some input to the paper, but it is very much APC's work: 
credit to Karen and Willie Currie.

I think the forum text is particularly well developed and with APC's 
permission suggest we adopt it as the basis for our discussion.  I 
will send a text version of the section about the forum as a separate 
email. I hope we can work with it.

Thanks,

Adam





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