[governance] UN statement/announcement on IGF meeting

[David Goldstein]

Hi all,

I'm not sure if this was posted, but an announcement from the UN on the IGF meeting, and a story on Heise in German on the same. And a story on redesigning the internet infrastructure. All these and more at http://technewsreview.com.au/

Cheers
David

Internet Governance Forum in November to address access, security issues, UN official says (news release)
The next meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in November will focus on access, openness, security and diversity, a top United Nations official said today at a press conference in Geneva. Speaking after today’s preparatory consultations for the Forum’s second meeting, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November, Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the Forum’s secretariat, told reporters that the Rio meeting would advance the discussion that had taken place at the first Forum meeting in Athens last November.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22658
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/11166
http://newsblaze.com/story/20070524144737tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0705243005194515.htm

DNS-Management kommt ins Hauptprogramm des nächsten IGF-Treffens  Meldung vorlesen
Das Internet Governance Forum will sich bei seinem zweiten Treffen vom 12. bis 15. November in Rio de Janeiro nicht nur mit dem DDOS-Angriff auf die Root Server befassen, sondern auch mit dem Management von Kernressourcen des Internets, also der DNS- und IP-Adressverwaltung. Das sagte heute bei einem Vorbereitungstreffen Nitin Desai, soeben vom neuen UN-Generalsekretär bestätigter Sonderbeauftragter für das Thema Internet Governance und das beim Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS) beschlossene IGF. Desai sagte nach Beratungen mit Regierungen, Unternehmensvertretern und NGOs, es gebe ganz offensichtlich bei vielen Delegationen ein starkes Bedürfnis, das umstrittene Thema Verwaltung der Kernressourcen des Internets in eine der Plenarsitzungen in Rio aufzunehmen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/90151


U.S. Government to Spend Up To US$10M on Internet Redesign, aka GENI

As reported by the Associated Press this week, the National Science
Foundation has announced that BBN Technologies Inc. will receive up to
$10 million over four years to oversee the planning and design of the
Global Environment for Network Innovations, or GENI.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_global_environment_network_innovations_geni/
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