There can hardly be robust commerce without proper governance of the physical layer. Today, the global corporations have a network. We don't. Todd http://ledgerism.net >Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:44:22 -0800 >From: Sasha Costanza-Chock <schock@riseup.net> >To: alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net, crisusa@comunica.org, > activist@mediatank.org >Subject: [MediaAct] UN ICT Task Force meeting, NYC, March 25-26 > >Communication Rights activists on the US East Coast should begin >organizing for this meeting on internet governance. > >sc > >-------- >http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/pi1558.doc.htm > > 05/02/2004 > >UN ICT TASK FORCE GLOBAL FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD, 25-26 MARCH > > NEW YORK, 5 February (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs) > > -- A Global Forum on Internet Governance will be held on 25-26 > March 2004 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, to bring together > leading actors and all relevant stakeholders, including Member States, > civil society and the private sector, interested in Internet governance > issues. Organized under the auspices of the United Nations Information > and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, the Global Forum will be > an opportunity to engage in an open discussion on all aspects of Internet > governance. > > The views expressed from around the world in on-line discussions to > be organized with other partners in the weeks ahead will contribute to > the Forum to ensure as broad and comprehensive a reflection of > perspectives and ideas on the issues to be addressed. The Global Forum > will contribute to the world-wide consultation process to be organized by > the Secretary-General. (For future announcements, > >please visit: >www.unicttaskforce.org/sixthmeeting, http://www.wsis-online.net/. > > Background > > The Plan of Action adopted at the Geneva phase of the World Summit > on the Information Society (WSIS) in December 2003, requested the United > Nations Secretary-General "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". > > Among the principal issues that the group will address are a > working definition of Internet governance, identification of relevant > public policy issues, and the roles and responsibilities of different > stakeholders. While the Secretary-General has yet to make a final > decision on how to organize a Working Group on Internet Governance, he > expressed his view that this Global Forum "will be of great utility" for > any future consultation process. > > UN ICT Task Force > > The Task Force is a multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the >Secretary-General in 2001. In supporting the first phase of the >WSIS, the Task Force successfully helped in placing the United >Nations development objectives at the heart of the Summit and >mobilized the participation of the multi-stakeholder networks, organized a >series of side events and launched new initiatives, including on >education. The Task Force intends to contribute actively to the >preparations for the second phase of the WSIS leading up to the Tunis >Summit in November 2005. > > The Secretary-General has decided to extend the initial three-year > term of the Task Force until the end of 2005. In his letter of 29 > January 2004 to the Chairperson of the Task Force, Mr. José-María > Figueres Olsen, the Secretary-General stated: "I have followed the work > of the Task Force with keen interest and wish to express my appreciation > to you and the other members for your successful efforts in helping to > place ICT at the service of development, making this a central theme of > the WSIS". > > > > * *** * > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >You are subscribed to the Media Activist email discussion list, hosted by >Media Tank. For more information about Media Tank, check out www.mediatank.org. > >To unsubscribe from this list, email majordomo@serve.com with the word >"unsubscribe" in the subject line and "unsubscribe activist" in the body >(make sure not to add your signature). >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/>
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