[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fifth Unofficial personal report of the ad-hoc working group of Internet Governance, PrepCom III, WSIS

[Chun Eung Hwi]

Here, I attach the outcome of the ad-hoc working group of Internet 
Governance.

Bracket part has not yet reached to an agreement.

I was told that the key conflicting part was number 4. a) was proposed by 
the U.S. b) was proposed by Brazil and China. And some countries made 
comments to delete the phrase of "under the UN framework", so the 
remaining phrase is c).  Canada proposed e) and EU and some other 
countries amended that proposal by deleting the phrase of "mutually 
agreed". 

I am sorry. This explanation was not given by official briefing. 
Still, I have not heard any notification from that working group.
I should have tried to collect information what has been done behind the 
curtain. In this case, Internet or some ICTs are not helpful at all.  

Could you solve this puzzle? What could be final consensus? In my view, 
the final consensus, if it could be, would be reached to coming December 
Summit. Quite frankly, I could not guess the possible compromise of these 
conflicting views. Anyhow, I am thinking the riddle of power balance and 
reason/understanding. My internal question is if we are going towards 
information and communication society or is it really progress of human 
beings? 

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1.	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.
2.	The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and 
policy issues. The private sector has had and will continue to have an 
important role in the development of the Internet [at the technical 
level].
3.	[Policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues should 
be
	the sovereign right of countries.]
4.	Internet issues of an international nature related to public 
policies should be coordinated 
	a)	[between governments and other interested parties.] 
	b)	[through/by appropriate intergovernmental organizations 
under the
		 UN framework.]
	c)	[as appropriate on an intergovernmental basis.]
	d)	[through/by appropriate international organizations.]
	e)	[through appropriate and mutually agreed international 
organizations.]
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5.	Facilitating the multilingual domain name registration


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Chun Eung Hwi
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