---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:07:51 +0900 (KST) From: Chun Eung Hwi <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: Fifth Unofficial personal report of the ad-hoc working group of Internet Governance, PrepCom III, WSIS 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? --------------------------------------------------------------- 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.] --------------------------------------------------------- 5. Facilitating the multilingual domain name registration -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Chun Eung Hwi General Secretary, PeaceNet | phone: (+82) 2-2166-2205 Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81 | pcs: (+82) 019-259-2667 Seoul, 158-600, Korea | eMail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------