(Forwarded by Rik Panganiban, volunteer of=20
CONGO)
YJ Park (email: <yjpark2012@yahoo.co.kr>) =
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the following statement from the Internet Governance Caucus, which was =
delivered=20
today in plenary:
Internet=20
Governance Caucus
YJ Park, co-coordinator
July 18, =
2003
Dear=20
Madame chair, Dear delegates,
I would like to speak on behalf of =
the=20
civil society Internet Governance caucus as a co-coordinator of this=20
group.
The civil society Internet Governance caucus welcomes the=20
governments=92 efforts to set up Internet Governance Working Group at =
WSIS=20
intersessional meeting. We hope that both the governments=92 Internet =
Governance=20
Working Group and the civil society=92s Internet Governance caucus can =
guide each=20
other to provide a vision of global coordination mechanisms in the =
cyberspace in=20
the WSIS process.
It has been noted the governments and the civil =
societies in the developing countries have not effectively participated =
in the=20
global coordination meetings despite urgent need to coordinate global =
Internet=20
resources and the global Internet policies. E believe that both the =
governments=92=20
Internet Governance Working Group and the civil society=92s Internet =
Governance=20
caucus can raise awareness internationally to facilitate developing =
countries=92=20
participation.
Civil society also welcomes interventions from the =
private=20
sector during the WSIS intersessional meeting, however, we must remember =
that=20
the coordination of Internet resources must include all stakeholders. =
Therefore,=20
we regret, the participation of individual Internet users, the at-large, =
has=20
been diminished by the recent reform process of ICANN.
On the =
other hand,=20
there is very pressing need to proceed with implementation and =
deployment of=20
multilingual top level domains because multilingual top level domain =
names could=20
be the start for enabling local communications and access to Internet =
content in=20
the native languages and would reflect the linguistic diversity which =
has been=20
given priority in the draft declaration. We encourage the WSIS to =
support=20
activities in that area.
In line with this, we reiterate our =
expectation=20
that the control of the root-server system could be handed over sooner =
or later=20
to the global Internet community.
Finally, we look forward to =
working=20
together with the governments in constructive way with a sustainable =
mechanism=20
in the form of an open and transparent bottom-up policy decision making=20
process.
Thank you for your=20
attentions.
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Rik=20
Panganiban
Reports Coordinator
Civil Society News Centre for =
the WSIS=20
web: http://www.prepcom.net/wsis
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rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
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