Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:31:49 +0800
From: "Al Alegre" <alalegre@fma.ph>
Subject: [communication 1674] Fw: First consultations on formation of the IGF - Geneva,16/17 Feb 06
To: "commrights-asia list" <commrights-asia@mail.fma.ph>,	"wsis-asia" <communication@wsisasia.org>
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Anybody in Geneva in February? :-)


>
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/First+Consultations+On+Establishment+Of+Inter
net+Governance+Forum.aspx
>
> First Consultations on Establishment of Internet Governance Forum
>
> At the second phase of WSIS in Tunis, the Tunis Agenda for the
> Information Society called for the establishment of an Internet
> Governance Forum (IGF) in paragraphs 72 - 79. The first meeting of the
> IGF will take place in Greece in 2006.
>
> The first consultations on the convening of the IGF will take place in
> Geneva, Switzerland on 16 and 17 February 2006. The meeting will take
> place at the United Nations and be chaired by Mr Nitin Desai, the UN
> Secretary-General's Special Adviser for WSIS, who will assist the
> Secretary-General in preparing the convening of the IGF. Additional
> information can be found at www.intgovforum.org.
> _______________________________________________