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MAY MAG DISCUSSIONS  The following text is excerpted from an ongoing discussion on the IGF Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group mailing list. The only changes made relate to an effort to anonymize the comments in respect of the Chatham House rule and…

On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, I am pleased to invite you to the fourth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on 15-18 November 2009, which is being graciously hosted by the…

Abuja, Nigeria - Senior Manager and Special Assistant, Strategy, Monitoring and Corporate Development to the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission Ms. Freda Ruth Murray-Bruce is a senior manager and the special assistant…

 Gatete, Jean-YvesBujumbura, Burundi - General Secretary of Collectif National pour le Développement Humanitaire, CNDHMr. Jean-Yves Gatete has worked as the general secretary of Collectif National pour le Développement Humanitaire (CNDH) since 2006…

  Attendance   The overall attendance with 1280 participants from 94 countries, of which 133 were media representatives, was close to that at the second annual meeting. The breakdown of participants underscored the broad support the IGF has among…

Chennai, India - Executive Vice President of Sify Technologies Limited Mr. Appasamy is the executive vice president of Sify Technologies Limited, India, and an active member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) eBusiness IT &…

Background   Information and participation are central to multistakeholder involvement in internet governance.  In 2008, the Council of Europe, UNECE and APC began a project to review the information and participation arrangements of different…

Council of Europe code of good practise on Internet governance, Draft agenda [pdf]Summary of on the second phase on Internet governance by the council of Europe   

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Salle XVIII  : 14:15 - 15:00The question of "security" remains a priority theme of the Internet Governance Forum. Since Athens 2006, considerable progress was made towards the implementation of a globally harmonized legal framework against…

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM Open Consultations Geneva, 13 May 2009    Draft Agenda    1.         Adoption of the Agenda    2.         Programme and agenda of the Sharm El Sheikh meeting  3.         Workshops and other events  4.         The IGF…

The Commonwealth Secretariat has organised informal consultations on the merits of a Commonwealth IGF in room XXII from 1300 -1500 on Wednesday13 May. Former UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Nick Thorne, will moderate.Alice Munyua will share the…

‘An Interpol for the Internet?’[ doc ]

 The establishment of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was one of the key outputs of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), where world leaders asked the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive process,…

Workshop report: Challenges facing network operators in developing countries [pdf].