Even more counterproductive would be the creation of a new international body to oversee Internet governance.
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"No single government should have a pre-eminent role in Internet governance, " one statement noted.
Further involvement of media and civil society actors within the Internet Governance process was also recommended.
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) brings together government officials, businesses and net luminaries.
Merely saying "no" to any changes to the current structure of Internet governance is likely to be a losing proposition.
Since the conference began, the American delegation has argued that Internet governance issues are outside the scope of the conference.
So entrenched were the positions that the then UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, formed the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).
The US and its allies suggested this as an attempt to extend the treaty's regulations to cover internet governance and content.
"We candidly cannot support an ITU treaty that is inconsistent with a multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance, " said Kramer during a conference session.
The US has already made clear that it would block any attempt by Russia or another country to make changes to internet governance.
This was opposed by the US and European nations who repeated their argument that the treaty's regulations should not stretch to internet governance.
However, today we are in a situation where we still have text and resolutions that cover issues on spam and also provisions on Internet governance.
The UK, like several other countries, refused to sign a proposed UN treaty regarding wide-ranging changes to internet governance at a conference in Dubai last month.
The research was supported by UNESCO within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and as part of UNESCO's activities related to Internet Governance.
This session will examine some of the opportunities and challenges for Internet governance from the perspective of cyber and information ethics, particularly in the areas of identity, design and digital preservation.
The Russian Federation is calling on the United Nations to take over key aspects of Internet governance, including addressing and naming, according to documents leaked on Friday from an upcoming treaty conference.
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Launched during the 7th Global Internet Governance Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan, this unprecedented report gathers up-to-date and often staggering information on emerging issues that challenge the coexistence of freedom of expression and the right to privacy in both developed and developing countries.
This is one reason international bodies such as the United Nations hold occasional global forums like the Internet Governance Forum or the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Conference on International Telecommunications to talk about coordinated strategies to keep traffic flowing on our global highway.
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Members of the European Parliament backed a resolution which urged member states to reject changes to the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) which would "negatively impact the internet, its architecture, operations, content and security, business relations, internet governance and the free flow of information online".
In a statement before action, the representative of the United States stressed that discussions and policymaking on Internet governance must include the full range of stakeholders, adding that the consensus reached on the text regrettably did not better reflect steps by the Internet Governance Forum to examine its working methods and participation.
The new report also served as the basis of a well-attended workshop on Wednesday addressed by a renowned expert panel at the 2012 Internet Governance Forum Panellist Katitza Rodriguez, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, pointed out how correlations of data could allow inferences about the religious views and sexual orientation of individuals, at a time in history when privacy was still an emerging right.
Despite assurances all year from the ITU that the treaty did not and would not deal with the Internet or its governance, Internet users saw through equivocating diplomatic niceties and made their displeasure known.
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Not surprising then that there is a growing movement to transfer governance of the internet to a body that is not under the control of any one nation.
One debate concerns the future governance of the internet: should it be directed by governments, or should it be left to the private sector to develop inventively (and somewhat anarchically)?
So much has changed in business since In the Lead launched, from the growth of the Internet to the new emphasis on corporate governance.
The ITRs should be flexible enough so as to further encourage future growth and sustainable development of telecoms markets, while respecting the guiding principles that led to the successful development of the Internet: private sector leadership, independent multi-stakeholder governance and commercial agreements.
Fadi Salem, director of the Governance and Innovation Program at the Dubai School of Government, told the conference that Internet traffic was extremely high before being cut off and almost immediately resumed at historic levels when restored.
The free and open character of the Internet, which is a precondition for online safety, is underpinned by a multi-stakeholder model of governance as confirmed by the resolutions of the World Summit of the Information Society.
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