Sunday 13 November 2005
The APC team in WSIS are presenting these recommendations today until
Tuesday at the Resumed PrepCom in Tunisia which preceeds the UN World
Summit on the Information Society.
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APC's Recommendations to the WSIS on Internet Governance
(Nov 2005, APC)
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APC has participated extensively in the internet governance process at
the World Summit on Information Society. Out of this participation and
in collaboration with other partners, including members of the WSIS
civil society internet governance caucus, APC has crystallized a set of
recommendations with regard to internet governance ahead of the final
Summit in Tunis in November 2005.
APC proposes specific actions in each of the following five areas:
1. The establishment of an Internet Governance Forum;
2. The transformation of ICANN into a global body with full authority
over DNS management, and an appropriate form of accountability to its
stakeholders in government, private sector and civil society;
3. The initiation of a multi-stakeholder convention on internet
governance and universal human rights that will codify the basic rights
applicable to the internet, which will be legally binding in
international law with particular emphasis on clauses in the universal
declaration of human rights specifically relevant to the internet, such
as rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association and privacy.
4. Ensuring internet access is universal and affordable. The internet is
a global public space that should be open and accessible to all on a
non-discriminatory basis. The internet, therefore, must be seen as a
global public infrastructure. In this regard we recognize the internet
to be a global public good and access to it is in the public interest,
and must be provided as a public provision.
5. Measures to promote capacity building in developing countries with
regard to increasing developing country participation in global public
policy forums on internet governance.
APC's Recommendations to the WSIS on Internet Governance (English)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/apc_recommendations_ig_EN.pdf
Recomendaciones de APC para la CMSI sobre Gobernanza de internet (Spanish)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/apc_recommendations_ig_ES.pdf
French (Not yet active):
http://rights.apc.org/documents/apc_recommendations_ig_FR.pdf