To keep up the momentum of the successful World Summit on the Information Society, which was held last November in Tunis, the European Commission on Thursday outlined its priorities for implementing the international policy commitments made at the Summit.
“The European Union must be at the forefront of an open, accessible and undivided worldwide Information Society and of a free exchange of information, ideas and opinions around the globe," observed Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for the Information Society and the Media, continuing:
“At the World Summit in Tunis last year, we made an important step towards a global consensus that the day-to-day management of the Internet should take place without the interference of any government. Now we must ensure that those commitments are fully implemented. Interventions in the core architecture of the Internet can no longer be justified if not made on the basis of globally accepted public policy principles.”
In its Communication adopted last week, the Commission outlined the follow-up actions it proposes for implementing the commitments made at the World Summit of last November.
On Internet governance, the Commission highlighted that the multi-stakeholder Forum on Internet governance (the first meeting of which will take place in Athens this autumn) and the enhanced cooperation model agreed at the Summit are a prerequisite for developing a worldwide commitment to fight effectively against spam and malware and to ensure the sustainability of the Internet as a global network.
The agreement reached at the Tunis Summit provided for the creation of an Internet Governance Forum under the auspices of the UN, which will discuss public policy issues and attempt to coordinate private and public sector involvement in the continuing development of the internet, but will not have any power to oversee ICANN's activities.
Despite the concerns expressed by the EU and several other UN members with regard to US control of the internet, Ms Reding stated at the time that:
“I welcome the texts now agreed in Tunis. They pave the way for a progressive internationalisation of Internet governance."
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