Internet Governance: The State of Play

John Mathiason, Internet Governance Project, Milton Mueller, Internet Governance Project, Hans Klein, Internet Governance Project, Marc Holitscher, Internet Governance Project, and Lee McKnight., Internet Governance Project

10/21/2008
(Original Publish Date: 9/9/2004)

The Global Forum on Internet Governance held by the UNICT Task Force in New York on 25-26 March concluded that Internet governance issues were many and complex. The Secretary-General's Working Group on Internet Governance will have to map out and navigate this complex terrain as it makes recommendations to the World Summit on an Information Society in 2005. To assist in this process, the Forum recommended, in the words of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations at the closing session, that a matrix be developed of all issues of Internet governance addressed by multilateral institutions, including gaps and concerns, to assist the Secretary-General in moving forward the agenda on these issues.