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Article: Forum to be set up on internet governance
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 16, 2005
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Forum to be set up on internet governance
Tunis, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Negotiators agreed to set up a forum to
continue discussions on Internet governance, a spokesperson of the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which is being held
here from Nov. 16-18, said on Wednesday.
After last-minute negotiations, participants agreed to establish
an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to further discuss all Internet
issues, Florence Lambert told a news conference.
The IGF, which Greece has offered to host sometime in 2006, will
have an initial five-year term to talk about net issues including
spam, cyber crimes and other related problems, according to the final
text of the agreement.
Under ...