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Article: SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES ADVISORY GROUP TO ASSIST HIM IN CONVENING INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM

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May 17, 2006
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The United Nations issued the following press release:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today established an Advisory Group to assist him in convening the Internet Governance Forum, a new forum for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Internet governance. The Group includes 47 members from Government, the private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities, who represent all regions of the world (see list below). It is chaired by Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), who may also select special advisers to assist him.

The Advisory Group will meet on 22 and 23 May in Geneva, following ...

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