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Article: INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM OPENS IN ATHENS

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October 30, 2006
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The United Nations issued the following press release:

"Internet governance includes more than Internet naming and addressing," Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis said this morning at the opening of the first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Athens. "It includes significant public policy issues, the management of critical Internet resources, security, safety, as well as other social and economic issues."

The Internet Governance Forum is a result of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, 16-18 November 2005). At the Summit, Member States asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to set up such a body to discuss public policy issues relating to ...

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