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Article: PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM

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March 2, 2006
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The United Nations issued the following press release:

The Secretary-General has decided to establish a small Secretariat in Geneva to assist in the convening of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The Secretary-General was asked by the World Summit on the Information Society, held in Tunis in November, to convene such a Forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue.

Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Summit, held open consultations on 16 and 17 February in Geneva aimed at reaching a common understanding on how the Forum should function. Those discussions produced a consensus that the IGF should have a strong development orientation. It was also felt that the Forum ...

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