[WSIS CS-Plenary] A Framework Convention for the Internet?

[Milton Mueller]

The Internet Governance Project released today (Tuesday Dec. 21) one of our most significant WSIS contributions: "A Framework Convention: An International Option for Internet Governance." 

http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/igp-FC.pdf 

The paper, by John Mathiason, compares today's situation to the controversies over climate change in the 1980s. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, rather than seeking to solve all of the problems in a single treaty, pursued a "framework convention," which first established the principles and norms under which international action would proceed. It also set up a procedure for future negotiations over more detailed arrangements. We suggest a similar approach for Internet governance.

The short paper (4 pages) can be downloaded at the Internet Governance Project web site: http://www.internetgovernance.org 

Dr. Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies 

Dr. John R. Mathiason, Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 

Dr. Hans Klein, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy 

Dr. Lee McKnight, Associate Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies 

Dr. Marc Holitscher, Lecturer, Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Zürich 

Dr.Derrick L. Cogburn, Assistant Pofessor, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies