[WSIS CS-Plenary] Kofi Annan nominates IFG Advisory Group
Carlos Afonso
ca at rits.org.br
Thu May 18 22:11:52 BST 2006
From a list of 15 CS indications, only five have been chosen:
Adam Peake
Gemma Brice
Jeanette Hoffman
Qusai Al-Shati
Robin Gross
This is the distribution of the 45 members (not counting Nitin), as I
see it:
19 from governments
10 from business
09 from the Icann system (including ISOC)
07 from civil society
[]s fraternos
--c.a.
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> http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/sga1006.doc.htm
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> Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
>
> SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES ADVISORY GROUP TO ASSIST HIM
> IN CONVENING INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
>
> 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 46 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 an
> open consultation on 19 May, also in Geneva. Its main task is to prepare
> the substantive agenda and programme for the first meeting of the Internet
> Governance Forum, which is to be held in Athens from 30 October to 2
> November. Decisions on how to prepare subsequent meetings and on any
> future structure and working methods of the Forum will be taken in light
> of the experiences gained during the preparatory process for the Athens
> meeting.
>
> The Internet Governance Forum is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the
> WSIS, which took place in November 2005. In the Tunis Agenda for the
> Information Society, Governments asked the Secretary-General to convene
> the Forum, giving it the mandate to discuss the main public policy issues
> related to Internet governance, in order to foster the Internet’s
> sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development.
>
> Governments called for the Forum to be convened in an “open and
> inclusive process”. Accordingly, the Advisory Group will carry out its
> work in an open, inclusive and transparent manner, and will seek to make
> the best possible use of electronic working methods, including online
> consultations.
>
> List of members
>
> Chairman
>
> Desai, Nitin
> Delhi/Mumbai - Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for the World
> Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
>
> Members
>
> Agrawala, Pankaj
> Delhi - Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology,
> Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
>
> Akinsanmi, Titilayo
> Johannesburg - Programme Manager, SchoolNet Africa; Global
> Facilitator of the WSIS Youth Caucus
>
> Akplogan, Adiel
> Port Louis - Chief Executive Officer, Regional Internet Registry
> (RIR) for Africa - AfriNIC
>
> Al-Shatti, Qusai
> Kuwait City - Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology
> Society (KITS)
>
> Bayramov, Ayaz
> Baku - Head of Department for International Relations and Cooperation
> with NGOs, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies
>
> Bicalho, José
> Brasilia - Member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee;
> Advisor to the Board of Directors of the National Telecommunications
> Agency (Anatel)
>
> Clarke, Trevor
> Geneva - Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations
> Office at Geneva
>
> Daftardar, Abdullah M.
> Riyadh - Senior Executive, Communications and Information Technology
> Commission
>
> Dardailler, Daniel
> Nice - Associate Chair for Europe, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C);
> Member, Board of Directors, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN)
>
> D’Costa, Valerie
> Singapore - International Director, Info-Communication Development
> Authority, Singapore
>
> Diop Diagne, Ndeye Maimouna
> Dakar - Directrice des NTIC, Ministère des Postes, Télécommunications
> et Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (NTIC)
>
> Disspain, Chris
> Carlton - Victoria, Chair, Country Code Names Supporting Organization
> (ccNSO) Council; Chief Executive Officer, .au Registry
>
> Echeberría, Raúl
> Montevideo - Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Latin
> America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)
>
> El-Nawawy, Mohamed
> Cairo - Chairman and Managing Director, TE Data
>
> Fältström, Patrik
> Stockholm - Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems; Member, Internet
> Engineering Task Force (IETF); Member, Swedish Government Information
> Technology Policy and Strategy Group
>
> Gallagher, Michael D.
> Washington D.C. - Chairman of the Communications Group, Perkins
> Coie LLC
>
> Graham, Bill
> Ottawa - Director, International Telecommunication Policy and
> Coordination, Industry Canada
>
> Gross, Robin D.
> San Francisco, California - Executive Director, IP Justice
>
> Hassan, Ayesha
> Paris - Senior Policy Manager, e-Business, Information Technology,
> and Telecoms, Executive in charge of Information and Communication
> Technology Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
>
> Hellmonds, Peter
> Munich - Vice President, Public and International Affairs, Siemens AG
>
> Hofmann, Jeanette
> Berlin - Researcher, Social Science Research Center
>
> Iriarte, Erick
> Lima - Executive Director, Alfa-Redi
>
> Kafi, Abdullah
> Dacca - Managing Director, J A N Associates Limited; former
> President, Bangladesh Computer Society
>
> Kārkliņš, Jānis
> Geneva - Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations
> Office at Geneva
>
> Katoh, Masanobu
> Tokyo - Corporate Vice President; President, Law and Intellectual
> Property Unit and Security Export Control Headquarters, Fujitsu Limited
>
> Katundu, Michael
> Nairobi - Principal Officer, Information Technology Communications
> Commission
>
> Khan, Masood
> Geneva - Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
> Office at Geneva
>
> Kovács, Kálmán
> Budapest - Minister of Informatics and Communications
>
> Lohento, Gemma Brice (Ken)
> Dakar - Panos Institute West Africa, Coordinator, Center for
> International information and communication technology Policies for
> Central and West Africa (CIPACO)
>
> Markovski, Veni
> Sofia - Chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory
> Committee; Member, Board of Directors, ICANN
>
> Oliver, Colin
> Canberra - General Manager, International Communications, Department
> of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
>
> Papadatos, George
> Athens – Minister Plenipotentiary, Department of International
> Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
>
> Peake, Adam
> Tokyo - Executive Research Fellow/Associate Professor, Center for
> Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan
>
> Pisanty, Alejandro
> Mexico City - Director of Computing Academic Services, Universidad
> Autónoma de México; Director ISOC Mexico; Vice Chair, Board of Directors,
> ICANN
>
> Quaynor, Nii
> Accra - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Network Computer
> Systems; President, Internet Society of Ghana
>
> Sha'ban, Charles
> Amman - Executive Director, Regional Office, Abu-Ghazaleh
> Intellectual Property (AGIP)
>
> Shears, Matthew
> Copenhagen - Director of Public Policy, Internet Society (ISOC)
>
> Sierra, Colombo
> Buenos Aires - Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
>
> Singer, Christian
> Vienna - Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Transportation
>
> Slizen, Vitaliy
> Moscow - Head of Department, Information and Communication Ministry
>
> Swinehart, Theresa
> Marina del Rey, California - Vice President, Global and Strategic
> Partnerships, ICANN
>
> Taylor, Emily
> Oxford - Nominet (.uk), Director of Legal and Policy
>
> Wessberg, Arne
> Helsinki - President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU); President,
> International Institute of Communication
>
> Xiaokun, Yang
> Geneva - First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the United
> Nations Office at Geneva
>
> Zangl, Peter
> Brussels - Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for
> Information Society and Media, European Commission
>
>
> For further information, please visit www.intgovforum.org or contact
> Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, Secretariat of the Internet
> Governance Forum, tel.: +41 0 22 917 54 88, e-mail: mkummer at unog.ch.
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