[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Calls for Conclusion of Agreement Between US Department of Commerce and ICANN

[Veni Markovski]

Right now the US Congress discusses the issue, and all congressmen and
women are against the conclusion...
A webcast is available at http://tr.im/npqp

Veni


On 6/4/09, Greg Wood <wood at isoc.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> For your reference, the news release below will be publicly
> distributed around 1200 ET US/1600 UTC today.
> Sincerely,
> -Greg
>
> Internet Society Calls for Conclusion of Agreement Between US
> Department of Commerce and ICANN
>
> Statement supports multi-stakeholder approach and continued progress
> on transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability
>
> Washington, D.C., USA--4 June, 2009--The Internet Society (ISOC), a
> global non-profit organization founded to provide leadership in
> Internet related standards, education and policy, has recommended that
> the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce
> and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) be
> concluded on its expiry 30 September, 2009.  The Internet Society
> believes that the continued success of the Internet depends on private
> leadership and the multi-stakeholder governance model.
>
> The Internet Society thanks the United States government for
> fulfilling its responsibilities to the global Internet community as
> set out in its landmark 1998 Policy on the Management of Internet
> Names and Addresses, and submits that the goal of the current
> agreement--transitioning the technical coordination and management of
> the Internet's domain name and addressing system to ICANN--has been
> achieved.
>
> The Internet Society highlighted the government's original view that
> "a private coordinating process is likely to be more flexible than
> government and to move rapidly enough to meet the changing needs of
> the Internet and of Internet users. The private process should, as far
> as possible, reflect the bottom-up governance that has characterized
> development of the Internet to date."
>
> "The Internet Society strongly believes that ICANN must focus on its
> role as steward of the shared public resource that is the domain name
> system within the multi-stakeholder model," said Lynn St. Amour,
> Internet Society president and CEO. "The Internet Society is committed
> to playing its part and calls on the United States government to join
> with other stakeholders in support of the evolution of this approach
> after the end of the Joint Project Agreement."
>
> Full text of the Internet Society's comments are available at:
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/ISOC-NOI-comments.pdf
>
> About the Internet Society
> The Internet Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to
> provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and
> policy. With offices in Washington, D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland, it
> is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of
> the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. More
> information is available at: http://www.isoc.org
>
> Media Contact
> Greg Wood
> Internet Society
> wood at isoc.org
> +1-703-439-2145
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