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

[Desiree Miloshevic]

Veni

I am listening to the hearing, and saying ALL - is simply wrong.

Desiree
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On 4 Jun 2009, at 15:39, Veni Markovski wrote:

> 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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