The Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) will hold its fourth meeting in Geneva from June 15-17, 2005, preceded by a one-day consultation open to all stakeholders on June 14.
The 40-member Working Group was established at the request of the United Nations (UN) member states during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in December 2003.
The WGIG is asked to present the result of its work in a report to be considered at the second phase of the WSIS to be held in Tunis in November 2005.
This report will be submitted to the UN Secretary General in mid-July and then will be discussed at the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase) of the WSIS, which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, September 19-30, 2005.
The WGIG website posted several working papers related to Internet governance issues, such as the administration of Internet names and IP addresses, cyber security, cyber crime, spam, and multilingualization of Internet naming systems, and asked all stakeholders to comment on such papers. Additional papers are expected to be posted by the beginning of June. These comments on the WGIG papers will form part of the background material used for writing the WGIG report.
The WGIG held its first three meetings in Geneva in November 2004, February 2005, and April 2005, respectively.