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Ambassador [[David Gross]], United States coordinator for Communication and Information Policy, emphasized the "three pillars" of the U.S. government's stand at the WSIS in Geneva, which include: commitment to the private sector and the rule of law must be emphasized in the summit for countries to attract the needed investments for infrastructure; [[Intellecutal Property|intellectual property]] protection is needed to inspire ongoing content development and security of the internet; electronic communication, commerce, and privacy should be maintained and people should feel safe from cyber attacks.<ref>[http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2003/December/20031203163730retropc0.0570032.html US Priorities for WSIS]</ref>

Ambassador [[David Gross]], United States coordinator for Communication and Information Policy, emphasized the "three pillars" of the U.S. government's stand at the WSIS in Geneva, which include: commitment to the private sector and the rule of law must be emphasized in the summit for countries to attract the needed investments for infrastructure; [[Intellecutal Property|intellectual property]] protection is needed to inspire ongoing content development and security of the internet; electronic communication, commerce, and privacy should be maintained and people should feel safe from cyber attacks.<ref>[http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2003/December/20031203163730retropc0.0570032.html US Priorities for WSIS]</ref>

===Disputes===

===Disputes===

One of the main issues that was strongly objected by the Bush Administration during the WSIS summit in Geneva was the proposal for the United Nations to control the top-level servers that direct traffic to the master data bases for all domain names, wherein the ITU, an organization under the UN, offered to take over the control from the United States. This idea was highly supported by the European Community ([[EC]]).<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071_3-5886556.html Perspective: Power grab could split the Net]</ref>

One of the main issues that was strongly objected to by the Bush Administration during the WSIS summit in Geneva was the proposal for the United Nations to control the top-level servers that direct traffic to the master data bases for all domain names, wherein the [[ITU]], an organization under the UN, offered to take over the control from the United States. This idea was highly supported by the [[European Commission]].<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071_3-5886556.html Perspective: Power grab could split the Net]</ref>

==Second Phase: Tunis 2005==

==Second Phase: Tunis 2005==