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===WGIG Proposals on Internet Governance===
===WGIG Proposals on Internet Governance===
The WGIG also proposed policies regarding the issues affecting the governance of the internet which include:<ref>[http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance]</ref>
The WGIG also proposed policies regarding the issues affecting the governance of the Internet, which include:<ref>[http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance]</ref>
<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4692743.stm UN at Odds over internet's future]</ref>
<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4692743.stm UN at Odds over internet's future]</ref>
# Create a UN body known as the Global Internet Council to take over the United States' oversight role over [[ICANN]] which shall be composed of membes from different governments and other stakeholders.
# Create a UN body known as the [[Global Internet Council]] to take over the United States' oversight role over [[ICANN]] which shall be composed of membes from different governments and other stakeholders.
# Strengthen ICANN's governmental advisory committee to become a forum for official debate on Internet issues.
# Strengthen ICANN's governmental advisory committee to become a forum for official debate on Internet issues.
# Relegate ICANN to a narrow technical role and create an international internet council that sits outside the UN to remove the US oversight of ICANN
# Relegate ICANN to a narrow technical role and create an international internet council that sits outside the UN to remove the US oversight of ICANN