World Summit on the Information Society: Difference between revisions

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Ambassador David Gross, United States coordinator for Communication and Information Policy emphasized the "three pillars" of the U.S. governments 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, intellectual property protection is needed to inspire on-going content development and security of the internet, electronic communication and electronic commerce should be maintained meaning people should feel secure from cyber attack and their privacy is also secured.<ref>[http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2003/December/20031203163730retropc0.0570032.html US Priorities for WSIS]</ref>

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.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071_3-5886556.html Perspective: Power grab could split the Net]</ref>

==Second Phase: Tunis 2005==

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 Ambassador David Gross, United States coordinator for Communication and Information Policy emphasized the "three pillars" of the U.S. governments 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, intellectual property protection is needed to inspire on-going content development and security of the internet, electronic communication and electronic commerce should be maintained meaning people should feel secure from cyber attack and their privacy is also secured.<ref>[http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2003/December/20031203163730retropc0.0570032.html US Priorities for WSIS]</ref>
+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.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071_3-5886556.html Perspective: Power grab could split the Net]</ref>
 ==Second Phase: Tunis 2005==