MAG

The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) was established by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on May 17, 2006 as the Advisory Group to help him set-up the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the latest avenue for multi-stakeholder dialogue on internet governance. IGF was the outcome of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Originally, MAG was compose of 47 members from different sectors including government, private, civil society, academic and technical communities around the world. Nitin Desai, Special Adviser of the Sec. General for the WSIS was appointed Chairman of the Group.

On May 5, 2010, the United Nations announced the renewal of MAG to provide advise in preparation for the IGF Meeting, which was held at Vilnius, Lithuania on September 14-17, 2010. The members of MAG was increased from 47 to 56. The Group's meetings are conducted three times a year at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Open consultation meetings are held after every meeting.

Members

• Mr. Qusai Al Shatti- Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Society
• Mr. David Appasamy- Executive Vice President, Sify Technologies, India
• Ms.Christine Arida - Director of Telecom Planning and Services, National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt
• Mr. Fouad Bajwa – Social Entrepreneur, Pakistan

Mr. Bayramov, Ayaz - Head Dept. of Intl. Relations &Cooperation with NGOs, Ministry of Comm. and Information Technologies, Azerbaijan Ms. Valeria Betancourt-Coordinator of the Communication and Information Policy Programme in Latin America, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Ecuador Mr. Jorge Cancio Meliá- Adviser-Deputy to the Director of Information Society Services, General Direction for the Development of the Information Society, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade; Madrid Ms. Olga del Carmen Cavalli- Adviser for Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina Mr. Daniel Dardailler- Director of International Relations, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), France Ms. Ndeye Maimouna Diop Diagne- Dir. of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT, Senegal Mr. Chris Disspain- CEO, AU Registry; Chair, Council of Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), Australia Mr. Manuel B. Dengo-Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva Ms. Heather Dryden- Senior Advisor, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination, Telecommunications Policy Branch, Canada Mr. Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director/CEO, Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry ([[[LACNIC]]), Uruguay Ms. Coura Fall-Fall, Senegal Mr. Ondřej Filip, Chief Executive Officer of CZ.NIC, Czech Republic Mr. Sunday Folayan- Managing Director, SKANNET, Nigeria Mr. Alvaro Galvani - Head, Division of Information Society, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil Mr. Jean Yves Gatete-Secretary-General, Collectif National pour le Développement Humanitaire, Burundi Mr. Bill Graham- Global Strategic Engagement, Internet Society (ISOC), Canada Ms. Cathy Handley- Executive Director for Government Affairs/Public Policy, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), U.S.A. Ms. Ayesha Hasan- Senior Policy Manager, E-Business, IT, and Telecoms, Executive in charge of ICT, France Mr. Abdelaziz Hilali- Professor, Institut Supérieur des Télécommunications de Rabat; President, Internet Society Morocco Ms. Jeanette Hofmann- Senior Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)/Social Science Research Center Berlin Mr. Zahid U. Jamil-Senior Partner and Barrister-at-Law, Jamil and Jamil, Chairman Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre, Pakistan Mr. Masanobu Katoh- President of the Law and Intellectual Property Unit and Security Export Control Headquarters, Fujitsu Limited, Japan Mr. Michael Katundu- Assistant Director, Information Technology Communications Commission, Kenya Mr. Nazmul Huda Khan- Secretary, Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Bangladesh Mr. Igor Khimchenko-Deputy Dir. for Scientific, Technical & Strategy Development Dept., Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication, Russia Mr. Valdas Kišonas- Director, Information Society Development Committee under the Ministry of Transport & Communication, Lithuania Mr. Stephen K.M. Lau-Adviser, HP Enterprise Services and President, Hong Kong Computer Society, Hong Kong Mr. Frank March- Senior Specialist Advisor, Digital Development Energy & Communications Branch, Ministry of Economic Development,New Zealand Mr. Cecil McCain- Director of Post and Telecommunications, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica Mr. Sardjoeni Moedjiono- Senior Adviser to the Minister of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia for International Relations and Digital Divide Ms. Freda Ruth Murray-Bruce- Senior Manager, Strategy & Monitoring, Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria Ms. Nurani Nimpuno- Outreach & Communications, Netnod/Autonomica, Sweden Dr. Viv Padayatchy- General Manager, Cybernaptics Limited, Mauritius Mr. George Papadatos- Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Paul Philippot Jean- President, European Broadcasting Union, EBU & CEO of Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF, Belgium Ms. Y. J. Park- Senior Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Ms. Lorena Piñeiro- Head of International Affairs Department, Undersecretariate of Telecommunications, Chile Ms. Natasha Primo- Coordinator, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) National ICT Policy Advocacy Initiative, South Africa Mr. Quaynor, Nii- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network Computer Systems; President, Internet Society of Ghana Mr. Riehl, Frédéric- Deputy Director, Head of International Relations Service at the Federal Office of Communications, Switzerland Ms. Katitza Rodriguez Pereda- International Rights Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation, United States Mr. Peiman Seadat- Deputy Director for International Specialized Agencies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran Ms. Graciela Selaimen- Executive Coordinator, Núcleo de Pesquisas, Estudos e Formação (NUPEF), Brazil Mr. Charles Sha'ban- Executive Director, Regional Office, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property, Jordan Mr. Ravi Shanker- Joint Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India Mr. Waudo Siganga- Chair Computer Society of Kenya Mr. Juan Carlos Solines Moreno- Solines & Asociados Abogados, Partner; Professor of Technology & Law and Telecommunications Law, San Francisco de Quito University (USFQ), Equador Ms. Theresa Swinehart-Director, Global Internet Policy, Verizon Communications, USA Mr. Zicai Tang- Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Ms. Emily Taylor- Consultant Oxford, UK Ms. Jennifer A. Warren- Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA

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