# Capacity building and internet governance in developing countries
# Capacity building and internet governance in developing countries
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==WGIG Proposals on Internet Governance==
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On July 2005, WGIG proposed policies regarding the issues affecting the governance of the internet which include:<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4692743.stm UN at Odds over internet's future]</ref>
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# Create a UN body known as the Global Internet Council to take over the United States over sight role over [[ICANN]] which shall be composed of membes from different governments and other stakeholders.
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# Strengthen ICANN's governmental advisory committee to become a forum for official debate on internet issues
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# Relegate ICANN to a narrow technical role and create an international internet council that sits outside the UN and to remove the US oversight on ICANN
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# Create three new organizations which will handle the following roles:
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* to take over ICANN's role in Internet Addressing
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* to act as a debating platform for government, businesses and the public on issues regarding internet future and policies
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* to coordinate the work on internet-related public policy issues