The United Nations will launch the first round of consultations next month on creating a new Internet governance body, as agreed by delegates who attended a global Net summit in Tunis, Tunisia, last year.
The U.N., which hosted the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in November, is welcoming all stakeholders to attend the consultations, which will take place in Geneva Feb. 16 and 17, according to a statement yesterday by Swiss diplomat Markus Kummer, who had previously participated in the WSIS working group on Internet governance.
The consultations will focus on developing "a common understanding among all stakeholders on the nature and character" of the proposed Internet Governance Forum and to prepare for the first meeting of the new body, to take place in Athens before the end of this year, the statement said.
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