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UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) Releases
ORDIG Policy Brief and Input Paper on Internet Governance
7 June 2005

Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations

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After almost ten months of research and activities, UNDP-APDIP's Open
Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG*) has produced a two-part
report entitled, "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities
and Recommendations" - consisting of 1) the ORDIG Policy Brief and Executive
Summary, and 2) the ORDIG Input Paper for the UN Working Group on Internet
Governance (WGIG) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

These documents stem from months of consultations involving stakeholder
groups from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.

ORDIG consulted over 3,000 stakeholders through sub-regional meetings,
jointly organized with UNESCAP and others; a region-wide online forum that
allowed for open and candid discussions on the issues; and a region-wide,
multi-lingual, issues-based online survey that looked at the Internet
governance priorities of the region.

The resulting two reports are the synthesis, consolidation, and reading of
the voices from the Asia-Pacific region.  They outline the principles and
dimensions that make up the framework for building recommendations, which
are provided in the documents at two levels - general and specific
recommendations.

Issues and recommendations covered in the Infrastructure dimension are
access costs, VOIP, and wireless networks.  Issues and recommendations
covered in the Logical dimension are DNS management, IP address management,
and technical standards.  Issues covered in the Content dimension are
content pollution (spam, viruses, spyware, etc.) and cybercrime.  Issues
covered in the Social/Developmental dimension are cultural diversity and
participation.

The "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and
Recommendations" documents were shared with and endorsed by delegates at the
High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information
Society, in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran (31 May-2 June 2005).

Furthermore, these reports will be provided to the WGIG at their upcoming
Fourth Meeting (14-17 June 2005), as the Asia-Pacific input for the Working
Group's deliberation.

For all documents, please go to:

ORDIG Policy Brief
http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG_Policy_Brief.pdf
ORDIG Input Paper
http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG_Paper.pdf
ORDIG Survey Report
http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG.Survey.Report.pdf
ORDIG Forum Summary
http://igov.apdip.net/undp-apdip%20forum%20summary.pdf

Contact:

Phet Sayo, UNDP-APDIP Programme Specialist, phet at apdip.net

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* ORDIG is an initiative of UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information
Programme (UNDP-APDIP), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).  It was carried out with the aid
of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa,
Canada.

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