WTPF Ends With Consensus Approval of Initial Report and IEG Opinions on Internet

摘要

Delegates to the World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF) Thursday adopted by consensusna non-binding report by ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré and six opinions from the ITUinitiatednInformal Experts Group (IEG) on Internet-related issues. That ended the conference after extensivendebate on governments’ role in Internet governance. Delegates chose not to act during the conferencenon a seventh opinion, introduced by Brazil but also containing controversial Internet governance languagenfrom an earlier Russian Federation contribution, because they couldn't reach a consensus in the allottedntime. Touré told delegates at the end of the conference that he would send that opinion to the ITU CouncilnWorking Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet), which will decidenon the best forum for continuing the debate.