Some 10
leading organisations responsible for the coordination of the Internet
technical infrastructure globally ended its meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay reinforced
their commitments, warning against fragmentation of future Internet.
Those at the meeting according to
the Director of Global Media Affairs at the Internet Corporationn for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mr. Brad White, in a chat with ITRealms include Adiel
A. Akplogan, CEO, African Network Information Center (AFRINIC); John Curran,
CEO, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN); Paul Wilson, Director General,
Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC); Russ Housley, Chair, Internet
Architecture Board (IAB), Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN; Jari Arkko,
Chair, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); Lynn St. Amour, President and
CEO, Internet Society (ISOC); Raúl Echeberría, CEO, Latin America and Caribbean
Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC); Axel Pawlik, Managing Director, Réseaux
IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) and Jeff Jaffe, CEO, World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
ITRealms gathered that the meeting rose
after considering and insisting that the
Internet and World Wide Web have brought major benefits in social and economic
development worldwide.
“Both have been built and governed
in the public interest through unique mechanisms for global multistakeholder
Internet cooperation, which have been intrinsic to their success,” they said.
The leaders also discussed the clear
need to continually strengthen and evolve these mechanisms, in truly
substantial ways, to be able to address emerging issues faced by stakeholders
in the Internet.
The meeting further recommended that
“They reinforced the importance of globally coherent Internet operations, and
warned against Internet fragmentation at a national level. They expressed
strong concern over the undermining of the trust and confidence of Internet
users globally due to recent revelations of pervasive monitoring and
surveillance.
“They identified the need for
ongoing effort to address Internet Governance challenges, and agreed to
catalyze community-wide efforts towards the evolution of global
multistakeholder Internet cooperation.
“They called for accelerating the
globalization of ICANN and IANA functions, towards an environment in which all
stakeholders, including all governments, participate on an equal footing.
“They also called for the transition
to IPv6 to remain a top priority globally. In particular Internet content
providers must serve content with both IPv4 and IPv6 services, in order to be
fully reachable on the global Internet,” they stated.
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