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                    | FIRST MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON
                      INTERNET GOVERNANCE |  
                    |  |  The Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) met
                  at the United Nations in Geneva on 23, 24 and 25 November
                  2004. Open Consultations were held on 24 November. Click here for
                  a short summary of the meeting prepared by the
                  Secretariat. Click here for the
                  Press Release.
                  In order to meet the concern expressed by all participants
                  in the September consultations for the need for an open,
                  transparent and inclusive process, a round of consultations
                  open to all governments and stakeholders was held in
                  conjunction with the first meeting of the WGIG.  Click here to view the
                  agenda of the meetings, and the list
                  of participants.   The Group agreed to use the following preliminary draft
                  outline 
                  as a basis of future work.
                  WGIG Members agreed to prepare working papers on each of the
                  issues contained in this list.
                  The papers will be based on the following template. Contributions received for these meetings can be viewed
                  here.   |