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Mexico discusses Internet governance

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AutorIsrael Rosas
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See note 48

In mid-February, local ecosystem actors met for the second time in Mexico City to discuss Internet governance. This is a Mexican venture inspired by the Internet Governance Forum and the multistakeholder model.

Deining Internet governance

The term Internet governance refers to the mechanisms related directly or indirectly to the development and use of Internet. The degree of formality of these mechanisms varies depending on their scope, making it possible to identify issues of Internet governance in a range that goes from the development of technical standards to the design and implementation of public policies through to laws and regulations.

A working deinition for this term is found in paragraph 34 of the Tunis Agenda for an Information Society, from 2005, while work was being carried out by the World Summit on this same topic. It recognizes that ecosystem stakeholders must work together for the development of the Internet:

34. A working deinition of Internet governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in carrying out their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of Internet.

Thus, the working deinition recognizes a model for Internet governance in which each stakeholder takes part in equal conditions and on the

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performance of their respective roles. While the deinition contained in paragraph 34 recognizes governments, the private sector and civil society, the ecosystem has also recognized the academia and the technical communities in line with paragraph 36 of the same document. This model for Internet governance is known as "multistakeholder".

Spaces for discussing Internet governance

Based on paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda, the ecosystem requested the UN Secretary General to create the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This forum was established as a propitious place to discuss the issues of Internet governance under the multistakeholder model.

The original mandate of the IGF was awarded for ive years, between 2006 and 2010. In 2010, the mandate was extended until 2015, which means that this year it will be necessary for the General Assembly of the UN to decide if it renews the mandate of the forum, and for how long, if the decision turns out to be positive. This is particularly relevant because Mexico will host the IGF in 2016 if the forum continues to...

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