Transcript The ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee 1999 – 2004

The ICANN Governmental
Advisory Committee
1999 – 2004
GAC Chairman’s report for the
information of the
United Nations’ Working Group on
Internet Governance (WGIG)
Geneva, 15 February 2005
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GAC Chairman’s report to UN-WGIG
Geneva
Key reforms
ICANN Bylaws (1998)
• “The Governmental Advisory Committee should consider and
provide advice on the activities of the Corporation as they relate
to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may
be an interaction between the Corporation’s policies and various
laws, and international agreements”
ICANN Bylaws (2002)
• “The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on
public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in
the formulation and adoption of policies. In the event that the
ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent
with the Governmental Advisory Committee advice, it shall so
inform the Committee and state the reasons why it decided
not to follow that advice. The Governmental Advisory
Committee and the ICANN Board will then try, in good faith and in
a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable
solution.”
• It is noteworthy that there has never been a need to activate this
provision.
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GAC representation
1999-2004
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Africa
2
3
3
7
13
17
Middle East & North Africa
3
4
4
5
6
8
Asia/Pacific
14
18
19
19
21
24
Europe
23
26
30
30
31
37
Latin America & the Carribean
5
7
9
10
11
11
North America
2
2
2
2
2
2
49
60
67
73
84
99
Observers
5
5
5
6
6
9
Members
49
60
67
73
84
99
Total
GAC M e mbe rs & Obse rv e rs
120
100
80
99
60
40
60
67
Mem bers
Obs ervers
84
73
49
In February 2005,
Georgia became
100th member of the
GAC
20
0
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1999
5
2000
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5
2001
6
2002
6
2003
9
3
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GAC geographic distribution
1999-2004
Latin America
& the
Carribean, 5,
10%
Repartition of Mem bers in 1999
North
Middle East &
America, 2,
4%
Africa, 2, 4% North Africa,
3, 6%
Latin America
& the
Carribean, 11,
11%
Repartition of Mem bers in 2004
North
America, 2,
2%
Africa, 17,
17%
Middle East &
North Africa,
8, 8%
Asia/Pacific,
14, 29%
Europe, 37,
38%
Asia/Pacific,
24, 24%
Europe, 23,
47%
GAC is represented by various parts of Governments dealing
with public policy issues on Internet & DNS
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GAC Structure
• Recognition of multistakeholder
environment
• Consultative nature with open &
transparent processes
Liaisons
ICANN Board, Supporting Organisations (3),
other Committees (4), Nominating Committee
Working Groups
gTLDs (GNSO), IDN, ccTLDs*, Security/Root
Servers, IPv6, Future structure & Finance
*revision of ccTLD Principles
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GAC Working methods
• 3 face-to-face meetings per year – Next
meeting: Argentina, April 2005
• ± Monthly conference calls
• Mailing lists and e-mail reflectors
• Website:
- Public pages
- Members area
- DISCUS
• Chair+Vice-Chairs+Secretariat consult by
telephone ±weekly
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Thank you
Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
Chairman
Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
ICANN
[email protected]
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Geneva