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[Barrack Otieno]

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Subject: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS: Internet Society Board Takes Steps to
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 Internet Society Board Takes Steps to Strengthen Existing Internet
Governance Institutions



ISOC increases support for the Internet Governance Forum



[Buenos Aires, Argentina] – The Internet Society Board of Trustees, during
its meeting in Buenos Aires, agreed to increase support for the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) as an indispensable part of the Internet ecosystem,
including making a sizeable financial contribution. They also warned
against rash reactions to issues such as pervasive surveillance, which has
sparked widespread concern and discussion.



“Voluntary collaboration guided by a shared set of principles among
institutions has been key to the Internet's amazing success and robustness.
Institutions in the Internet ecosystem will continue to evolve in response
to new challenges,” stated Robert Hinden, Chair of the Internet Society
Board of Trustees.



In addition to increasing its own support for the IGF, the Internet Society
Board supported the establishment of a legal structure to facilitate
financial support by others. The Board further called for strengthening of
the distributed and decentralized approach to addressing challenges, and
avoiding approaches that would impose borders on the Internet and lead to
fragmentation.



The Board of Trustees applauded action taken at the recent Internet
Engineering Task Force meeting to work on enhancing the security of
Internet technology in light of the disclosures about pervasive monitoring
on the Internet.



President and CEO of the Internet Society Lynn St. Amour commented, "This
is a crucial period in the Internet’s development and the Internet Society
is committed to working to strengthen the multistakeholder institutions
that have been key to sustaining the open and global Internet."



Link:
http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-board-takes-steps-strengthen-existing-internet-governance-institutions



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