As discussion of Internet governance and related issues intensified within the United Nations following December’s first half of the World Summit on the Information Society, U.S. industry representatives met twice in April with Markus Kummer, the head of the secretariat of the UN Secretary General’s Working Group on Internet Governance. 
 
At meetings in New York and Washington, Mr. Kummer updated USCIB members on the status of the UN Secretary General's working group on Internet governance.  He said he has not yet been given a budget, and he suggested that the secretariat borrow staff from other UN organizations.  Mr. Kummer further proposed that the group be comprised of an equal number of government, private sector and civil society representatives.
 
As part of its advisory role for the UN’s information-society summit, ICC is developing a roadmap for Internet governance to serve as the basis for future discussion.  U.S. members hope the ICC effort will shift the UN debate away from substantive discussions addressed by existing expert international bodies toward identifying issues require international coordination and are not being addressed by an existing body and expanding meaningful participation in the existing bodies. 
 
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