UN reports on first day of IGF

The United Nations today released an interview with Markus Kummer, a member of the Secretariat for the IGF.

Internet Governance Forum in November to address access, security issues, UN official says 23 May 2007 – The next meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in November will focus on access, openness, security and diversity, a top United Nations official said today at a press conference in Geneva. Speaking after today’s preparatory consultations for the Forum’s second meeting, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November, Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the Forum’s secretariat, told reporters that the Rio meeting would advance the discussion that had taken place at the first Forum meeting in Athens last November.