Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review
of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
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representing approximately two thirds of the people residing in developing
countries, remain offline.
56. We recognize that there are many cross-cutting international public
policy issues that require attention and have not been adequately addressed.
57. We take note of paragraph 29 of the Tunis Agenda, and recognize that the
management of the Internet as a global facility includes multilateral, transparent,
democratic and multi-stakeholder processes, with the full involvement of
Governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, technical
and academic communities and all other relevant stakeholders in accordance with
their respective roles and responsibilities.
58. We reiterate the working definition of Internet governance, set out in
paragraph 34 of the Tunis Agenda, as the development and application by
Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared
principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures and programmes that shape the
evolution and use of the Internet.
59. We reaffirm the principle agreed in the Geneva Declaration of Principles
that the management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public policy
issues and should involve all stakeholders and relevant intergovernmental and
international organizations, within their respective roles and responsibilities, as set
out in paragraph 35 of the Tunis Agenda.
60. We take note of the hosting by the Government of Brazil of the
NETMundial Global Multi-stakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet
Governance, in São Paulo, on 23 and 24 April 2014.
61. We recognize that there is a need to promote greater participation and
engagement in the Internet governance discussions of Governments, the private
sector, civil society, international organizations, the technical and academic
communities and all other relevant stakeholders from developing countries,
particularly African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing
countries and small island developing States and middle-income countries, as well
as countries in situations of conflict, post-conflict countries and countries affected
by natural disasters. We call for strengthened, stable, transparent and voluntary
funding mechanisms to this end.
62. We note the important regulatory and legislative processes in some
Member States on the open Internet in the context of the information society and the
underlying drivers for it, and call for further information-sharing at the international
level on the opportunities and challenges.
63. We acknowledge the role of the Internet Governance Forum as a
multi-stakeholder platform for discussion of Internet governance issues. We support
the recommendations in the report of the Working Group on Improvements to the
Internet Governance Forum of the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development, 10 which the General Assembly took note of in its resolution 68/198 of
20 December 2013, and we call for their accelerated implementation. We extend for
another 10 years the existing mandate of the Internet Governance Forum as set out
in paragraphs 72 to 78 of the Tunis Agenda. We recognize that during that period,
the Forum should continue to show progress on working modalities and the
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