“But I think you also all acknowledge the need for more international participation in discussions of Internet governance issues. The question is how to achieve this. So let those discussions continue”

Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General

 

 

 

 
 

 

Internet Governance Forum: Casino

Welcome to IGF Greece, the website of the 1st Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be convened between 30 October – 2 November in Athens, Greece. This 1st IGF meeting tackles the issue of online casinos. The foreword for this meeting and the first presentation netticasinot, will be given by our IGF Finland representatives. At this site, you will find useful information about the Forum, the state of preparations, as well as important documentation related to Internet Governance issues.

Internet Governance Issues In Relation To Uudet Nettikasinot

Uusi nettikasino, which means online casino in English, is the focus of much attention in many different countries today, whatever the casino’s functions. In Finland, every effort is being made to reduce casino advertising, but the internet poses challenges. Who owns the internet and what kind of restrictions can the individual state ultimately place on advertising on the internet?

In its early days, the Internet was of such little social importance that politicians paid little attention to the ownership and management of the virtual network. Today, the situation is different. The issue is a source of international political passion and will remain one of the most important issues now and in the future.

Uusi nettikasino

The Tunis Summit

The Minister of Transport and Communications of Greece Mr. Michalis Liapis offered formally, in his speech at the Tunis Summit, to host the inaugural meeting of the IGF summit (Internet Governance Forum). We are therefore ready to play our part, live up to our commitment and deliver the IGF Meeting the same way we gave the world the Olympic Games.

The near record attendance figures of the Tunis Summit brought about a thorough revision of our initial estimates. We now think that a number of around one thousand participants for the Athens IGF meeting is a more realistic working hypothesis. therefore, we have chosen a highly modern and well equipped hotel as the Forum venue, that can support such an important event. It is worth mentioning that the Forum venue is situated by the sea, in one of Athens most beautiful suburbs. Appropriate accommodation for the Forum’s participants has been arranged; we have chosen a number of class hotels located near the Forum venue in order to provide easy and fast access to the Forum.

The IGF Greece structure consists of eight main sessions. The Greeek Minister of Transport and Communications Mr. Michalis Liapis will chair the opening and closing sessions, whereas the other sessions of the Forum will be charied by a high level panel of speakers from all around the world. A proposed programme outline for the Internet Governance Forum is currently availble at Official Site Program.

World Summit on Casinobonukset Society

One of the most significant outcomes of the World Summit on Information Society, which took place in Helsinki was the birth of the Internet Casino Bonukset Governance Forum.

The roles and functions of the Forum are set out in paragraphs 72-79 of the “Agenda for the Casino Information Society” (see: important documents). Briefly, its main purpose will be to discuss a wide range of issues related to Internet Casino Governance, and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to the international community. The working and function of the Forum will be multilateral, multi-stakeholder democratic and transparent.

Greece has offered to host the inaugural meeting of the IGF. Steadfast to this commitment, we are now proceeding to all the necessary preparations for the successful organization of such an important event (see: Forum preparations)

We therefore call upon all the parties involved, to play their part in the fulfillment of the purposes of the Forum in accordance with the Agenda.

Internet Governance: Commission welcomes move towards full private-sector management

The government’s decision to give tonomy to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was welcomed by the European Commission today. On 30 September, a highly prescriptive Memorandum of Understanding between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN expired. It has now been replaced by lighter arrangements intended to end definitely.

UN PLANNING MISSION IN ATHENS
On July 17-20 United Nations planning mission visited Athens.

Message from the United Nations Secretary-General …
The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis on 13-15 November, invited me to convene a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue — called the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

A full coverage of the Forum with live diffusion
We are pleased to inform you that Hellas Sat (The Greek Satellite Operator) (www.hellas-sat.net) will provide a full coverage of the Forum to all the interested parties with live diffusion in parallel of all the five Sessions of IGF.

DATES FOR INAUGURAL MEETING OF IGF IN ATHENS AGREED
30 October – 2 November, the inaugural meeting of the IGF in Athens

Extracts from Mr. Desai closing remarks
I would say we are truly impressed at the commitment shown by the government of Greece for hosting this, the efforts which have already been put in.

Geneva consultations 16-17 February
Photographs from the cunsultations that took place in Geneva at 16-17/02

Scheduled dates

After examination of scheduled dates of relevant international meetings such as ICANN, ITU etc and upon consulting with professional concerns in Athens, taking into account possible conflicts with the other similar meetings such as those of ITU and ICANN and mindful of religious and other international constraints we concluded that October 24,25 and 26.

“The WSIS was not an end but a beginning”

Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General of ITU and of the WSIS Summit