A Review Meeting on World Summit on the Information Society (Wsis+10 Review)

New Delhi: The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication & IT in collaboration with National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) conducted a multi-stakeholder consultation under Internet Governance to discuss the priorities and concerns of Indian stakeholder in relation to the ongoing overall review by the General Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10 Review).

India wants democratisation and broad-basing of the global affairs of telecommunications and internet governance. This was the main message taken forward by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad while he led the Indian delegation to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Conference held at Busan in South Korea in last October. India’s point is that ITU should take leadership and partner with UN and other International/Regional organizations in executing the Information and Communication Technology projects and programs in developing countries. India also wants the ITU to be the supervisory authority of Space Assets. India expressed its desire that ITU should play a more active role in the global Internet governance as envisaged during the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).

Recently, India has declared its commitment towards multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance.

In pursuance of such declaration, a series of multi-stakeholder discussions involving business, civil society, government, academia and technical community. The recent meeting on this issue was held in New Delhi on 18th September, 2015. There has also been remote participation from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) and Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economics Asia (LIRNEasia) in these meetings.

The entire Review process will be concluded by a High-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on December 15-16, 2015 in New York. Currently, the United Nations is facilitating a preparatory process for the WSIS+10 Review in consultation with Member States and relevant stakeholders.

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