EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding declares new agreement an important step towards full private-sector management of the Internet.
The European Commission has issued a statement welcoming the United States government's decision to give more autonomy to ICANN: "The European Commission has been working for several years on a system of Internet governance entrusted fully to the private sector without government interference in the internet's day-to-day management. The Commission cooperated in 1998 with the US in setting up ICANN and hosted, until 2006, the Secretariat of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to ICANN. Completing the transition of internet governance to the private sector also had been the explicit request by the EU and its partners at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in November 2005."
"I welcome the US government's declared intention to grant more autonomy to ICANN and to end its governmental oversight of the day-to-day management of the internet over the next three years," commentedViviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "We in Europe trust ICANN’s expertise and the unique multi-stakeholder model of consultation it represents. We consider ICANN to be best placed to ensure that the Internet's international dimension is taken into account in organising the internet’s root directory. The European Commission will follow closely ICANN's transition to full independence in the next three years. With our advice, we will contribute to this transition to ensure that it takes place transparently, reflecting the interests of industry and civil society alike."
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