Statements & positions: Global
| Title | Abstract | Date | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
| APC perspective on the future of the Internet Governance Forum | Willie Currie expressed APC’s support for the world’s only existing global debate space on the future of the internet saying “The IGF is an innovation in multi-stakeholder internet governance, it works, it is evolving and should continue” but stressed that it should evolve to be more than a dialoguing space and produce concrete outcomes. | November 2009 | |
| Written Submission to the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) | October 2009 | Full document | |
| Comments to ICANN: Proposed bylaw changes to improve accountability | The Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened new accountability measures for public comments. Willie Currie, APC's policy manager, said in his submission that “The community still does not have the power to dismiss the Board [which] is a signifier of a lack of accountability and democratic procedure that cannot be cured by the current proposed amendments.” | September 2009 | |
| Paper 1 (12/2008): Concept and possible scope of a code of good practice on information, participation and transparency | December 2008 | Full report | |
| WSIS Follow up: APC contribution to the Secretary General's report on progress | The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is one of the UN bodies that took up the follow up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This is APC’s contribution to a CSTD meeting where a report from the Secretary General on progress made in WSIS follow-up and implementation was presented, that took place on May 2007 in Geneva, as part of a series of WSIS follow-up meetings. | June 2008 | |
| WSIS Follow up: APC contribution to the session on Development-oriented policies for an inclusive information society | The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is one of the UN bodies that took up the follow up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This is APC’s contribution to a CSTD meeting meeting dealing with development-oriented policies for a social-economic inclusive information society, including access, infrastructure and an enabling environment, that took place on May 2007 in Geneva, as part of a series of WSIS follow-up meetings. | June 2008 | |
| Statement presented by APC's Anriette Esterhuysen at the closing of OECD ministerial in Seoul, June 2008 | June 2008 | ||
| APC statement from the 2007 Internet Governance Forum | The Association for Progressive Communications’ initial assessment of the second Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and suggestions for moving towards the third forum in New Delhi in 2008. | November 2007 | English |
| APC reflections at the commencement of the 2nd IGF | APC’s reflections and priorities at the commencement of the second Internet Governance Forum held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007. This document includes APC’s assessment of the first forum, held in Athens in 2006, and highlights our priorities for the second IGF. | November 2007 |
