{"id":11845,"date":"2006-10-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2006\/10\/30\/en-igf-2006-athens-overview\/"},"modified":"2006-10-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T07:00:00","slug":"en-igf-2006-athens-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2006\/10\/30\/en-igf-2006-athens-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Global IGF 2006 Athens \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The first-ever IGF met in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November 2006: more than 1,200 participants, including some 90 government delegations, gathered as equals under the theme "Internet Governance for Development."<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Debate ran along four pillars \u2014 openness, security, diversity and access. Censorship and free expression were confronted head-on at a UN forum for the first time, and issue-based Dynamic Coalitions on privacy, access to knowledge and spam emerged as the meeting's only tangible output.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Born of the 2005 WSIS Tunis Agenda, this was the start of the UN's experiment in a forum that decides nothing \u2014 the origin of the multistakeholder model that still underpins the IGF and today's AI-governance debates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Global IGF 2006 in Athens<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 Officially the Athens meeting; sessions were held at the Divani Apollon Palace Hotel in a coastal suburb of Athens<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n30 October \u2013 2 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nDivani Apollon Palace Hotel, a seaside suburb of Athens, Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nInternet Governance for Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\nMore than 1,200 participants, including some 10 ministers and some 90 government delegations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Main sessions<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Workshops<\/td>\nmore than 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sub-themes<\/td>\nOpenness, Security, Diversity, Access, plus emerging issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Chair<\/td>\nMichalis Liapis, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications (Forum Chairman)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    MAG Chair<\/td>\nNitin Desai, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and chair of the Advisory Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nGovernment of Greece and the United Nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nNo negotiated outcome document; the launch of issue-based Dynamic Coalitions was the most tangible result<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mandate<\/td>\nParagraph 72 of the WSIS Tunis Agenda (November 2005) asked the UN Secretary-General to convene the IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Milestone<\/td>\nThe first-ever IGF \u2014 the start of the UN's experiment in multistakeholder dialogue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. A Forum That Decides Nothing \u2014 The Multistakeholder Experiment Born of the Tunis Agenda<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening Session (30 October)<\/p>\n

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    "The Internet can play a powerful role in helping developing countries to advance their economic and social well-being"
    \n\u2014 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (message delivered by Special Adviser Nitin Desai)<\/strong> [2][3][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "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."
    \n\u2014 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (same message)<\/strong> [2][3][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n