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Declaration of Principles”, WSIS- 28 | Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from WGIG was circulated well in advance of the final WGIG meeting in mid-June, which was expected to focus on a relatively brief ‘executive summary’ of the long report. However, on the eve of the meeting it was decided, rightly, that the final Report needed to be considerably shorter than the existing text and that simply preparing an ‘executive summary’ would not meet the requirements. In the event, the three days and nights of intensive discussion at the Château de Bossey resulted in a document which, remarkably, for the most part represents a consensus of the whole membership of the WGIG, the exception being the few pages outlining four models for possible institutional arrangements principally for the oversight of what are essentially the socalled Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions.
The WGIG process benefited from the regular input provided by the different stakeholders. The group’s meetings followed a format that typically began with one or two days of open consultations. The range and profile of participants in these meetings reflected the universality 32 | Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from WGIG of the Internet governance debate as well as its perceived importance to diverse communities. The consultations attracted, in addition to the traditional diplomatic delegations and representatives of the Internet community, a large number of participants from entities which did not a priori have any obvious connection to Internet governance or play any specific role in the way the Internet is organized.
Many countries have embarked on, sometimes, draconian policies to control the Internet and in the process, often with the willing cooperation of the public sector, have threatened the free and liberating nature of the Internet. WSIS itself has contributed to this division between the communities. By not being included among the formally defined stakeholders groups, technologists were relegated to the side lines, as outside commentators and as auxiliaries in side events such as the ICT for Development side show.