The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held under the initiative of the United Nations, recognizes the importance of Internet and its role as a key infrastructure element for building information society. At the same time, it was announced the necessity to consolidate all countries' positions on improvement of mechanisms for Internet governance and policy development related to global Internet.
Internet governance is the development of agreements about standards, policies, rules, and enforcement and dispute resolution procedures on issues related to the Internet, through a democratic, multilateral and transparent process with the full involvement of governments, the private sector and civil society.
The importance of sustainable functioning and effective use of the Internet is incontestable for the Central Asian countries. Along with promoting knowledge exchange, economic, political and social spheres development, it also joins communities and facilitates integration. Therefore, the Central Asian countries need to address the issues of effective Internet governance.
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