On June 30, 2005, the United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administrtation (NTIA) released the “US Statement of Principles on the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System.” The Internet Governance Project (IGP) has issued 7 points in response to the “Statement of Principles” showing the direction believed to be in the interests of the United States and the world.

The paper is titled The Future US Role in Internet Governance: 7 Points in Response to the U.S. Commerce Dept.‘s “Statement of Principles” with the following as its first point:

1. US policy, from the White Paper forward, has promoted internationalization of, and a leading role for non-state actors in, Domain Name System (DNS) governance.

We support the broad outlines of that policy, even if we have had vigorous disagreements with its. Globalized contractual governance, supported by transparent and objective governance processes, when implemented in a more democratic and politically balanced way, serves the interests of both US citizens and the global Internet community. More open processes invite all stakeholders to participate while distributing power more evenly. By more narrowly focusing on technical coordination, the regime helps ensure that the vitally important security and reliability of the Internet is preserved. Freeing the Internet’s resource allocation and assignment regimes from repressive political pressures was a design objective for these policy choices, one which we support.

Other 6 points issued in the paper consist of:

2. The US Government?s Current Role Contradicts its own 1998 White Paper 3. The US Position is Unclear

7. The US should take a leadership role in defining future a global governance framework