US embassy cable - 05BRATISLAVA898

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SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CURRENT INTERNET GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

Identifier: 05BRATISLAVA898
Wikileaks: View 05BRATISLAVA898 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bratislava
Created: 2005-11-08 13:48:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC LO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000898 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EB/CIP, EUR/ERA 
COMMERCE FOR ITA AND NTIA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECPS, ETRD, ECON, EINT, ETTC, LO 
SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CURRENT INTERNET GOVERNANCE 
STRUCTURES 
 
REF: STATE 196384 
 
(SBU) Director of the Department of Information Society at 
the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications Tibor 
Papp told Econoff that Slovakia seeks to preserve the status 
quo on Internet governance.  He stressed that the open nature 
of the Internet must be maintained, and since it is not under 
any threat there is no reason to change the current 
structure.  Papp opined that the "New Cooperation Model" was 
developed by "EU bureaucrats" who were looking for an issue 
to work on, but he did not think the proposal had deep 
support among member countries.  Although Slovakia will 
continue to push against any efforts to create new structures 
to govern the Internet, Papp noted that Slovakia will 
ultimately have to follow the EC line on this issue.  Papp, 
who will represent Slovakia at the WSIS in Tunis, does not 
expect the EU's proposal to go anywhere at the summit. 
VALLEE 
 
 
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