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IGF Opening Remarks
See UN Secretary-General António Guterres's and Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Junhua Li's opening remarks at the 18th IGF in Kyoto, Japan.
IGF 2023 Opening Press Release
UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the 18th IGF, calling for a human rights and human-centered approach to digital cooperation. Read the opening press release!
IGF 2024
IGF 2023 Outputs
IGF 2024
The 19th Annual Meeting of the IGF was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 15 to 19 December 2024 in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC). The meeting was held under the overarching theme of Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future. The draft agenda is available. For participation logistics (visas, accommodation, transportation etc.), please visit the IGF 2024 Host Country website.
IGF 2023 Outputs
The 18th Annual Meeting of the IGF was held under the overarching theme, ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People'', in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 12 October 2023. The Summary Report, including the Kyoto IGF Messages, as well as all meeting outputs, are available.
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IGF Community Updates
Donors to Trust Fund
Tides Foundation
The Internet Society Foundation
Government of Sweden
Ribose Inc
Danish Internet Forum
Afilias Global Registry Services
The Walt Disney Company
NIC-MEXICO
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Politecnico di Torino
Government of the Republic of Korea
Government of Switzerland
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
Government of the United Kingdom
Community DNS
UNINETT Norid
MCADE, LLC.
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Government of the Netherlands
Government of Norway
Government of the United States
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
European Commission
Summit Strategies International
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
Verisign
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
Government of Germany
AT&T
IGFSA
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Verizon
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
Coordination Center for TLD RU
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Government of Japan
Microsoft Corporation
Nominet UK
CISCO
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
Amazon
China Energy Fund Committee
Government of Finland
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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. While there is no negotiated outcome, the IGF informs and inspires those with policy-making power in both the public and private sectors. At their annual meeting delegates discuss, exchange information and share good practices with each other. The IGF facilitates a common understanding of how to maximize Internet opportunities and address risks and challenges that arise.
