On Thursday, Chinese Ambassador to the UN Sha Zukang restated
China's view on international management of the internet at a UN
internet governance conference in Geneva.
He said it should "ensure equitable distribution of resources,
facilitate access for all and ensure stable and secure
functioning."
He also stressed that governments should play a leading role in
the decision-making process, since the responsibility for
internet-related public policy issues lies with sovereign
states.
The situation in which internet governance is monopolized by one
state, one cooperation or a handful of private organizations
neither facilitates further growth, nor fully embodies the
principle of equity and full representation, said the Chinese
ambassador.
"It is of crucial importance to conduct research on establishing
a multilateral governance mechanism that is more rational and just
and more conducive to the internet's development in a direction of
stable, secure and responsible functioning and more conducive to
continued technological innovation," he said.
He also told the conference that China has become one of the
countries with the largest number of internet users. By last
December, the number worldwide had reached 810 million while that
of China was around 94 million, 11.6 percent of the total.
(Xinhua News Agency February 25, 2005)