1. Introduction This report presents the main findings of a review of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet (referred to in this document as Internet policy issues). It was prepared by the secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) for the inter-sessional panel of the Commission in response to the recommendation of the United Nations Economic and Social Council1. The work was carried out in August– November 2014, and has been supported by independent expert advice and comments from peer reviewers2. The review builds on earlier work initiated by the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC). It further continues the work towards creating a more comprehensive set of information on international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, the mechanisms dealing with these issues, and potential gaps in those mechanisms. This information has been included in a database created for this purpose. The report draws from the findings of the database, reviewing each of the international public policy issues in the same order as they are presented in the database. Background The CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC) was established by the Chair of the CSTD in 2013 in response to the request of the UN General Assembly in its resolution 67/195 of 21 December 2012. Its purpose was to examine the mandate of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) regarding enhanced cooperation as contained in the Tunis Agenda, through seeking, compiling and reviewing inputs from all Member States and all other stakeholders, and to make recommendations on how to fully implement this mandate. The group was composed of 22 Member States and 20 invitees from all other stakeholders, namely, the private sector, civil society, the technical and academic communities, and intergovernmental and international organisations. It held four meetings from May 2013 to May 2014. In its second meeting, held in November 2013, the group agreed to start a mapping exercise. It set up a correspondence group (CG) which was entrusted to: '(a) Review the identified international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet in the spreadsheet that … [had] … been developed in the second meeting of the WGEC. … (b) List where there are existing international mechanisms addressing the issues in the list, 1 E/RES/2014/27 from 16 July, 2014. 2 The work was carried out in collaboration with Jovan Kurbalija. Substantive comments were made by Jimson Olufuye, Joy Liddicoat, Parminder Jeet Singh, Peter Major, Phil Rushton and Wolfgang Kleinwächter. 1