[governance] [bestbits] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet governance in 2014

[John Curran]

On Oct 17, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> Hi, this will not be true at all. The main topic of the meeting will
> probably be something like the forms and ways to achieve
> pluriparticipative international Internet governance, including, as the
> Presidenta said, "an international framework of civil rights for the
> Internet".
> 
> The "phone list" of the Internet is just a relatively small part of this
> huge challenge. If the Icann people think otherwise, they will be in for
> a surprise very soon. :)

I have no knowledge of what the agenda for the Rio meeting will be, but 
note that these are two distinct items in the Montevideo Statement - 

(1)  - They identified the need for ongoing effort to address Internet Governance challenges, and agreed to catalyze community-wide efforts towards the evolution of global multistakeholder Internet cooperation.

    This would appear to be similar to "forms and ways to achieve 
    pluriparticipative international Internet governance"
 
(2) They called for accelerating the globalization of ICANN and IANA functions, towards an environment in which all stakeholders, including all governments, participate on an equal footing.

    This would appear to be similar to moving "ICANN away from 
    unilateral oversight", as noted by Brenden.

I imagine that both topics will enjoy significant discussion at
the meeting.

/John

Disclaimer:  My views alone.  Absence of an agenda does not equate
             to lack of an agenda...