[bestbits] Letter to Pres. Rousseff, was, Re: [governance] Dilma Rousseff's speech at UN
Anriette Esterhuysen
anriette at apc.org
Wed Sep 25 10:11:10 EDT 2013
Dear all
I would like to propose that we do a letter from civil society
commending her on her speech. We could mention our support and wishes
for the Marco Civil, and, if we want, the multi-lateral vs.
multi-stakeholder question.
Anriette
On 25/09/2013 15:41, Gene Kimmelman wrote:
> Having been in these situations in the U.S., I fully understand the
> need to accept and fully embrace progress; I do not want to interfere
> in what our Brazilian friends are fully capable of handling, other
> than to say I fully support the sentiment expressed by Joana and Carlos!
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com
> <mailto:joana at varonferraz.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I totally support Carlos Afonso's view.
>
> One step at the time.
>
> What matters now is that Dilma has clearly mentioned the CGI.br
> principles, including the support for net neutrality. It means a
> LOT for our national scenario and for years of fight to try to
> pass Marco Civil. Meaning it wont be easy for telcos to take down
> net neutrality provisions from the draft bill.
>
> Even better, this all has happened right after she opened a
> channel of communication/consulation with CGI.br. That's THE
> dynamics for internet public policies we dreamed about in Brazil.
> The issue on using the word "multilateral" shall NOT be used to
> loose the focus on this major achievement.
>
> It is indeed an issue of concern. But it's not actually something
> new. It has been highlighted in several opportunities in the
> Brazilian positions at ITU, held by Anatel, our regulatory
> agency. For instance, in our previous opinion on the role of
> States. Nevertheless, positions from our Ministry of Foreign
> Affairs towards multistakeholderism are very clear and positive.
> And now CGI.br has the door open with the president to correct
> explain all the important debate of multistakeholder approach on
> IG. So we have opportunities to correct this schizophrenic aspect
> and there is hope.
>
> So, please, people, let's be positive and understand that having
> the President referring to these principles - an to Internet
> Policies - in the UNGA is not a minor thing. I had the lucky to be
> in a panel at the Council of Europe a few minutes after she
> delivered the speech and managed to incorporate some of her quotes
> in my presentation. The public got really impressed.
>
> all the best
>
> joana
>
>
> --
> --
>
> Joana Varon Ferraz
> @joana_varon
> PGP 0x016B8E73
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca
> <mailto:ca at cafonso.ca>> wrote:
>
> Dear people,
>
> I am not sure we will go too far (although philosophers can
> really be
> far-fetched in this exercise) in doing an exegesis of her
> discourse. Let
> us see how the practice goes. The signs are good: she entered
> the room
> to talk to us CGI.br folk with our 10 Principles in hand and
> the first
> thing she told us was she agreed with them.
>
> She also mentioned the Marco Civil as proposed by the
> rapporteur (result
> of a 4-year public dialogue) is the one she agrees with (which
> is the
> one CGI.br formally supported), and was going to fight for it,
> although
> recognizing that as bill of law transiting through Congress it
> might
> suffer modifications which she might veto but Congress could
> reverse and
> so on -- in summary, normal practice in a democratic State.
> The big
> challenge now is the process in Congress, where the
> transnational telcos
> and big media have enormous power.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 09/24/2013 09:58 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro wrote:
> > the Steering Committee principle reads as "Internet
> governance must be
> > exercised in a transparent, multilateral and democratic
> manner, with the
> > participation of the various sectors of society, thereby
> preserving and
> > encouraging its character as a collective creation."
> >
> > Her wording for the UNGA says: "Open, multilateral and
> democratic
> > governance, carried out with transparency by stimulating
> collective
> > creativity and the participation of society, Governments and
> the private
> > sector."
> >
> > My reading of that is that: (1) it does not repeat the idea
> that Internet
> > governance as a collective creation and (2) the first one
> defines Internet
> > governance as something "with the participation of the
> various sectors of
> > society", and the second only mentions it should be carried
> out with
> > stimuli for "the participation of society, governments and
> the private
> > sector."
> >
> > Can you see my point?
> > Em português o trem funciona do mesmo jeito.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Carolina Rossini <
> > carolina.rossini at gmail.com
> <mailto:carolina.rossini at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Via Renata Avila, segue discurso da Dilma na UN.
> >> Coming from Renata Avila, see attached Dilma draft speech
> at UN.
> >> C
> >>
> >> --
> >> *Carolina Rossini*
> >> *Project Director, Latin America Resource Center*
> >> Open Technology Institute
> >> *New America Foundation*
> >> //
> >> http://carolinarossini.net/
> >> + 1 6176979389 <tel:%2B%201%206176979389>
> >> *carolina.rossini at gmail.com
> <mailto:carolina.rossini at gmail.com>*
> >> skype: carolrossini
> >> @carolinarossini
> >>
> >>
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