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[Carolina Rossini]

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Date: Apr 30, 2014 3:00 PM
Subject: NETmundial – the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of
Internet Governance
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“Internet regulation must ensure freedom of expression,

respect for human rights and sovereignty of countries”

President Dilma Rousseff



Dear Madam:



On behalf of the Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of
Brazil (SECOM), I thought you might be interested in the important outcome
of *NETmundial – the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of
Internet Governance *that took place in São Paulo, Brazil last week*.*



 Photo by Fernando Torres



As you may be aware, responsibility for the supervision of the domain-name
system will transfer from the United States to an international group in
September 2015.  The next year and a half is therefore crucial to redrawing
the map of global Internet governance.



On April 23 and 24, NETmundial provided a forum to discuss new Internet
governance principles as well as propose a roadmap for the further
evolution of Internet governance. The global multistakeholder meeting
brought together influencers from the private sector, civil society,
governments, academia and the technology community. In total, 830
participants from 97 countries attended NETmundial in São Paulo, while 33
hubs for remote participation in 30 cities of 23 nations were open during
the conference.



Here is a link to the final NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement, which is
the non-binding outcome of a bottom-up, open, and participatory process
involving thousands of people from around the world:



http://netmundial.br/netmundial-multistakeholder-statement/



The document includes Internet governance principles such as: human rights
and shared values; protection of intermediaries; culture and linguistic
diversity; unified and unfragmented space; security, stability and
resilience of the Internet; open and distributed architecture; enabling an
environment for sustainable innovation and creativity; process principles;
and open standards.



The Statement also outlines a roadmap for the future evolution of Internet
governance, addressing:

·         Issues that deserve attention of all stakeholders in the future
evolution of Internet governance

·         Issues dealing with institutional improvements

·         Issues dealing with specific Internet Governance topics

·         Points to be further discussed beyond NETmundial

·         The way forward



Recognizing that the Internet creates new opportunities and challenges to
both societies and governments, the Brazilian stance on Internet governance
is enshrined in the recently enacted Brazilian Civil Framework Act on the
Internet – Marco Civil da Internet -- , which lays the legal framework to
ensure that  in Brazil the Internet remains a democratic, multistakeholder
space of openness, collaboration and innovation. Click here to access the
Marco Civil law (available in Portuguese):
https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2014/lei/l12965.htm



We have also included below the full transcript of President Dilma
Rousseff’s opening speech to the NETmundial conference participants.



As the world now comes together to develop the principles and mechanisms
that will guide the Internet of the future, Brazil is committed to setting
the pace of this discussion.  For additional information about Brazil’s
leadership with regard to the future of Internet governance, or initiatives
of the Brazilian federal government in general, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.



Thank you.



The Secretariat for Social Communication (SECOM) of the Presidency of Brazil



<http://www.facebook.com/BrazilGovNews>

<http://www.twitter.com/BrazilGovNews>



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*TRANSCRIPT OF ENGLISH TRANSLATION*



*NETmundial – President Dilma Rousseff's Opening Speech*

*Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 10:00 to 11:30 BRT*

*NETmundial - São Paulo, Brazil*

Good morning to one and all. I would like to thank those who spoke before
me for perfectly pronouncing "good morning" in Portuguese, “Bom Dia”, as
voiced by our dear representative from Africa, Nnenna Nwakanma.

And by greeting her, I would like to extend my greetings to all women who
are currently active on the Web. Both the girls and the guys who are
equally active on the Web.

Greetings, likewise, to the mayor of Sao Paulo who has so kindly welcomed
us.

And above all, I would like to, first of all, greet two members of Congress
from Brazil. Namely, Mr. Alessandro Molon, representing the House of
Representatives, who served as rapporteur of the bill which led up to the
passing yesterday of the Internet civil framework, as well as
Representative -- rather Senator -- Walter Pinheiro, and through him, I
would like to further extend my greetings, likewise, to the Senate
rapporteurs who were able to pass this piece of legislation in record
time. Senator
Vital do Rego, Senator José Perrella, Senator Ricardo Ferraço. Thank you.

And to Senator Walter Pinheiro and to Representative Alessandro Molon, I
would like to voice my thanks for your efforts in passing the Internet
civil framework.

Greetings, likewise, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Wu
Hong Bo. Special greetings, likewise, to the inventor of the Internet, Tim
Berners-Lee.

I would like to greet the Vice-President of Google and a key person in the
establishment of the Internet, Mr. Vint Cerf.

Greetings, once again, to Mr. Fadi Chehade, who, on October 8th 2013 --
correct, Fadi? -- if I'm not mistaken, met with me in Brasília, on which
occasion the seminal idea surfaced of establishing this Internet governance
meeting being held here today.

So thank you very much to all of you, including cabinet ministers and
foreign delegates attending this session today – and may I also use the
opportunity to greet all cabinet ministers who have been actively involved
in the process that led up to the passing of the Internet governance civil
framework, an effort which of course involved all stakeholders and society.

Special thanks to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Figueiredo; to
Minister of Justice José Eduardo Cardoso; also to Minister of
Communications Paulo Bernardo and Minister of Science and Technology Clélio
Campolina Diniz; and may I also greet and thank Senator and Minister of
Culture Marta Suplicy and the Brazilian Secretary-General of the
President's Office, Gilberto Carvalho.

Greetings, likewise, to all attendees, particularly the media
professionals, journalists, photographers, cameramen and camerawomen.

I would like to say that you are all most welcome to Brazil as attendees to
this Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, the
so-called NETmundial (as we call it in Portuguese).

At this point in time I would also like to voice my greetings to the
organizers; i.e. the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and the 1net
Committee.

It gives me great joy to see in this plenary hall representatives of all
the different sectors somehow involved in Internet governance.

In this hall today we have civil society, academia, the technical
community, businesses and governments at large all represented.

This healthy diversity -- and I stress it is a healthy diversity -- is also
a hallmark of those groups that have joined us through the Internet, and I
would like to use the opportunity to establish a dialogue on the issues and
the purposes that bring us together in Sao Paulo today.

Back in mid-2013, revelations of comprehensive mechanisms for mass spying
and surveillance of communications caused anger and repudiation in vast
circles of public opinion, both in Brazil and in the world at large.

In Brazil, citizens, companies, diplomatic representations and even the
presidency of the republic itself were targeted, and their communications
intercepted.

These events are not acceptable, were not acceptable in the past and remain
unacceptable today, in that they are an affront against the very nature of
the Internet as a democratic, free, and pluralistic platform.

The Internet we want is only possible in a scenario where human rights are
respected, particularly the right to privacy and to one's freedom of
expression.

Accordingly, in my address to the 68th General Assembly of the United
Nations I put forth a proposal to tackle such practices. I then proposed a
discussion on establishing a global civil framework for Internet governance
and use, as well as measures to ensure actual protection of the data that
travels through the Internet.

Also, working together with German chancellor Angela Merkel, we submitted
to the United Nations a draft resolution on the right to privacy in the
digital age.

The resolution was passed by consensus, as proposed, and we also passed a
call for States to discontinue any arbitrary or illegal collection of
personal data and to enforce users' rights to privacy.

I must stress the fact that the same rights that people are entitled to
offline should be likewise protected online.

This meeting today, the NETmundial, provides further momentum to that
effort. It also responds to a global yearning for changes in the current
scenario, for ongoing, consistent strengthening of freedom of expression on
the Internet and for efforts that ultimately protect basic human rights
such as one's right to privacy. That is also, without a shadow of a doubt,
the case of one's right to having web-based discussions treated in a
respectful manner to ensure its democratic and open nature.

We have all, therefore, come to Sao Paulo with a shared purpose: that of
enhancing and democratizing Internet governance by building consensus,
consensus around principles and around a roadmap to be developed for its
future evolution.

A point I'd like to make plain and clear is that the idea here is not, of
course, to replace the countless fora out there that already address the
topic or the matter at hand today. The idea, rather, is to lend new
momentum and a much needed sense of urgency to the ongoing discussion.

We, therefore, work from two premises or key assumptions.

The first such premise is that we all want to protect the Internet as a
democratic space, available to use by all, as a shared asset, as a true
heritage of humankind.

More than simply a work tool and way beyond its well-known contribution for
economic growth (provided, of course, that it be increasingly inclusive),
the Internet has enabled the constant reinvention of the way people and
institutions interact, produce culture and organize, even politically.

An open and decent network architecture favors greater access to knowledge.
It helps make communications more democratic and also fosters constant
innovation. These basic features are the features that we want, and that
should be preserved under any circumstances and in any scenario in order to
ultimately guarantee the future of the Internet and thus leverage its
transformative effects for and in societies.

The second premise is the desire we all share to incorporate an
increasingly broader audience into this process.

Our commitment to an open and inclusive debate has guided the efforts to
organize this meeting in Sao Paulo today. All related sectors have taken
part in its preparation and are duly represented in this plenary hall today.

We are talking about thousands of participants from all over the world who
are joined together by virtual connections in several different points of
the planet.

The topics to be discussed have been the subject of broad and prior
international public consultation, and have received inputs from players or
stakeholders located in several different countries and in different
geographies.

These proposals or inputs, in turn, have served as the foundation to
develop a draft document, the draft document to be discussed and further
enhanced here in the next few days.

I would like to congratulate The Executive Multisectoral Committee as well
as the High-level Multisectoral Committee for this joint effort.

The interest of Brazilians in the Internet was reflected on the substantial
participation by Brazilian nationals in the participa.br public
consultation platform.

At this point in time, civil society is organized in this forum under the
so-called NETmundial Arena, which is the Brazilian locus for access to
today's sessions.

I would like to express to all ladies and gentlemen and to all friends
attending this session, that Brazil advocates that Internet governance
should be multisectoral, multilateral, democratic and transparent in nature.

It is our view that the multisectoral model is the best way to exercise
Internet governance.

Very much in accordance with that view, our local governance system, which
has been in operation for 20 years, has relied on actual participation of
representatives from civil society, members of academia, the business
community, and the government at large at the Internet management committee.

Fully in line with what I just said, I also attach a great deal of
importance to the multilateral perspective, according to which government
participation should occur on an equal footing among governments in such a
way as to ensure that no one country will have or bear greater weight
vis-a-vis other countries.

Our advocacy of the multilateral model is the natural consequence of an
elementary principle that should govern today's international relations,
one enshrined in the Brazilian Federal Constitution: I'm talking about
equality among States.

We, therefore, see no opposition whatsoever between multilateralism and
multisectoralism. In fact, the opposite of that, a unilateral Internet, is
what we deem untenable.

An Internet that is ultimately subject to intergovernmental arrangements to
the exclusion of other sectors of society is not a democratic Internet.

Multisectoral arrangements that are, in turn, subject to oversight by one
or few states are not acceptable either.

We truly want to make the relations between governments and societies, as
well those between governments, more democratic. We want more democracy,
not less.

The task of affording a global nature to the organizations currently
responsible for the core functions of the Internet is not only a necessary
task, but also an unpostponable one.

The complexity of the transition at hand - which involves jurisdictional
competence, accountability and agreements with multiple stakeholders - does
not, nevertheless, make it less urgent a task.

That is why I'd like to again welcome the intention recently voiced by the
United States government to replace its institutional links with the
Internet Authority for Number Assignment (IANA) and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, with a global management
model for these institutions.

From now onwards, a new instrumental and legal arrangement of the Domain
Name System, today under the responsibility of IANA and ICANN, must be
built with broad-ranging involvement of all sectors that have an interest
in the matter, way beyond the traditional stakeholders or players
traditionally involved.

Each sector, of course, performs different roles based on likewise
differentiated responsibilities. The operational management of the Internet
should continue to be led by its technical community.

I’d like to, at this point, voice my public recognition -- on behalf of my
government -- to these people who devote their time and energy on a
day-to-day basis to keeping the Internet as an open, stable, and secure
platform, a key effort which remains largely invisible in the eyes of most
of us end users.

Matters pertaining to sovereignty, such as cybercrime, breach of rights,
economic issues or transnational economic issues and threats of
cyber­attacks are the primary responsibility of States.

The task at hand is, above all, to ensure that States will have at their
avail the tools that will allow them to fulfill their responsibilities
before their citizens, including the guarantee of fundamental rights.

Rights which are ensured offline should be equally ensured online. These
rights thrive under the shelter (and not in the absence) of the State.

In order for global Internet governance to be truly democratic, mechanisms
are required to enable greater participation of developing countries in all
different sectors.

The matters that are in the interest of these countries (which are heavy
users of the Internet), such as expanding connectivity, accessibility, and
ensuring respect to diversity, should be central on the international
agenda.

It is not enough for fora to be open from a purely formal standpoint. We
must further identify and remove the visible and invisible barriers to
actual participation of the entire population of every country in the
Internet, or else we would be ultimately restricting or limiting the
democratic role and the social and cultural reach of the Internet.

The effort at hand further requires that the Internet Governance Forum be
further strengthened as a dialogue forum capable of producing results and
recommendations.

It also requires a comprehensive, broad-ranging 10-year review of the World
Summit on Information Society, as well as a deeper discussion on ethics and
privacy at the UNESCO level.

Given the above, I would like to say that we strongly believe that the
cyber­space -- and I'm sure that belief is shared by all of you -- should
be the territory of trust, human rights, citizenship, collaboration, and
peace.

To achieve these objectives, we must agree on basic principles that will
ultimately guide Internet governance.

As regards privacy, the resolution passed by the United Nations
organization was an important step in the right direction, but we still
have much progress to make.

Any data collection or treatment should only be carried out with full
agreement of the parties involved or as legally provided for.

However, the discussion on principles is much more comprehensive. It must
-- and I stress it *must* -- include universal Internet access, which is
absolutely key for the Web to serve as a tool for human and social
development that can ultimately help build inclusive, nondiscriminatory
societies.

It should also include freedom of expression and net neutrality as sine qua
non conditions.

Brazil has its contributions to make, following a broad-ranging domestic
discussion process that has ultimately led to the passing of the Internet
Civil Framework Act enacted yesterday by Congress, which I had the honor of
sanctioning just a few minutes ago. The law - ­and may I quote Sir Tim
Berners-Lee who viewed it “as a gift to the web for its 25th Anniversary” -
clearly shows the feasibility and success of open multisectoral discussions
and of the innovative use of the Internet to discuss its own nature, as a
tool and an interactive discussion platform.

I think it is fair to say that the process that led up to the Civil
Framework Act, as it currently stands, has been even further appreciated
given the process that preceded the efforts to establish it as such.

Our civil framework establishes principles, guarantees and user rights,
clearly assigning duties and responsibilities to the different stakeholders
and government agencies acting on an online environment. And equally
important, it enshrines net neutrality as a key principle, a major gain
which we were able to materialize as a consensus in the process.

It enshrines net neutrality by establishing that telecommunications
companies must treat any data packages equally, without any distinction
whatsoever of content, origin, destination, terminal or application.
Furthermore, companies may not block, monitor, filter or analyze the
content of data packages.

The Civil Framework protects citizens' privacy, not only in the relations
with the governments but also in relations with the Internet companies.

Communications are by definition non-violable, except by specific court
order to that effect. The recently passed law further contains clear rules
governing the removal of content from the Internet, always ensuring it may
only happen with a court order.

The civil framework is an example of the fact that the Internet’s
development cannot do without a discussion process and the involvement of
national States. As such, it stands as an innovative benchmark milestone
because the voices of the streets, of the networks and of different
institutions were all heard in its conception.

For all of the above, it is our firm conviction that on a network, each
node matters. The large nodes, such as the megaportals to which a
substantial amount of world traffic converges, and the small nodes are
equally important.

At this time, I would like to bring to the fore a key fundamental issue.
Our country has taken a major step forward by guaranteeing a steady stream
of income and ensuring inclusion to a substantial share of our population.

Income and Internet access are equally important. Ensuring we have a place
in society where citizens have their own views and are able to freely voice
their views is equally important. Hence the invaluable degree of importance
we attach to the Internet in our society.

We also have yet another major asset. I'm talking about Brazil's ethnic,
cultural, political, and religious diversity. It is our duty to not only
respect but also to promote and foster our diversity. We do not wish to
impose beliefs, customs, values or political views on anyone.

And I want to once again highlight the thousands of users that multiply on
a day-to-day basis, not only here but in all the developing countries, in
the outskirts of large urban centers and also in traditional communities
out there. All of these new users enrich the Internet with new alternative
ideas and accounts of the world, with new world visions. These people make
the Internet a stronger and more universal platform.

And it is on their behalf, and because of them, that I would like to again
voice my gratitude to all of you for attending this meeting in Sao Paulo.
For us, the Internet is a modern-day pro-emancipation, pro-­transformation
tool that changes society. Sweeping changes are introduced through the
Internet. You are all most welcome. And I hope you will all come back for
the World Cup, to the Cup of all Cups. If not, make sure you watch it
through the Internet. Thank you very much again.



*Source: *SECOM





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