[governance] AW: China on IGF

[Valeria Betancourt]

Thanks a lot, Wolfgang.

VB

2009/5/14 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

> Here it is again:
>
> wolfgang
>
>
> IGF Consultations Full Transcript
>
>  Geneva
>
>  Morning Session:
>
> May I turn to China, and then after that, I'm going to sort of conscript
> Egypt into speaking.
>
>  >>CHINA:   Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  On behalf
> of the delegation of China, I would like to present the position of the
> government of China on the fourth session of the IGF.
>
>  First of all, on the title -- the global title of the meeting, the
> delegation of China prefers the proposal put forward by Egypt, "Internet, an
> opportunity for all."  We think that this topic is very closely linked to
> the international financial crisis we're going through at the moment.  And
> in addition, it proves that the United Nations continue to work in order to
> promote the Internet.  As we have said in February, the rights and
> principles for Internet is not an appropriate theme because the words
> "rights and principles" don't have an appropriate definition.  As a meeting
> of the United Nations, it is not appropriate to adopt a theme which is not
> properly defined.
>
>  And on this matter, we suggest that we discuss the definition of "rights
> and principles" first of all, the workshop level.
>
>  Honorable Chairman, secondly, on the management of critical resources, the
> delegation of China feels that, first of all, the title of this theme should
> be "managing the critical Internet resources."
>
> We feel that this title has been defined last year, after extensive
> discussions.  And we think that this is a fairly neutral title.  At the same
> time, it is a very sensitive theme, and we would suggest that we continue
> using this title this year.
>
>  Also, we would like to stress the fact that under the theme of "critical
> Internet resource management," we think that JPA is a very important theme
> and that it's not because we're going to reexamine JPA in September that we
> can't discuss it at the fourth session of the IGF.  On the opposite, it's
> because we're going to do this in September that we should do it in IGF,
> too.
>
>  Thirdly, now, as to security, the delegation of China feels that this is a
> very important question.  At the present time, security in the Internet, on
> the Internet and cybercrime is something that has become a worldwide enemy.
>  And here we need to talk about regrouping the energies and resources of all
> parties concerned and to strengthen the international mechanism in order to
> promote security and stability for the Internet at the worldwide level.
>
>  We also think that there are some vital matters that have not been
> incorporated on this theme, for instance, how do we promote open source or
> intellectual property or traditional library resources.  These are all very
> important questions in order to promote dissemination of knowledge.
>
>  We also think that this is a theme which should be discussed in the
> opening title.
>
>  We have also noted that some have talked about the URL blocking.  On the
> URL blocking, this is a very sensitive matter.
>
>  In order to guarantee the security of states and to guarantee the
> interests of citizens to fight against terrorism and other crimes, all
> countries have the right to filter the contents of certain Internet sites.
>  And I think that this is something that all countries are in the process of
> doing.
>
>  IGF as a meeting hosted, under the auspices of the United Nations, talks
> about URL blocking.  Now, will this give an impression to the outside world
> that the United Nations are against content blocking?  Are the U.N. against
> the practice of certain states filtering some Internet sites so that when we
> talk about "blocking," should the theme of blocking be incorporated in our
> IGF meeting?  We have to be very careful about that.
>
>
>
>
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Valeria Betancourt
Coordinadora / Coordinator
Programa de Políticas de TIC en América Latina / Latin American ICT Policy
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