[governance] BMP} Statement on Process and Objectives for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance

[parminder]

On Wednesday 27 November 2013 03:37 AM, McTim wrote:
> Norbert,
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> snip
>>
>>
>> I'd like to request the author of this change to explain the reasoning
>> behind it.
> Have I violated your anti-american orthodoxy?

Most regrettable and uncalled for comment... It is becoming quite 
regular for some people- a set of them - to enjoy absolute impunity on 
this list.... Is this 'power', corrupt power.

parminder

>
> the reasoning behind the change is that this meeting is NOT supposed
> to come up with concrete solutions.  It is supposed to discuss high
> level principles IIRC.
>
> Looking in the archives, I see this from S. Bellagama:
>
>  From the presidential website:
> (http://blog.planalto.gov.br/brasil-vai-sediar-reuniao-internacional-sobre-governanca-da-internet-em-abril-de-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brasil-vai-sediar-reuniao-internacional-sobre-governanca-da-internet-em-abril-de-2014)
>
> Brazil will host international meeting on Internet governance in April 2014
>
> The Ministers of Foreign Affairs , Luiz Alberto Figueiredo ;
> Communications , Paulo Bernardo; and Science , Technology and
> Innovation , Marco Antonio Raupp , announced on Monday ( 18 ) , during
> a press conference that Brazil will host an international conference
> on Internet governance on 23rd and April 24, 2014  . According to
> Paulo Bernardo, the meeting should take place in São Paulo . The goal,
> according to Figueiredo , is organizing a multi-stakeholder meeting to
> seek common understandings about the subject .
>
> "The goal of the conference is a broad discussion of all stakeholders
> and sectors directly linked to the internet  Governments , businesses
> , academia, civil society. We are acting internationally for the
> protection of human rights. This is the main guidance from our
> government, to protect freedom of expression, human rights and
> privacy. We are determined to continue on this path", said Figueiredo
> .
>
> The purpose of the meeting was arranged at a hearing of President
> Dilma Rousseff with the CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
> Names and Numbers (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers) , Fadi Chehadé , on October 9th. In this occasion, he said
> that came "to discuss with her how to achieve practical solutions
> starting from her her vision for the future, because the world's
> confidence in the global Internet was injured" and that the idea of
> the conference was to "discuss how together we set the grounds for our
> work in governing the internet".
>
> <end quote>
>
>> My current perspective is that the main benefit of a high-level meeting
>> as seems to be planned for Brazil should be that it could provide an
>> opportunity to reach a decision on choosing a specific solution
>> from among the various possibilities.
>
> I think your current perspective is incorrect.
>
>> If the choice is not made then and there, when and where will it be
>> made?
> I suspect it will go through a number of iterations of
> meetings/discussions both pre- and post Brazil.  I don't mind if NTIA
> no longer has a say in authorizing root zone changes, but I do
> strongly object to an elite group of folk getting together (3 per
> country?) to make this change.
>


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