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

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

I am surprised that you in particular raise the question of impunity,
parminder.

For the record, I don't quite agree with the way mctim expressed his
question - but his edit had a valid point behind it.

--srs (iPad)

> On 27-Nov-2013, at 19:51, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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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