[governance] Re: [bestbits] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet governance in 2014

Joana Varon joana at varonferraz.com
Wed Oct 9 18:22:26 EDT 2013


H. Touré, among other, shall be unhappy...

Interesting times... and a LOT of work in the way forward..


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:07 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> EXCELLENT!
>
> CONGRATULATIONS TO BRAZIL FOR STEPPING UP AND SHOWING THE NECESSARY
> LEADERSHIP!
>
> NOW WE MUST SET TO WORK TO HELP DESIGN THE WORLD/INTERNET WE WANT!
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net
> [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Carlos A. Afonso
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 2:46 PM
> To: Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus - IGC; NCSG List; BestBits
> List
> Subject: [bestbits] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on
> Internet governance in 2014
>
> [sorry for possible duplicate posts]
>
> Dear people
>
> Here is the Google Translate English version (I did some editing) of the
> official report on the meeting between President Rousseff and ICANN's
> President and CEO Fadi Chehadé, which just happened.
>
> The original version in Brazilian Portuguese is at the end.
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
>
> http://convergenciadigital.uol.com.br/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=35
> 107&sid=4&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.UlXEbbOm1q8
>
> Brazil will host world event on Internet governance
>
> From the editor :: Convergência Digital :: 09/10/2013
>
> Brazil will host the meeting in 2014 to discuss the necessary changes to
> Internet governance. After meeting with the president of the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann, its acronym in English),
> Fadi Chehadé, President Dilma Rousseff agreed to meet global leaders from
> different sectors interested in the topic.
>
> According to Chehadé, the world counts on Brazil's leadership on this
> issue,
> after President Dilma Rousseff spoke at the opening of the 68th UN General
> Assembly, held in September in the United States. "The world heard the
> Brazilian president, who spoke with deep conviction, with great courage,
> and
> expressed the frustration that many people around the world feel about the
> fact that the trust relationship we have with the Internet had been
> broken,"said, revealing that the speech by Dilma was the motivation of his
> proposal for their meeting.
>
> Chehadé cited allegations of espionage involving the communication of
> Brazilian authorities and citizens, among them the very president,
> Petrobras
> and the Ministry of Mines and Energy. "I came to ask the president to
> elevate her leadership to a new level, to ensure that we can all get
> together around a new model of governance in which all are equal," he said.
> The president of Icann said that future decisions on how leaders can manage
> the internet should be based on the principles of the Civil Rights
> Framework
> for the Internet in Brazil which is going through the National Congress.
>
> Fadi Chehadé was yesterday (Oct.7th) with Communications Minister Paulo
> Bernardo, to ask for help from Brazil to start discussions about changes in
> the governance of the Internet, and said that the arrangements should begin
> this year. According to him, the need for a new governing body of the
> Internet requires the involvement of multiple actors, not just the
> government.
>
> "I understand that the internet has a new feature that requires active
> participation by governments, their respective agencies within the United
> Nations, but also in the context of users, civil society, the technicians,
> who after all make the Internet work," Chehadé defended.
> For the president of the corporation, academics and industrialists need to
> participate in the debate, as they reflect on rights and carry out the
> management of the Internet infrastructure.
>
> The president of Icann said telecommunications companies must also attend
> the conference."They are integral part of the family with which we must
> work," he said. According to Paulo Bernardo, President Dilma agreed that
> changes in network governance must occur multilaterally and with the
> participation of all actors who engage the internet, and said that "we must
> not allow economic, political and religious interests to interfere in the
> free circulation of ideas." The minister said that the suggestion of the
> president is that the event be held in April 2014 in Rio de Janeiro.
>
> Source : Agência Brazil
>
> -------- original in pt-br -------------
>
> O Brasil vai sediar em 2014 o encontro para discutir as mudanças
> necessárias
> para a governança da internet. Após se encontrar com o presidente da
> Corporação da Internet para Atribuição de Nomes e Números (Icann, na sigla
> em inglês), Fadi Chehadé, a presidenta Dilma Rousseff concordou em reunir
> líderes globais de diferentes setores interessados no tema.
>
> De acordo com Chehadé, o mundo conta com a liderança brasileira nesta
> questão, depois que a Presidenta Dilma Rousseff discursou na abertura da
> 68ª
> Assembleia Geral da ONU, ocorrida em setembro nos Estados Unidos. “O mundo
> ouviu a Presidenta brasileira, que falou com profunda convicção, com muita
> coragem, e externou a frustração que muitas pessoas, em todo mundo, sentiam
> com o fato de que a confiança havia sido quebrada que temos com relação à
> internet”, disse, revelando que o discurso de Dilma foi a motivação da sua
> proposta para o encontro.
>
> Chehadé citou as denúncias de espionagem envolvendo a comunicação de
> autoridades e cidadãos brasileiros, dentre eles a própria presidenta, a
> Petrobras e o Ministério de Minas e Energia. “Vim solicitar à presidenta
> que
> elevasse sua liderança a um novo nível, de modo a assegurar que todos
> possamos nos reunir em torno de um novo modelo de governança, em que todos
> sejamos iguais”, afirmou. O presidente da Icann disse que as futuras
> decisões sobre como os líderes poderão gerir a internet devem ter como base
> os princípios do marco civil brasileiro, que tramita no Congresso Nacional.
>
> Fadi Chehadé esteve anteontem (7) com o ministro das Comunicações, Paulo
> Bernardo, a fim de pedir ajuda do Brasil para iniciar os debates sobre
> mudanças na governança da internet, e disse que as articulações devem
> começar este ano. Segundo ele, a necessidade de um novo órgão gestor da
> internet passa pela participação de múltiplos atores, não só do governo.
>
> “Entendo que a internet tem um novo recurso, que exige participação ativa
> por parte dos governos, dos seus respectivos órgãos no âmbito das Nações
> Unidas, mas também no âmbito dos usuários, da sociedade civil, dos
> técnicos,
> que afinal de contas fazem a internet funcionar”, defendeu Chehadé. Para o
> presidente da corporação, os acadêmicos e industriais precisam participar
> do
> debate, pois refletem sobre o direito e fazem a gestão da infraestrutura da
> internet.
>
> O presidente da Icann disse que as empresas de telecomunicações devem
> também
> participar da conferência. “Elas são parte integrante da família com a qual
> precisamos trabalhar”, afirmou. Segundo Paulo Bernardo, a presidenta Dilma
> concordou que as mudanças na governança da rede devem ocorrer de forma
> multilateral e com a participação de todos os atores que se envolvem a
> internet, e disse que não se pode “permitir que interesses econômicos,
> políticos e religiosos interfiram na livre circulação das ideias”. O
> ministro informou que a sugestão da presidenta é que o evento ocorra em
> abril de 2014 no Rio de Janeiro.
>
> fonte: Agência Brasil
>
>


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