[governance] Dilma Rousseff's speech at UN

[Joana Varon]

Dear all,

I totally support Carlos Afonso's view.

One step at the time.

What matters now is that Dilma has clearly mentioned the CGI.br principles,
including the support for net neutrality. It means a LOT for our national
scenario and for years of fight to try to pass Marco Civil. Meaning it wont
be easy for telcos to take down net neutrality provisions from the draft
bill.

Even better, this all has happened right after she opened a channel of
communication/consulation with CGI.br. That's THE dynamics for internet
public policies we dreamed about in Brazil. The issue on using the word
"multilateral" shall NOT be used to loose the focus on this major
achievement.

It is indeed an issue of concern. But it's not actually something new. It
has been highlighted in several opportunities in the Brazilian positions at
ITU, held by Anatel, our regulatory agency.  For instance, in our previous
opinion on the role of States. Nevertheless, positions from our Ministry of
Foreign Affairs towards multistakeholderism are very clear and positive.
And now CGI.br has the door open with the president to correct explain all
the important debate of multistakeholder approach on IG. So we have
opportunities to correct this schizophrenic aspect and there is hope.

So, please, people, let's be positive and understand that having the
President referring to these principles - an to Internet Policies - in the
UNGA is not a minor thing. I had the lucky to be in a panel at the Council
of Europe a few minutes after she delivered the speech and managed to
incorporate some of her quotes in my presentation. The public got really
impressed.

all the best

joana


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Joana Varon Ferraz
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> Dear people,
>
> I am not sure we will go too far (although philosophers can really be
> far-fetched in this exercise) in doing an exegesis of her discourse. Let
> us see how the practice goes. The signs are good: she entered the room
> to talk to us CGI.br folk with our 10 Principles in hand and the first
> thing she told us was she agreed with them.
>
> She also mentioned the Marco Civil as proposed by the rapporteur (result
> of a 4-year public dialogue) is the one she agrees with (which is the
> one CGI.br formally supported), and was going to fight for it, although
> recognizing that as bill of law transiting through Congress it might
> suffer modifications which she might veto but Congress could reverse and
> so on -- in summary, normal practice in a democratic State. The big
> challenge now is the process in Congress, where the transnational telcos
> and big media have enormous power.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 09/24/2013 09:58 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro wrote:
> > the Steering Committee principle reads as "Internet governance must be
> > exercised in a transparent, multilateral and democratic manner, with the
> > participation of the various sectors of society, thereby preserving and
> > encouraging its character as a collective creation."
> >
> > Her wording for the UNGA says: "Open, multilateral and democratic
> > governance, carried out with transparency by stimulating collective
> > creativity and the participation of society, Governments and the private
> > sector."
> >
> > My reading of that is that: (1) it does not repeat the idea that Internet
> > governance as a collective creation and (2) the first one defines
> Internet
> > governance as something "with the participation of the various sectors of
> > society", and the second only mentions it should be carried out with
> > stimuli for "the participation of society, governments and the private
> > sector."
> >
> > Can you see my point?
> > Em português o trem funciona do mesmo jeito.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Carolina Rossini <
> > carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Via Renata Avila, segue discurso da Dilma na UN.
> >> Coming from Renata Avila, see attached Dilma draft speech at UN.
> >> C
> >>
> >> --
> >> *Carolina Rossini*
> >> *Project Director, Latin America Resource Center*
> >> Open Technology Institute
> >> *New America Foundation*
> >> //
> >> http://carolinarossini.net/
> >> + 1 6176979389
> >> *carolina.rossini at gmail.com*
> >> skype: carolrossini
> >> @carolinarossini
> >>
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