[governance] Dilma Rousseff's speech at UN

Wed Sep 25 09:41:26 EDT 2013

Having been in these situations in the U.S., I fully understand the need to
accept and fully embrace progress; I do not want to interfere in what our
Brazilian friends are fully capable of handling, other than to say I fully
support the sentiment expressed by Joana and Carlos!

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> --
> --
>
> Joana Varon Ferraz
> @joana_varon
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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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