[governance] FW: [IP] About ICANN and Crimea

Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch
Fri Mar 6 06:53:37 EST 2015 

So this is about US-based registrars of 2LD registrations, and
registrants who fall under the terms of the sanctions?

Would the registrants be able to work around the issue without
changing any URIs (and therefore breaking links etc) by means of
transferring their domain registrations to a registrar outside the
US?

Greetings,
Norbert


On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:17:42 +0530
Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> OFAC sanctions - there are a bunch of companies tied to individuals
> involved in the crimean conflict that are slapped with a US trade
> embargo.
> 
> For a US company to do business with them means jail time, if not
> heavy fines.
> 
> http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/ukraine.aspx
> 
> --srs (iPad)
> 
> > On 06-Mar-2015, at 17:05, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> > 
> > What precisely is the actual issue here?
> > 
> > I mean, what exactly happened?
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:31:27 -0800
> > "Michael Gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: David Farber via ip [mailto:ip at listbox.com] 
> >> Sent: March 5, 2015 7:01 AM
> >> To: ip
> >> Subject: [IP] About ICANN and Crimea
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian
> >> Federation <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/> Report mistakes
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/contacts/letter/> 
> >> 
> >> Events <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/> / Official statement
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?type=22> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Russia Disputed Against Removal of Crimean Domains in ICANN 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Published:
> >> Feb. 11, 2015
> >> Event type:
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?type=22> Official statement 
> >> Directions:
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?directions=298> Cooperation
> >> with ICAAN, <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?directions=274>
> >> Internet regulation on behalf of global community Regions:
> >> The Republic of Crimea
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?words=The%20Republic%20of%20Crimea>
> >> Countries: Russia
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?words=Russia> , Singapore
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/list/?words=Singapore> Persons:
> >> 
> >> Print <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/32631/> Share
> >> <http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/32631/> 
> >> 
> >> Singapore, February 11, 2015. — Julia Elanskaya, Deputy Director of
> >> Department on International Collaboration of Ministry of Telecom
> >> and Mass Communications, made an official statement on 52nd
> >> meeting of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> >> (ICANN), opened at the beginning of the week in Singapore. She
> >> paid attention to recent decision of American registrar,
> >> cancelling domains, registered on the territory of Crimea.
> >> 
> >> Full text of the statement is presented below.
> >> 
> >> “We want to draw your attention to recent decision of American
> >> registrar. It informed its clients, located in a specific region,
> >> about cancellation of accounts, domains and their withdrawal
> >> starting from January 31, 2015. Registrar refers to trading
> >> limitations that don’t allow American companies to run a business
> >> with individuals and enterprises, located in Crimea.
> >> 
> >> Russia has always been against introduction of sanctions in ICT
> >> sphere, particularly, regarding the Internet.
> >> 
> >> Sanctions, especially those, that are imposed on the Internet
> >> users, must be considered as restriction of right of every person
> >> to receive and distribute information and ideas through mass media
> >> independently of state borders, as it is established in Article 19
> >> of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
> >> 
> >> This precedent contradicts with values of International meeting at
> >> the highest level on information society, especially with
> >> principles of using ICT for ensuring general access to information
> >> in accordance with Tunisian program on information society.[MG]
> >> (presumably the WSIS Declaration).
> >> 
> >> We want to mention that this precedent shows real situation in
> >> sphere of Internet-governance, when one government unilaterally
> >> adopts measures, discriminating users rights on area basis. At the
> >> same time this government controls governance of domain name
> >> system throughout the world.
> >> 
> >> Such unilateral restrictions undermine universally multilaterally
> >> recognized principles and values and trust in open and
> >> interconnected information space. They can also damage development
> >> of Internet-governance mechanisms and lead to its fragmentation.
> >> 
> >> These restrictions also damage multilateral model of
> >> Internet-governance and clearly demonstrate its inefficiency. We
> >> suppose that it’s necessary to ensure more fair allocation of
> >> Internet-governance means based on international agreements between
> >> countries under the aegis of the United Nations.
> >> 
> >> Russian Federation encourages all interested parties of all
> >> countries refrain from blocking in the Internet, including
> >> blocking of domain names for political purposes and make efforts
> >> for enforcement Internet-users rights. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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