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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Internet Society is participating in the ITU
Plenipotentiary Conference that is currently (6-24 November) held in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Antalya</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please find enclosed a report summarizing the first two
weeks of the Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Constance Bommelaer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Internet Society (ISOC)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Public Policy Manager</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>+41 22 807 1444<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>………………………………………………………………………..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The ITU’s Plenipotentiary
Conference (PP) is held every four years at which the <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
sets its general policies and adopts four-year strategic and financial plans
and elects the organization’s leadership, including the Secretary General.
Importantly for the Internet community, the PP also agrees the policy focus
areas that will shape the work of the ITU for the following four years. This
year’s PP is taking place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Antalya</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place> from the
6<sup>th</sup> to the 24<sup>th</sup> of November 2006. ISOC, as a sector
member, was invited to attend the Conference as observer. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Most of the elections
took place during week one. Work in Committees and Working Groups was also
launched during week one, but debates really started during week two. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ISOC
delegation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
ISOC delegation comprised one permanent representative, Ms. Walda Roseman, an
ITU expert, and representation on a rotating basis by ISOC: Constance Bommelaer
participated during the first week; Lynn St.Amour during the second; and,
Matthew Shears during the last.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Opening ceremony</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After the official
opening ceremony and the formal meeting of Heads of Member States delegations
(sector members not invited), the ITU declared its ambition to change its
dimension. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See their press release: <a
href="http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/20.html">http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/20.html</a>
Concerning Internet Governance, ITU declared: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>“The
<st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State> phase of the World <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> on the Information Society recognized
that the internet has evolved into a global public facility, and that its
governance should constitute a core issue of the Information Society agenda.
Moreover, it called for a multilateral, transparent and democratic
international management of the internet, with the full involvement of
governments, the private sector, civil society and international organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Proposals
on the table underline the fact that the internet has spawned new challenges
that could threaten the security and stability of telecommunication networks.
For this reason, a number of countries call for ITU to contribute
constructively to the work on internet governance and advocate a stronger ITU
role in enhancing network security and stability, in countering spam and in the
smooth management of critical internet resources including Internet Domain
Names and addresses. Proposals have also been made for the increased
internationalization of the internet, in particular the ability of developing
countries to participate fully in internet-related technical and policy
processes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Others
call for the creation of a specific group (I2G: ITU Internet Group), within the
Telecommunication Standardization Sector to coordinate the technical aspects of
Telecommunication Networks that support the internet and to deal with all other
technical matters related to internet governance.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>First
week’s Member States’ policy statements<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Countries
had the opportunity to make official statements (<a
href="http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/statements/list/index.asp">http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/statements/list/index.asp</a>)
introducing the PP’s three week meeting. Countries from the developing
world (e.g. <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Mali</st1:country-region></st1:place>, etc.) systematically insisted
on the need to focus on the digital divide and the multilingualism issue. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
statement clearly insisted on its wish for a multilateral management of the
Internet. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Elections</span></font></b>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Elections
started the first week for the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General
as well as Directors of the three specialized arms of the <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>:
the Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R), the Telecommunication Standardization
Bureau (ITU-T) and the Telecommunication Development Bureau (ITU-D). The members
of the Council and of the Radio Regulations Board are also to be elected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mr Hamadoun Touré (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mali</st1:country-region></st1:place>)
was elected during the first week, on the 10th of November, after 3 rounds,
with 95 votes. In his first speech as Secretary General, he outlined his objective
to focus on Access and eSecurity. Mr Touré also declared in the following interview
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(<a
href="http://www.itu.int/itunews/manager/display.asp?lang=en&year=2006&issue=08&ipage=interview5&ext=html">http://www.itu.int/itunews/manager/display.asp?lang=en&year=2006&issue=08&ipage=interview5&ext=html</a>
) that the WSIS had constituted a first important step for the evolution of
ITU’s role and that its success was notably characterized by “the
recognition of the increased role of the private sector”. He added that
he “will build bridges to a digital future through the active and
meaningful participation of all stakeholders in line with the decisions of
WSIS” and that his personal belief is that “teamwork is the key to
success”. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Houlin ZHAO (<st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>) was elected Deputy Secretary-General, Mr
Valery Timofeev (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Russian
Federation</st1:country-region></st1:place>) was elected Director of the
Radiocommunications Bureau, Mr Malcom Johnson (UK) was elected Director of the
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau and Mr Sami Al-Basheer was elected
Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Council whose role is
to consider broad telecommunication policy issues and who is responsible for
ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the Union work (programs
coordination, controlling finances and expenditure) was elected on the second
week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See lists of candidates: <a
href="http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/elections/list.html">http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/elections/list.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See on-line detailed and
up-dated results: <a
href="http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/elections/results/index.html">http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/elections/results/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Working
groups and committees<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Committee
5 “Policy and Legal matters”, chaired by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place>, launched its work in the
middle of the first week. Its work includes issues related to Internet
Governance and eSecurity issues. Each country had the opportunity during this
first week to outline its proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Working
Group on Plenary (WGPL) focusing on issues related to the outcome of the World Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS) was also launched during the first week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
background:yellow'>An ITR’s ad hoc group was established. It could be
decided that the review of emerging issues for ITRs would feed the agenda of a
future World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT).</span> <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Several
important key proposals related to Internet matters and Internet Governance have
been the focus of the ISOC delegation. In all of these proposals, the
terminology that will be chosen has its importance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Proposals related to “Resolution
101: Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks” aim at encouraging ITU and
relevant organizations such as ISOC/IETF to continue their collaborative
efforts so that the growth in IP-based networking delivers maximum benefits to
the global community.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Proposals concerning “Resolution
102: Management of Internet domain names and addresses” propose a variety
of language related to the ITU’s role with regard to policy issues
pertaining to the Internet and the management of Internet resources, including
domain names and addresses. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Proposals regarding “Resolution
130: Strengthening the role of ITU in information and communications
security” reconsider ITU’s role in this area. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Proposals regarding “Resolution
133: Role of administrations of Member States in the management of
internationalized (multilingual) domain names” focus on the need to
develop multilingualism in various areas (domain names, email addresses and key
word look-up).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>During the PP, Member
States also considered the organization of a World Telecommunication Policy
Forum (WTPF). The history of the WTPF is that all ITU stakeholders (i.e. Member
Stats and Sector Members) have equal participation rights. Other stakeholders
could also be invited to participate. For instance, ISOC could sit next to
Intel and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and have equal rights of participation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Link to ITU’s PP
news room: <a href="http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/index.html">http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/newsroom/index.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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