<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hello, everybody, </font><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Romania's position re: ITRs was also officially published today. We are happy to see it reflects our fundamental principles of neutrality freedom of expression, as expressed previsously by the minister during the september consultation meeting. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please find below the google translated link.</div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">http://translate.google.ro/translate?sl=ro&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ro&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcsi.ro%2FMinister%2FComunicate-de-presa-2012%2FDan-Nica%2C-ministrul-Comunicatiilor---Sustinem-libe&act=url</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best regards, </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Elena Zvarici </font><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Communication manager </font><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Internet Society Romania </font><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">+40726128728 </font><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.isoc.ro/">http://www.isoc.ro</a></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Society-Romania/188191997871404">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Society-Romania/188191997871404</a> </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/isocro">http://www.twitter.com/isocro</a></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.zvarici.eu/" style="font-size: 10pt;">Yes, I blog</a></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><h1 class="document-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 5px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dan Nica, Minister of Communications: "We support freedom and net neutrality '</span></h1><div class="document-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-top-width: 3px; border-top-style: double; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(24, 24, 25); line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="content-data" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(155, 155, 155); white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Date: December 7, 2012</span></div><div class="content-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Given the national interest and concern of the Romanian state institutions to protect the rights of users, <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the Romanian delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications jobs (WCIT-12) in Dubai does not support those proposals which affect the independence and neutrality of the Internet and any proposals that may change the current internet governance system.</b>believe that this service expansion that had in the past decade is clear evidence that the current system is a winning formula.</span></span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moreover, Romania as a member of the European Union will defend and promote the common market based on genuine competition and the necessity, appropriateness, proportionality, technological neutrality, transparency, predictability and stability of the regulatory acts.</span></span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, Romania does not support provisions that may affect the exercise of national sovereignty criminal or national security.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Information meeting</b> with <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the main contributions of Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU / ITU) of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) submitted for discussion at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12),</b> organized by Ministry of Communications and Information Society (MCSI) and the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) on<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">September 6, 2012 at the MCSI</b> Minister Dan Nica said firmly position that will support Romania Conference taking place in these days in Dubai:</span></span> <span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"We strongly reaffirm the neutrality and Internet freedom are the points that we support. Believe that it is not as International Telecommunication Union and deal with this problem. It must remain under the authority of international bodies, multi-stakeholder, who made a name for himself already. "This position was made public on other occasions." Attempts to impose Internet controls have been and probably will be. Important is strength that we have in the face of such attempts. Opposite the debates in international forums such as ITU, ICANN, etc. The winner will be the public interest and the general interest, which is to preserve Internet neutrality and independence,</i> "said Minister Nica in a television interview that took at the beginning of October this year.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Message that Romania wants to convey its position on Internet governance is that<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">rights and fundamental freedoms apply without exception, including in the online environment.</b></span></span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Any violation of the provisions covered by treaties in force -<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 19), the European Convention on Human Rights (RTICLE 10), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 19)</b> - which would create restrictions More on freedom of expression and information, regardless of frontiers, would not be justified.</span></span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Regarding ITR's (International Telecommunication Regulations), from 1988 to now, they have proven to be a successful tool for developing international telecommunications industry.</span></span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is now necessary to update them, many having no applicability provisions. <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">However not necessary to consider and expanded by terms or provisions relating to the Internet and cyber security.</b> Managing Internet by a single international organization can have a negative impact on freedom of expression .</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We believe that the regulation of the Internet and cyber security policies and strategies requires a continuous exchange of information at international level and a proper study of ICT to improve service quality and safety standards everywhere, but are also topics that can adversely affect the sovereignty any state, its economic and social interests, and rights and freedoms of citizens.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">European Common Position is the International Internet Connectivity issues <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">can not be addressed in a document worth</b> ITR <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">treated</b> like sites, but should be studied at a much lower level of ITU study groups, to true and fair solutions for all Member States.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span lang="RO" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In outlining this position, <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Romania has considered the mutual benefit of both users and providers of ICT services</b> by ensuring that the principles of open society, the rights and liberties and a free and transparent market.</span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>De la: </b>"Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com><br><b>Către: </b>Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br><b>cc: </b>isocmembers-wcit@elists.isoc.org<br><b>Trimis: </b>vineri, 7 decembrie, 2012 8:00:45<br><b>Subiect: </b>[Chapter-delegates] Bulgarian position on WCIT<br><br>
Bulgarian position on WCIT is now officially published. Compare with
the <a href="https://isocbg.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/wcit/" target="_blank">position</a>
(in Bulgarian) of ISOC-Bulgaria, and you will see many common
points. Compare with the Party of European Socialists <a href="http://www.pes.eu/en/news/pes-president-calls-european-parliament-vigilance-new-internet-governance-regulations-we-must-m" target="_blank">statement</a>
(in English), and you might see a common pattern. I am proud of the
work ISOC-Bulgaria has done. <br>
<br>
best,<br>
veni<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="CENTER" lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>BULGARIAN
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (WCIT-12)</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="CENTER" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Bulgaria
organized
a 7-week public consultation (July 23</span></font></font><sup><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">rd</span></font></font></sup><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">-September
10</span></font></font><sup><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">th,
</span></font></font></sup><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">2012)
in order to receive views from stakeholders on the draft
revision of
the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs).
Within the
forthcoming revision and taking into account various
submissions,
Bulgaria is pleased to announce to the WCIT that its
position will be
based on the following key guidelines of national
importance:</span></font></font></p>
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</p>
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<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The ITRs should establish </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>high-level, general principles </b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">for the provision and operation of
international telecommunications services and should not
address specific regulatory and technical matters
because of the various national specifics worldwide. The
ubiquitous principles should be </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>access</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> to contemporary telecommunications, </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>affordability</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> and </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>transparency</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> of prices, </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>accessibility</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> of services, and </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>encouragement</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> of investments in infrastructure and </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>innovations</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> and respectively, </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>stimulation</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> of demand.Principles of</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b> technology and service neutrality</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> should become also part of the revised
regulations.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
<br>
</p>
<ol start="2">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The ITRs should state that the ITU </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>recommendations</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> are taken into utmost account but remain
non-binding documents which promote best practices</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">.</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Being elaborated with the active
participation of certain companies, Sector Members of
the ITU, this might create market distortions.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<ol start="3">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">.</span></font></font><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>International
telecommunications traffic </b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">should be based on greater international
co-operation between network operators and service
providers, but primarily should avoid causing burden to
consumers, regardless of the economic situation of the
countries they live in.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
<br>
</p>
<ol start="4">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>International mobile roaming </b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">is also an issue of great importance which
settles relations between mobile operators worldwide
with significant direct impact on consumers. Therefore,
we would support proposals for incorporating provisions
fostering pro-competitive measures related tolowering
of, and achieving greater transparency on, prices.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
<br>
</p>
<ol start="5">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>The Internet </b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">should remain free and unregulated, and
therefore we will support proposals stimulating freedom
of expression and openness of the Internet, which we
believe underpin the dynamics of the Internet and should
be respected as fundamental human rights.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
<br>
</p>
<ol start="6">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Cybersecurity
</b></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">and combating cyber crime should remain an issue
of national competence. We believe in</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">,</span></font></font><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font size="3">and encourage all Member States
to further engage in enhancing bilateral, regional and
global cybersecurity cooperation</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<ol start="7">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>The ITRs</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> should promote commercial negotiations
between various market players instead of regulating
those relationships which could stifle competition. The
ITU, as a recognized world organization, should not get
involved in settling disputes among operators, but could
call them through the ITRs for acting fairly under
competitive conditions, or give non-binding guidance in
accordance with its mandate, when applicable.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in" lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<ol start="8">
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b>Preventing the use of telecommunications
for malicious purposes (fraud, misuse of numbers etc.)
</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">should be a
national priority and best approaches how to achieve it
could be devised locally, bearing in mind the particular
nature of such acts. There could not be a fits-all model
or a common framework since a given approach might be
applicable in one country but not in another and that is
why, we should insist on flexibility in this regard.</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in" lang="en-US"></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The Republic of
Bulgaria reserves its right to add to, or modify, the views
expressed
herewith in the course of WCIT discussions and forthcoming
coordination meetings.</font></font></p>
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