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<b>Please, do not share with other lists; this is an issue of
relevance for the chapters only! </b><br>
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At ISOC Bulgaria we have been following the discussion at the ITU
Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public
Policy Issues (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx">CWG-Internet</a>),
which this week was discussing the topic for the next open public
consultations. <br>
I wanted to give you some feedback and ask you to step up your
contacts with your national telecom administrations (usually this
would be the Ministry for Communications or some other Ministry or
governmental agency. A list of all the members, including which
governmental agency/ies represent them at the ITU is here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries">https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries</a><br>
<br>
You may have read* in the last year about the the attempts by the
Russian Federation to drive the ITU in discussion of issues,
related to the Internet; within the European Chapters (in CC:) we
spent some time last September talking about what's going on.
Perhaps we could organize ourselves and have an all-chapter Zoom
call among all chapters? See more on that further below.<br>
<br>
This past week the Russian federation proposed two topics for
discussions, they are both publicly accessible <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.itu.int/md/S22-RCLINTPOL17-C/en">here</a>, but
I am attaching them for your convenience. You will see details in
these documents; the summary is that Russia proposes member states
to discuss among themselves the following issues:<br>
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existing model
of the operational activities organization/operators of critical
Internet
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And for the public consultations they proposed the topic: <br>
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"Reliability and
stability of the operational activity organizations/operators of
critical
Internet infrastructure: key and challenges of their operating
activities, in
particular the risks of being in national jurisdictions."</span>
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See their arguments and details in the attached documents. <br>
<br>
This is not the first time they are proposing a topic, related to
"critical Internet infrastructure", as described in the articles*
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At ISOC Bulgaria, where we have participated for the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://isoc.bg/kpd/index2-eng.html">last
23 years</a> in helping the Bulgarian government making sure the
telecommunications laws are Internet-friendly and to ensure that
the Internet develops open, unregulated and <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/">without
restrictions</a>, we raised awareness to the newly elected
Bulgarian government (December last year) about the latest Russian
proposals, as they touch on the more than two decades
Internet-friendly environment in the country - result of policies,
which have been discussed between governments and the
non-governmental sector for years. <br>
<br>
Of course, there's always more that could be done, and this is
where <b>all chapters</b> cold not only join forces, but also try
to make a difference. That is, of course, if you care about
keeping the Internet open, interoperable, stable and developed, as
the WSIS <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html">Tunis
Agenda</a> (art. 35 and others) says, with participation by all
stakeholders, in their respected roles. <br>
<br>
I personally think we should <i><b>not</b> </i>be asking
ISOC.org to help us in setting the call, but if they say they
would, <i>that would be great</i>. If not - ISOC Bulgaria will be
happy to provide a Zoom link. To include as many chapters as
possible, we suggest to have it at 6 am California, 9 am New York,
3 pm Brussels, 7:30 pm in Delhi, 10 pm in Singapore. We
understand that some chapters might not be able to join, and
others (Australia, New Zealand) perhaps definitely won't be able
to join (midnight in Brisbane), but nevertheless, we should try to
include as many as possible. <br>
<br>
ISOC Bulgaria urges you for a quick and focused discussion on here
first, and then we meet next Sunday, January 29th in order to make
sure people can join. I understand that for some working day might
be easier, while a Sunday impossible, but there always will be
some percentage of people, who won't be able to join, so we have
to choose one day anyway. <br>
<br>
Hope that this is helpful, and enjoy reading the articles and
documents.<br>
<br>
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* - See the articles below. Disclaimer: ISOC Bulgaria does not
necessarily reach to the same conclusions or share the same ideas
as the author.<br>
<br>
February 1, 2021: Russia is trying to set the rules for the
Internet. The U.N. saw through the ruse. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/</a><br>
<br>
March 30, 2021: How Russia and China are attempting to rewrite
cyberworld order<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-russia-and-china-are-attempting-to-rewrite-cyberworld-order/2021/03/30/16030226-9190-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-russia-and-china-are-attempting-to-rewrite-cyberworld-order/2021/03/30/16030226-9190-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html</a><br>
<br>
May 4, 2021: Russia’s plot to control the Internet is no longer a
secret<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/</a><br>
<br>
July 20, 2021: Russia and China’s hypocritical attempt to control
cyberspace <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/</a><br>
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Best regards,
Veni
Chairman of the Board
Internet Society - Bulgaria
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc.bg">https://www.isoc.bg</a>
pgp:5BA1366E <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>
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