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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="background: rgb(34, 37, 41) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We
appreciate you bringing attention to the recent Internet governance discussions at the ITU and the possibility of an expanded discussion at the Plenipotentiary later this year. ISOC’s priorities in the five-year strategic plan are to build, promote and defend
the Internet, and we continue to advance these strategic priorities in various intergovernmental fora, including the ITU, with the support and collaboration of our community.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="background: rgb(34, 37, 41) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Later
this year, we will be sharing with our members some resources such as a matrix of draft ITU resolutions that can help stakeholders navigate the negotiations. We would also welcome a chance to share insights as many Chapter members work closely on these issues
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="background: rgb(34, 37, 41) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our
community can be most impactful in our advocacy in support of the Internet. We appreciate the proposal by ISOC Bulgaria to engage ISOC Chapters and Members, and we welcome suggestions on how the ISOC team might collaborate and, or support our mutual efforts.
Perhaps the ChAC could include this on its agenda for its next meeting and make recommendation(s) based on what ISOC Chapters/members determines would be most useful and where we can be helpful and, or assist Members with engagement at the national level.
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hank Nussbacher <hank@post.isoc.org.il><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chapter Delegates <Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>; European Chapters <european-chapters@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Save the date: January 30</font>
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<div> Are you sure? Jan 30 is a Sunday.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Time: Jan 30, 2022 03:00 PM Brussels</span><br style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;">
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<b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Please, do not share with other lists; this is an issue of relevance for the chapters only!
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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 href="https://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">CWG-Internet</a>),
which this week was discussing the topic for the next open public consultations.
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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 href="https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries</a><br>
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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>
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This past week the Russian federation proposed two topics for discussions, they are both publicly accessible
<a href="https://www.itu.int/md/S22-RCLINTPOL17-C/en" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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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</span></span></span><span>risks for reliability and stability of existing model of the operational activities organization/operators of critical Internet infrastructure;</span><span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><br>
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</span></span></span><span>Member States’ inputs and proposals on possible ways to overcome existing challenges and neutralize risks for operational activity organizations/operators of critical Internet infrastructure;</span><span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><br>
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</span></span></span><span>what international structures and procedures can overcome the existing challenges and risks.</span><span></span>
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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>
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This is not the first time they are proposing a topic, related to "critical Internet infrastructure", as described in the articles* below.</font><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
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At ISOC Bulgaria, where we have participated for the <a href="http://isoc.bg/kpd/index2-eng.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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 href="https://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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.
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Of course, there's always more that could be done, and this is where <b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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 href="https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
Tunis Agenda</a> (art. 35 and others) says, with participation by all stakeholders, in their respected roles.
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I personally think we should <i style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">not</b>
</i>be asking ISOC.org to help us in setting the call, but if they say they would,
<i style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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.
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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.
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Hope that this is helpful, and enjoy reading the articles and documents.<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>
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February 1, 2021: Russia is trying to set the rules for the Internet. The U.N. saw through the ruse.
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/</a><br>
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March 30, 2021: How Russia and China are attempting to rewrite cyberworld order<br>
<a 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" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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>
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May 4, 2021: Russia’s plot to control the Internet is no longer a secret<br>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/</a><br>
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July 20, 2021: Russia and China’s hypocritical attempt to control cyberspace <br>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/</a><br>
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