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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/01/2022 02:10, Veni Markovski via
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> Are you sure? Jan 30 is a Sunday.</div>
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18:26 Veni Markovski <<a href="mailto:veni@veni.com"
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<div> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi,
everyone.<br>
<b>Please, do not share with other lists; this is an
issue of relevance for the chapters only! </b><br>
<br>
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" moz-do-not-send="true">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
href="https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">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
href="https://www.itu.int/md/S22-RCLINTPOL17-C/en"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">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>
</font><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</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:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span><br>
·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</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:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span><br>
·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>what international
structures and procedures can overcome the existing
challenges and risks.</span><span></span> <font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
<br>
And for the public consultations they proposed the
topic: <br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"><br>
"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> <br>
<br>
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* below.</font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
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At ISOC Bulgaria, where we have participated for the <a
href="http://isoc.bg/kpd/index2-eng.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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
href="https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">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
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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
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" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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
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