[Chapter-delegates] ITU - WG on Internet Public Policy Issues

Sun Dec 22 18:10:22 PST 2013

Dear all,

The Bulgarian ministry of telecom has just started a public comment 
period on the questionnaire we discussed with Sally:

http://www.mtitc.government.bg/page.php?category=106&id=6917

They accept comments on 3 questions - the original from the ITU (we 
listed below earlier), plus two more:

2) What is the ITU role to encourage governments in their work on 
Internet-related public policy?
3) Which international organizations/forums are best for getting 
governmental support on those issues, related to Internet public policy?

Anyone can participate, deadline: January 14. Let me know, if you have 
comments. ISOC-Bulgaria will be sending some, so feel free to forward 
anything you feel appropriate.

veni.

On 11/27/13 11:22, Sally Wentworth wrote:
> Hi all
>
> In all the list traffic over recent days, I wanted to underscore 
> Veni's excellent note below regarding the ITU Council Working Group on 
> international Internet public policy issues. This is a good 
> opportunity for Chapters to work with their national governments to 
> help shape gov't input to the group. As many of you did in the run-up 
> to WCIT, this is also a chance to encourage your government to have an 
> open and inclusive process for addressing this activity as well as in 
> their preparations for upcoming ITU Conferences like the World Telecom 
> Development Conference and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. These 
> events seem like they are a long way off but, as you can see from 
> Veni's note, the work is already underway to prepare.
>
> Veni's message spells out the details quite well so please read that 
> carefully.  As you'll see, the ITU Group is considering a number of 
> very important Internet issues.
>
> As you reach out to policymakers in your country,  you may also wish 
> to share your experiences with other chapters so we can all learn from 
> one another about your experience and what is happening at the local 
> level.
>
> Kind regards,
> Sally
>
>
> Sally Wentworth
> Senior Director, Strategic Public Policy
> Internet Society
> +1 703 439 2146
> wentworth at isoc.org <mailto:wentworth at isoc.org>
> www.isoc.org
>
> On Nov 16, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com 
> <mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:
>
>> After my initial reaction, and positive feedback I am getting from 
>> you, I decided it's a good time to share something we have prepared 
>> couple of days ago, which fits perfect in Lynn's informative message:
>>
>>
>> ISOC-Bulgaria has been following the developments around Internet 
>> governance on the global arena since 2001, when we started 
>> participate in the WSIS process. Our representatives supported the 
>> efforts of the Bulgarian government to make sure the Internet is 
>> developed in an open, bottom-up, and transparent way.
>> Last week in Geneva (November 11-12) at the ITU there was a meeting 
>> of the ITU Council Working Group 
>> <http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html> on 
>> international Internet-related public policy issues. The group 
>> finished its discussions with a question that the ITU will send to 
>> all member states (note – that means to governments!), and the text 
>> accepted by the group is:
>>
>> “Recognizing the scope of work of ITU on international 
>> Internet-related public policy matters, represented by the list of 
>> topics in Council Resolution 1305 Annex 1 which was established in 
>> accordance with decisions of ITU membership at the Plenipotentiary 
>> Conference, the Council Working Group on International Internet 
>> Related Public Policy invites Member States to provide their position 
>> on following question:
>>
>> Q1. What actions have been undertaken or to be undertaken by 
>> governments in relations to each of the international 
>> Internet-related public policy issues identified in Annex 1 to 
>> Resolution 1305 (adopted by Council 2009 at the seventh Plenary 
>> Meeting)?”
>>
>> Annex 1 gives the following issues:
>> - Multilingualization of the Internet Including Internationalized 
>> (multilingual) Domain Names
>> - International Internet Connectivity
>> - International public policy issues pertaining to the Internet and 
>> the management of Internet resources, including domain names and 
>> addresses
>> - The security, safety, continuity, sustainability, and robustness of 
>> the Internet
>> - Combating Cybercrime
>> - Dealing effectively with spam
>> - Issues pertaining to the use and misuse of the Internet
>> - Availability, affordability, reliability, and quality of service, 
>> especially in the developing world
>> - Contributing to capacity building for Internet governance in 
>> developing countries
>> - Developmental aspects of the Internet
>> - Respect for privacy and the protection of personal information and data
>> - Protecting children and young people from abuse and exploitation)
>>
>>
>> ISOC-Bulgaria urges all ISOC chapters around the world, but also 
>> Internet Service Providers, Regional Internet Registries, 
>> Internet-related companies and organizations that are involved in any 
>> of the 12 issues, to reach out to their governments, and help them 
>> explain to the ITU what actions are being undertaken in their 
>> respected countries or territories.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Why is it important? *
>>
>> For several reasons.
>>
>> There are views at the ITU that the organization should “take care” 
>> of the Internet. Different countries understand it differently. The 
>> ITU itself has been talking about “establishing international control 
>> over the Internet using the monitoring and supervisory capabilities 
>> of the ITU”.
>>
>> Some countries believe that governments play too small role in the 
>> Internet coordination on a world scale, and believe that they should 
>> take care of all the 12 issues listed above.
>>
>> Some countries say that there should be regulation of Internet 
>> content, access to the Net, and some request web sites to be 
>> registered with the government, and content providers to be 
>> responsible for published content. Others claim that this is 
>> impossible to achieve because of the nature of the Internet. Some 
>> believe that the current Internet is not well designed and built, and 
>> there should be a new internet developed, by governments, which will 
>> be more secure, and without spam, harmful content, etc.
>>
>> There are, in general, two views of development of the Internet. The 
>> President of Estonia covered both views 
>> <http://www.president.ee/en/official-duties/speeches/7589-the-president-of-estonia-at-the-international-conference-of-cyber-conflict-8-june-2012/> 
>> in his speech at a conference last year in Tallinn.
>> ISOC – Bulgaria dealt with these issues back in 1999, when it filed a 
>> case <http://isoc.bg/kpd> against the government at the Supreme 
>> Administrative Court, and reached an out-of-court agreement to get 
>> rid of any licenses or registrations about ISPs, content, or any 
>> Internet-related business.
>>
>> We would like to see Bulgaria’s leading role on the ITU question, and 
>> we are hopeful that other countries will also step in, and will share 
>> their positive experience in the Internet pubic policy that they have 
>> accepted within their national territories. Bulgaria, by the way, did 
>> that in an official information document 
>> <http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/>, submitted to the 
>> ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Veni
>>
>> http://www.isoc.bg
>>
>>
>> On 11/15/13 23:19, Lynn St.Amour wrote:
>>> Dear Chapter leaders,
>>>
>>> Please find the second of what is planned to be regular updates on 
>>> key Internet governance activities.  Future updates will 
>>> be shorter.  The background included here is to help layout today’s 
>>> overall environment.
>>
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