[Chapter-delegates] Kathy Brown Remarks at the “Beyond NETmundial” Panel

[Joly MacFie]

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2DAvj5M60k&feature=share&t=16m1s




On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Wende Cover <cover at isoc.org> wrote:

>  Hello everyone -- Kathy Brown participated in a panel discussion today
> at NETmundial.  Below is a brief note from her, followed by her remarks.
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> http://www.internetsociety.org/kathy-brown-remarks-beyond-netmundial-panel
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> Kathy Brown remarks from NETmundial:
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> As a participant on the “Beyond NETmundial” panel on Thursday, which
> included Chengetai Masango, Christoph Steck, Fadi Chehade, Hamadoun Toure,
> and Milton Mueller, I made the following statement:
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> The question posed this afternoon is how can we use the discussions we’ve
> had here in Brazil to move forward with what we were called upon to do:
> ensure deployment of an open, resilient, trusted, secure Internet
> everywhere. We will succeed in extending the Internet to all the people
> across the globe if we bring the power of true collaboration -- guided by
> the principles embraced by this assembly of committed stakeholders. It
> takes work and time but the benefits are real and sustainable when we
> build, invent, create, and evolve this technical and human network of
> networks in a way that is inclusive, participatory, and ever mindful of the
> cultural and human rights of users.
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> We were witness here on Wednesday to the signing of the Marco Civil user
> protection legislation; but we know that the signing was the end result of
> years of thoughtful discussion and input from multiple stakeholders here in
> Brazil -- patience and careful processes are necessary to get good results.
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> We have multiple forums ahead where we need to stay focused on our shared
> goal: an open and secure Internet for all.
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> In the next few months, we will engage in discussions on WSIS, we look
> forward to the IGF in Istanbul, we have a number of opportunities to
> discuss the transition of the IANA functions, and, as Dr. Toure outlined,
> the ITU plans to discuss its role in facilitating the underlying
> infrastructure at the October Plenipot. These meetings give us many
> opportunities to practice and perfect multistakeholder cooperation to get
> things done. By 2015, when we return to Brazil for the Brazil IGF, we
> should be highly-accomplished multistakeholder consensus builders!
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> Many of the issues included in the “way forward” section of the draft
> document will be included in the discussions at these future meetings. But
> we need not wait for government sponsored meetings to collaborate. Indeed,
> the work goes on in every community to build, maintain, and, yes, set norms
> for ourselves in how we use the Internet for the benefit of users.  In
> August in Senegal, AfPIF will be focused on building IXPs across Africa,
> and there’s the upcoming Latin American Network Operators Group where
> infrastructure issues will be front and center.
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> The energy of the participants here in Brazil has been inspiring and
> energizing. At the Internet Society, we look forward to collaborating with
> you, working with you, standing by you, and continuing to advocate for a
> strong, secure, open Internet for all users.
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