[Chapter-delegates] New Blog: ITU Plenipotentiary 2014 Opens

Tue Oct 21 01:23:30 PDT 2014

The ITU deals only with international matters, so I don't think that it
would have any role in national security issues.

Regarding the ITU and these issues, please see my previous message: secrecy
of telecommunications (at the international level) has been included in the
ITU Constitution since 1865, and it may well be time to update that
provision to reflect the current environment.

Best,
Richard

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I am also a little bit wondering what's the role of the ITU in national
security issues?
Now, of course, I am against *any* type of wiretapping (including legal),
but that's only because I grew up in a country, where ALL communications
were monitored 24x7. So, the first 21 years of my life were spent in
all-wired environment. There were more microphones around my house, than
there were at the National Public Radio.
But the ITU and these issues?

v.

On 10/20/14 21:37, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:

Richard,

what would the ITU do regarding privacy and surveillance? Traditionally it
has been the seat of authorized and then overarching pro-surveillance
arrangements. They are deeply rooted in the ITRs, as is the "kill switch".
What depth of reform would be required to reverse the trend? ITRs? WCIT?
Convention? Constitution?

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:15 AM, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:

Thanks for this.  I would add one item to the list of groups of issues:

* How to address concerns regarding mass surveillance and privacy?  Several
countries have made proposals to address these topics.
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Subject: [Chapter-delegates] New Blog: ITU Plenipotentiary 2014 Opens

Hello everyone – Sally Wentworth just posted a blog with insights on several
key issues to watch at the ITU Plenipotentiary.  The blog is pasted below or
you can read it on our website:
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/itu-plenipotentiar
y-2014-opens

Regards, Wende

ITU Plenipotentiary 2014 Opens
By Sally Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development

The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference opens today, and I wanted to share some
thoughts on several of the key issues that we’ll be watching over the next
three weeks of debate.  Last week, our CEO, Kathryn Brown, outlined the
Internet Society’s high level approach to the Conference and offered
insights on the importance of collaboration within the Internet ecosystem.
Today, I’ll get into a few more specifics.

An ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is a complex treaty-writing event held
every 4 years where governments of the world debate a multitude of issues
around how the ITU should function, who should lead the organization, what
the ITU should be doing, and how much the ITU’s budget should be. While
these are all important issues, the Internet Society’s focus will be on the
host of Internet issues that will be considered and on how the decisions
made will impact the broader Internet ecosystem.

As of this writing, proposals are still coming in from regions and Member
States but we do already have a general view of what some of the key
Internet topics will be.  We are working hard to analyze the various
proposals from the perspective of an open and accessible Internet and are
keeping an issues matrix updated on our website:
www.internetsociety.org/issuesmatrixpp14

In thinking about the Conference as it relates to the Internet, I see
several groups of issues that governments will debate:

• How the ITU does its work – should the work of the ITU be made more
inclusive, more transparent and more collaborative?  This issue will be
addressed via consideration of access to ITU documents, publications and
meetings.  Thus far, we see divisions among countries emerging on this
point.

• What is the ITU’s role in different aspects of the Internet?  This
includes discussion of IP-based networks, Internet policymaking, security,
Internet-of-things, and IP addressing.

• What can the ITU do to expand connectivity and spur development?  There is
keen interest to build on the success of the ITU Development conference
earlier this year
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC14/Pages/default.aspx and
find ways to bring about the benefits of ICTs.

• How to address the economic concerns of countries?  Several countries have
made proposals to address topics around regulation of over-the-top services,
interconnection rates and policies for alternative calling procedures.

Naturally, within any negotiation, there are opportunities for positive
outcomes and also areas of deep concern.  While the bottom-up, collaborative
model of development has proven itself when it comes to the Internet, not
all countries are willing to accept greater inclusiveness and transparency.
In some proposals, we see an emphasis on nation-state solutions in areas
where greater cooperation would produce more robust results.

The promise of the Internet to connect the unconnected, break down barriers,
and transform lives depends on collaboration between all engaged and
informed stakeholders. The Internet Society is committed to collaborating
with partner organizations in every region of the world to increase access
to the Internet to further spur economic and social development.  We look
forward to a collaborative and productive dialogue in Busan and a positive
outcome for the future of the Internet.

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