[Chapter-delegates] An important message from ISOC Bulgaria - your input is needed

Fri Jan 21 18:45:13 PST 2022

Hi Veni,

A couple of questions to get the ball rolling.

What exactly are we afraid of with these proposals?

How, practically, can the RIRs etc be unjurisdictioned?  Presumably the
suggestion is the function be passed to the ITU?

Is there any way, as non-participants in multilateral processes, that
Chapters can influence the outcome, beyond lobbying their country's
representatives?

joly

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 6:26 PM Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi, everyone.
> *Please, do not share with other lists; this is an issue of relevance for
> the chapters only! *
>
> At ISOC Bulgaria we have been following the discussion at the ITU Council
> Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (
> CWG-Internet
> <https://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx>), which
> this week was discussing the topic for the next open public consultations.
> 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:
> https://www.itu.int/hub/membership/our-members/directory/?myitu-members-states=true&request=countries
>
> 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.
>
> This past week the Russian federation proposed two topics for discussions,
> they are both publicly accessible here
> <https://www.itu.int/md/S22-RCLINTPOL17-C/en>, 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:
> ·      risks for reliability and stability of existing model of the
> operational activities organization/operators of critical Internet
> infrastructure;
> ·      Member States’ inputs and proposals on possible ways to overcome
> existing challenges and neutralize risks for operational activity
> organizations/operators of critical Internet infrastructure;
> ·      what international structures and procedures can overcome the
> existing challenges and risks.
>
> And for the public consultations they proposed the topic:
>
> "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."
>
> See their arguments and details in the attached documents.
>
> This is not the first time they are proposing a topic, related to
> "critical Internet infrastructure", as described in the articles* below.
>
> At ISOC Bulgaria, where we have participated for the last 23 years
> <http://isoc.bg/kpd/index2-eng.html> in helping the Bulgarian government
> making sure the telecommunications laws are Internet-friendly and to ensure
> that the Internet develops open, unregulated and without restrictions
> <https://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/>, 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.
>
> Of course, there's always more that could be done, and this is where *all
> chapters* 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 Tunis Agenda
> <https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html> (art. 35 and
> others) says, with participation by all stakeholders, in their respected
> roles.
>
> I personally think we should *not *be asking ISOC.org to help us in
> setting the call, but if they say they would, *that would be great*. 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Hope that this is helpful, and enjoy reading the articles and documents.
>
> _______
> * - See the articles below. Disclaimer: ISOC Bulgaria does not necessarily
> reach to the same conclusions or share the same ideas as the author.
>
> February 1, 2021: Russia is trying to set the rules for the Internet. The
> U.N. saw through the ruse.
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/russia-internet-rules-united-nations/
>
> March 30, 2021: How Russia and China are attempting to rewrite cyberworld
> order
>
> 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
>
> May 4, 2021: Russia’s plot to control the Internet is no longer a secret
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/russias-plot-control-internet-is-no-longer-secret/
>
> July 20, 2021: Russia and China’s hypocritical attempt to control
> cyberspace
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/russia-china-are-trying-control-internet-even-they-censor-it/
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
> Veni
> Chairman of the Board
> Internet Society - Bulgaria https://www.isoc.bg
> pgp:5BA1366E veni at veni.com
>
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