[Chapter-delegates] An important message from ISOC Bulgaria - your input is needed
Veni Markovski
veni at veni.com
Sat Jan 22 08:52:25 PST 2022
Thanks, Richard.
It will be *Sunday, January 30th*, of course - my mistake for the wrong
date/day, and yes, it's 2 pm UTC (GMT).
Thank you for the additional details.
Here are the Zoom details; the list of local phone numbers in about 55
countries is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kfaafpGQg
ISOC-Bulgaria is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: ISOC chapters discussion
Time: Jan 30, 2022 03:00 PM Brussels
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 884 3867 4930
Passcode: 589317
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On 1/22/22 04:42, Richard Hill wrote:
>
> Dear Veni,
>
>
> Thank you for this. If I understand correctly, the Zoom call will take
> place on Sunday 29 January, 14h00 UTC.
>
> As complement to what Veni writes below, be aware that several other
> Member States (mostly developing countries) supported Russia’s
> proposal to hold an open consultation on certain issues.
>
> After discussions in the Council Working Group, Russia made a
> statement outlining the issues, it is found in the Annex of the report
> of the 19-20 January CWG-Internet meeting. That report will be
> publicly available in due course. For convenience, I reproduce below
> the contents of the Annex that outlines the issues proposed for
> consultation.
>
> Since there was no agreement in the Council Working Group, there will
> surely be extensive discussions at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
> (26 September-14 October 2022) regarding what, if anything, should be
> discussed in ITU regarding Internet governance.
>
> In this context, it’s worth noting that it is not only Russia and
> China that are passing laws, rules, regulation, etc. regarding the
> Internet. The EU GDPR is of course a well-known example, but more
> will likely come from the EU, see:
>
> https://www.politico.eu/article/metaverse-new-competition-challenges-margrethe-vestager/
>
>
> https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act-ensuring-safe-and-accountable-online-environment_en
>
>
> And of course there are various national initiatives to limit or
> weaken encryption, for example:
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/01/uk-online-safety-bill-set-to-weaken-encryption-and-put-uk-internet-users-at-risk/
>
>
> It’s probably not possible to prevent governments from discussing
> Internet governance issues at the national level. So it seems to me
> that the questions should be (1) how to ensure informed discussion (2)
> what should be discussed at the international level and (3) in what
> forums to hold the international discussions.
>
> Back in January 2018, I made some pretty detailed proposals regarding
> what to discuss where, see:
>
> http://www.apig.ch/Gaps%20r9%20clean.pdf
>
> Best,
>
> Richard
>
> ===========
>
> *_STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION_*
>
> * The Russian Federation notes the ongoing process of fragmentation
> of the Internet and the degradation of the common digital space
> and expresses its concern at the lack of a substantive discussion
> on the issue of maintaining the unified global network and the
> lack of practical steps to prevent fragmentation of the Internet.
> * The Russian Federation considers it necessary to organize the
> governance of the Internet in the form of an open democratic
> process, which is based on the universally recognized principles
> and norms of international law, focused on the needs of people,
> protecting their rights and freedoms, including ensuring the
> personal information security.
> * The Russian Federation calls for the transformation of the
> existing Internet governance system in order to exclude the
> influence of any unilateral political restrictions or commercial
> interests on it and ensure the safety, integrity, continuity,
> stability, sustainability and security of the global critical
> infrastructure.
> * The Russian Federation recognizes the need for further cooperation
> at the national, regional and international levels to resolve
> issue mentioned above and is open to constructive dialogue and the
> development of practical solutions to prevent the complete
> fragmentation of the Internet and encourages Member States to
> actively participate in such a dialogue within the ITU.
> * The Russian Federation considers it important to continue the work
> of the CWG-Internet in the next period in accordance with
> Resolution 102 of the Plenipotentiary Conference.
>
> *From:*Chapter-delegates
> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] *On Behalf Of *Joly
> MacFie via Chapter-delegates
> *Sent:* Saturday, 22 January 2022 03:45
> *To:* Veni Markovski
> *Cc:* Chapter Delegates
> *Subject:* Re: [Chapter-delegates] An important message from ISOC
> Bulgaria - your input is needed
>
> 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
> <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:5BA1366Eveni at veni.com
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