I'm glad to see Fadi interested in IG in light of NSA spying. I'm still 
predicting that world givernment is going to arise out of ICANN.

On 10/9/2013 3:08 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> Dear Avri, see for yourself -- watch the video with Fadi's interview
> minutes after his meeting with the Presidenta:
>
> http://blog.planalto.gov.br/brasil-vai-sediar-encontro-mundial-sobre-governanca-da-internet-em-2014/
>
> [] fraterno
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 10/09/2013 07:02 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Do I understand correctly: according to this the President of ICANN has just agreed with the need for external oversight of ICANN, and unnamed other organizations, involved in governance/management of the Internet, just as long as it is multistakeholder?
>>
>> Wow!
>>
>> avri
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 Oct 2013, at 17:46, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>>
>>> [sorry for possible duplicate posts]
>>>
>>> Dear people
>>>
>>> Here is the Google Translate English version (I did some editing) of the
>>> official report on the meeting between President Rousseff and ICANN's
>>> President and CEO Fadi Chehadé, which just happened.
>>>
>>> The original version in Brazilian Portuguese is at the end.
>>>
>>> fraternal regards
>>>
>>> --c.a.
>>>
>>> http://convergenciadigital.uol.com.br/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=35107&sid=4&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.UlXEbbOm1q8
>>>
>>> Brazil will host world event on Internet governance
>>>
>>>  From the editor :: Convergência Digital :: 09/10/2013
>>>
>>> Brazil will host the meeting in 2014 to discuss the necessary changes to
>>> Internet governance. After meeting with the president of the Internet
>>> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann, its acronym in
>>> English), Fadi Chehadé, President Dilma Rousseff agreed to meet global
>>> leaders from different sectors interested in the topic.
>>>
>>> According to Chehadé, the world counts on Brazil's leadership on this
>>> issue, after President Dilma Rousseff spoke at the opening of the 68th
>>> UN General Assembly, held in September in the United States. "The world
>>> heard the Brazilian president, who spoke with deep conviction, with
>>> great courage, and expressed the frustration that many people around the
>>> world feel about the fact that the trust relationship we have with the
>>> Internet had been broken,"said, revealing that the speech by Dilma was
>>> the motivation of his proposal for their meeting.
>>>
>>> Chehadé cited allegations of espionage involving the communication of
>>> Brazilian authorities and citizens, among them the very president,
>>> Petrobras and the Ministry of Mines and Energy. "I came to ask the
>>> president to elevate her leadership to a new level, to ensure that we
>>> can all get together around a new model of governance in which all are
>>> equal," he said. The president of Icann said that future decisions on
>>> how leaders can manage the internet should be based on the principles of
>>> the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet in Brazil which is going
>>> through the National Congress.
>>>
>>> Fadi Chehadé was yesterday (Oct.7th) with Communications Minister Paulo
>>> Bernardo, to ask for help from Brazil to start discussions about changes
>>> in the governance of the Internet, and said that the arrangements should
>>> begin this year. According to him, the need for a new governing body of
>>> the Internet requires the involvement of multiple actors, not just the
>>> government.
>>>
>>> "I understand that the internet has a new feature that requires active
>>> participation by governments, their respective agencies within the
>>> United Nations, but also in the context of users, civil society, the
>>> technicians, who after all make the Internet work," Chehadé defended.
>>> For the president of the corporation, academics and industrialists need
>>> to participate in the debate, as they reflect on rights and carry out
>>> the management of the Internet infrastructure.
>>>
>>> The president of Icann said telecommunications companies must also
>>> attend the conference."They are integral part of the family with which
>>> we must work," he said. According to Paulo Bernardo, President Dilma
>>> agreed that changes in network governance must occur multilaterally and
>>> with the participation of all actors who engage the internet, and said
>>> that "we must not allow economic, political and religious interests to
>>> interfere in the free circulation of ideas." The minister said that the
>>> suggestion of the president is that the event be held in April 2014 in
>>> Rio de Janeiro.
>>>
>>> Source : Agência Brazil
>>>
>>> -------- original in pt-br -------------
>>>
>>> O Brasil vai sediar em 2014 o encontro para discutir as mudanças
>>> necessárias para a governança da internet. Após se encontrar com o
>>> presidente da Corporação da Internet para Atribuição de Nomes e Números
>>> (Icann, na sigla em inglês), Fadi Chehadé, a presidenta Dilma Rousseff
>>> concordou em reunir líderes globais de diferentes setores interessados
>>> no tema.
>>>
>>> De acordo com Chehadé, o mundo conta com a liderança brasileira nesta
>>> questão, depois que a Presidenta Dilma Rousseff discursou na abertura da
>>> 68ª Assembleia Geral da ONU, ocorrida em setembro nos Estados Unidos. “O
>>> mundo ouviu a Presidenta brasileira, que falou com profunda convicção,
>>> com muita coragem, e externou a frustração que muitas pessoas, em todo
>>> mundo, sentiam com o fato de que a confiança havia sido quebrada que
>>> temos com relação à internet”, disse, revelando que o discurso de Dilma
>>> foi a motivação da sua proposta para o encontro.
>>>
>>> Chehadé citou as denúncias de espionagem envolvendo a comunicação de
>>> autoridades e cidadãos brasileiros, dentre eles a própria presidenta, a
>>> Petrobras e o Ministério de Minas e Energia. “Vim solicitar à presidenta
>>> que elevasse sua liderança a um novo nível, de modo a assegurar que
>>> todos possamos nos reunir em torno de um novo modelo de governança, em
>>> que todos sejamos iguais”, afirmou. O presidente da Icann disse que as
>>> futuras decisões sobre como os líderes poderão gerir a internet devem
>>> ter como base os princípios do marco civil brasileiro, que tramita no
>>> Congresso Nacional.
>>>
>>> Fadi Chehadé esteve anteontem (7) com o ministro das Comunicações, Paulo
>>> Bernardo, a fim de pedir ajuda do Brasil para iniciar os debates sobre
>>> mudanças na governança da internet, e disse que as articulações devem
>>> começar este ano. Segundo ele, a necessidade de um novo órgão gestor da
>>> internet passa pela participação de múltiplos atores, não só do governo.
>>>
>>> “Entendo que a internet tem um novo recurso, que exige participação
>>> ativa por parte dos governos, dos seus respectivos órgãos no âmbito das
>>> Nações Unidas, mas também no âmbito dos usuários, da sociedade civil,
>>> dos técnicos, que afinal de contas fazem a internet funcionar”, defendeu
>>> Chehadé. Para o presidente da corporação, os acadêmicos e industriais
>>> precisam participar do debate, pois refletem sobre o direito e fazem a
>>> gestão da infraestrutura da internet.
>>>
>>> O presidente da Icann disse que as empresas de telecomunicações devem
>>> também participar da conferência. “Elas são parte integrante da família
>>> com a qual precisamos trabalhar”, afirmou. Segundo Paulo Bernardo, a
>>> presidenta Dilma concordou que as mudanças na governança da rede devem
>>> ocorrer de forma multilateral e com a participação de todos os atores
>>> que se envolvem a internet, e disse que não se pode “permitir que
>>> interesses econômicos, políticos e religiosos interfiram na livre
>>> circulação das ideias”. O ministro informou que a sugestão da presidenta
>>> é que o evento ocorra em abril de 2014 no Rio de Janeiro.
>>>
>>> fonte: Agência Brasil
>>>
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