Awesome!  I would definitely attend the summit.  Thank you Carols!!!

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From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlos A. Afonso
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 6:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [governance] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet governance in 2014

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?in
>> foid=35107&sid=4&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.UlXEbbOm1
>> q8
>>
>> 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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