Dear Carlos, I have informed a group of my friends about this case and we are discussing about this. Moui (Thailand) ภูมิจิต ศิระวงศ์ประเสริฐ Poomjit Sirawongprasert Tel. +66-86-335-3900 Fax. +661-101-2882 ext. 3900# Contact Me [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/poomjit>[image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/moui> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear people, > > I think we need to mobilize ASAP in favor of RDS Honduras. Anyone who > knows the work of the organization since its foundation in 1994 will > have no doubt in supporting them against yet another arbitrary measure > by the current Honduran dictatorship. > > RDS is a pioneer in social networking and Internet services in Central > America (especially oriented to civil society networks). I have worked > personally with them in 2002 in a Sustainable Development Network > (SDN/RDS) evaluation for UNDP, and can testify to the high quality and > relevance of their work in leveraging ICTs for human development in the > country. > > For more information (mostly in Spanish), please visit > http://solidaridadrdshn.blogspot.com/ > > For general information on RDS-HN: http://rds.hn > > Above all, please mobilize your organizations to participate in active > solidarity actions with RDS-HN. > > It is obvious a clear and urgent position from ICANN against this > arbitrary seizure is needed. > > Below is the full statemente by RDS-HN in English. > > fraternal regards > > --c.a. > > ========================================================== > LACTLD Statement on ccTLD. HN situation > > To the international community > > By this note, we would like to inform the international community about > the current situation in the ccTLD .HN, which is managed by RDS-HN, > associated member of LACTLD , organization that informs us about this > situation. > > The current Honduran government has informed RDS-HN that it must hand > over the ccTLD operation due to Article 79B of the Reglament of the > Telecommunications Act (of the year 2002). This rule says that "CONATEL > controls the regulation and administration of the domains and IP > directions within the national territory. CONATEL will be able to take > the necessary measures so that the administration of domains and IP > addresses can be executed through from other public or private > institutions, for which agreements will be signed and the corresponding > regulations will be issued." > > Last Friday, and based in the above-mentioned article, national > authorities arrived at the ccTLD. hn office stating: "Until now, CONATEL > has not signed any agreement with any public or private entity. > Therefore it is necessary to order the institution, which has been > managing and delegating domains. HN, to suspend the management > immediately, given that it develops outside the provisions of Article > 79B of the Reglament of the Framework Law for Telecommunications > Sector". In the same way, they order ccTLD .HN "1. To immediately > suspend all activities related to registration and delegation of new > domain names under the domain .HN, and 2. To hand a list of domains .HN > and records, that the institution have been conferred, to CONATEL." > > The Red de Desarrollo Sostenible - RDS (Sustainable Development Network) > http://www.rds.org.hn maintains the operation of ccTLD. hn since April > 1993, date when this organization received this delegation and, in July > 2006, signed an Accountability Framework with ICANN > (http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/hn/hn-icann-af-20jul06.pdf), which > explicitly recognizes that relationship and work. Furthermore, RDS is > also a leading civil society organization that facilitates connectivity > to Honduras as well as provides various tools and services to the > community of Honduras and Central America and, for this reason, RDS is > being recognized as a pioneer in the region. > > The management and operation of the DNS follow internationally accepted > and recognized processes, primarily based on RFC 1591 . Because of the > stability importance of the Internet global system and ccTLD work, RDS > is due to its local and international community on the Internet. > > In addition, we indicate that the action that tries to carry out CONATEL > is against of the constitutional guarantees and the guarantees of the > Pact of San José de Costa Rica. Therefore, it violates the relationship > that has been conducted peacefully and technically efficient and is > based on existing contractual agreements and relationships. > > LACTLD expresses its strong concern regarding the events that have > unfolded in the request made by the Government of Honduras to take in a > sudden and abrupt way the operation .HN due to the fact that it will be > detrimental to the users of domain name system in Honduras which > primarily require stability for the adequate access of Internet resources. > > LACTLD is committed with its partners and members, and primarily seeks > to maintain the stability of the Domain Name System for the correct > running of the Internet. We hope that the wisdom will prevail between > two sides in order to solve this delicate situation. > > Sincerely, > > Council of LACTLD > Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD Association > http://www.lactld.org > > More Information: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] > More Information: http://solidaridadrdshn.blogspot.com/ > > [1] ccTLD: country code top level domain > [2] RDS-Hn: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible de Honduras ( > http://www.rds.org.hn) > [3] LACTLD: Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD Association > (http://www.lactld.org) > [4] CONATEL: Telecomunication National Comission ( > http://www.conatel.gob.hn) > [5] ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > (http://www.icann.org) > [6] RFC 1591: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt >