Awesome! I would definitely attend the summit. Thank you Carols!!! Roy Balleste Law Library Director & Professor of Law St. Thomas University Law Library 16401 NW 37th Avenue Miami Gardens, FL 33054 305-623-2341 -----Original Message----- From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlos A. Afonso Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 6:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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 >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> [log in to unmask] >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >