And of course, the ISOC statement on the High-Level Panel to Address Future of Internet Governance:
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2013/11/global-panel-address-future-internet-governance Nurani On 19 nov 2013, at 08:44, Nurani Nimpuno wrote: > For those of you who haven't seen the press release yesterday. > Google translate: > http://goo.gl/TSESH8 > > Nurani > > > São Paulo will host international conference on Internet governance > > Scheduled for 23 and April 24, the meeting will address topics such as > network security, espionage and cyber crimes > > Brasilia, 11/18/2013 - Sao Paulo will host on 23 and 24 April 2014, an > international conference to discuss the new model of global governance of the > Internet. The Federal Government's proposal was announced on the morning of > Monday the Ministers of Communications, Paulo Bernardo, Science and > Technology Marco Antonio Raupp, and Foreign Affairs, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo. > > <Mesa_MG_2635.jpg> > From left to right, Ministers of Communications, Paulo Bernardo, Science and > Technology Marco Antonio Raupp, and Foreign Affairs, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo > > The idea for the meeting came from the speech of President Dilma Rousseff at > the opening of the UN General Assembly, prompted by revelations that the U.S. > government spied authorities and Brazilian companies. > > According to Bernardo, the event will have a "nongovernmental nature" and > will require a call very wide. "Governments are invited to participate, but > will be mostly a multisectoral meeting also involving representatives of > civil society and the private sector," he said. > > The Foreign Minister said that the aim of the meeting is to hold a broad > debate with all concerned sectors. "The idea is to build international > governance that can above all ensure individual freedom and protecting human > rights in order to use to the fullest the new media with the internet as its > centerpiece," he said. > > Already the Minister of Science and Technology cited the Brazilian model > participatory and democratic governance of the internet's Internet Steering > Committee (CGI), created in 1995 and brings together 20 members. "This > proposal of São Paulo meeting came a beautiful experience that Brazil has in > the field of Internet governance. There are representatives from all major > sectors of society. The Decalogue which guides their actions is already > recognized worldwide. So Brazil has a leading position in this sector, "he > said. > > The Minister Paulo Bernardo said that the proposed meeting is broader than > the project of Marco Civil Internet being discussed in Congress. According to > him, some assignments of Internet control should be maintained with the third > sector. "What we found is that governments should act where it is necessary, > as in cases of cyber crime, terrorism, espionage and pedophilia. Our March > calendar has principles that can be replicated, but does not deal with > international issues that still need to be addressed, "he added.
