[At-Large] [ALAC] Fwd: ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents

Wed Jul 18 21:40:24 UTC 2012

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Yaovi
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From: Rinalia Abdul Rahim <rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:38:50 
To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond<ocl at gih.com>
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Subject: Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Fwd: ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access
	to ITR Documents

Dear Olivier,

A webinar would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

Rinalia Abdul Rahim

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 On 19 Jul 2012 01:12, "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> following-up on the email below, I do not know why the At-Large WCIT
> workspace has not appeared in the message. It is up on:
> https://community.icann.org/x/iQMQAg
>
> Suggestions/comments are welcome. Also -- is there an interest for Nigel
> Hickson, ICANN VP for Europe, to organise a Webinar for our community to
> further understand the issues at stake? Nigel has very kindly emailed me
> after my email to the lists, letting me know he and his staff would be
> happy to do so.
> Kind regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 12/07/2012 08:37, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I know that several of you are following the World Congress on
> > Information Technology (WCIT) issues closely -- and you are right to do
> > so since the outcome of the WCIT discussions will directly affect our
> > communities. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) member
> > states will meet in Dubai in December 2012 to update the International
> > Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), last updated in the late eighties.
> > The big difference with the eighties is that it is proposed that the
> > regulations would include the Internet.
> >
> > The ALAC has a WIKI page of relevant links for all of you to learn about
> > the WCIT issues. There are links to further information under several
> > sub-headings:
> >
> > - Internet Governance
> > - Domain Name
> > - IPv6
> > - Other
> >
> > Please be so kind to inform staff if you know of a good resource to list
> > on that WIKI page. Also, if anyone knows of a good short, easy to
> > understand introduction to the subject of ITU, WCIT & ITRs, please be so
> > kind to suggest it for inclusion on that page. It is really important
> > that we have resources to help our local Internet users understand what
> > is about to happen and why we all need to be concerned about this.
> >
> > The message attached below, forwarded from ISOC, points to at least a
> > partial opening of the ITU's document database and I hereby ask staff to
> > add the link to the WIKI.
> >
> > The Internet Society has asked its chapters around the world to find out
> > way to liaise with government officials in their own country and thus
> > bring the input of individual internet users to the discussion. I
> > believe that the At-Large community, which has a wide footprint by also
> > having a local presence in so many countries around the world, has an
> > important part to play in informing their governments that we actually
> > take part in ICANN's multi-stakeholder policy making model and that we
> > support the current multi-stakeholder Internet Ecosystem as being one
> > which promotes innovation and development better than any other top-down
> > system.
> >
> > You will find a list of the government officials of ITU member states
> > listed here:
> >
> http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1
> >
> > Please be so kind to find out who your government officials and local
> > organisation observers are and discuss locally within your organization
> > what you could do at local level to engage a dialogue with your local
> > officials and ministers for them to make sure they are aware of the
> > issues and not make the mistake of supporting recommendations that will
> > cripple their local economy by crippling the Internet's potential for
> > innovation.
> >
> > Also -- please email suggestions as to what we, the At-Large Community
> > of ICANN, could do to continue promoting the multi-stakeholder model
> > that we are engaged in.
> >
> > Warmest regards,
> >
> > Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> > ALAC Chair
> >
> >
> > -------- Message original --------
> > Sujet:        [Itu2012chapters] ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access
> to
> > ITR Documents
> > Date :        Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:29:17 -0400
> > De :  Sally Wentworth <wentworth at isoc.org>
> > Pour :        itu2012chapters at elists.isoc.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > Today, the ITU Council took up the issue of transparency of ITU WCIT
> > documents and Member State proposals.   Karen Mulberry has, again,
> > offered a summary of the discussion and the decision below.  In
> > short, the Council?s final decision is to post only CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the
> > draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website
> > (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly
> > available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and
> > comments.  There will be no consultation process as was originally
> > proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly
> > available.   The responsibility is really now with the Member States to
> > have an open and participatory national process to allow for a full and
> > transparent discussion about the WCIT.
> >
> > *============================*
> >
> > *ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents*
> >
> > 11 July 2012 the ITU Council discussed a process regarding open and
> > unrestricted access to WCIT and ITR proposals and documents.
> >
> > The Sec Gen presented a plan to make the CWG-WCIT document TD-64 openly
> > accessible to the public to address the public request for access,
> > openness and transparency.  The SecGen also proposed that any CWG-WCIT
> > proposals that are made openly accessible should be posted without any
> > reference to their source contributor.  There was also a proposal by
> > Japan to make CWG-WCIT TD-62 (the compilation of proposals) openly
> > accessible as this would assist in national consultations.  However,
> > there were other countries that wanted all ITR proposals to be withheld
> > from the public and not accessible without a TIES password.  In
> > addition, it was noted that changes to the procedures to enable the
> > publication of proposals to ITU conferences will need ITU
> > Plenipotentiary Conference consideration in 2014 before any open process
> > can be adopted.  In the meantime, it is up to Member States to conduct
> > open consultations to prepare for WCIT where the Member State can freely
> > share its proposals and information.
> >
> > Secretary General Toure also presented a proposal for a public online
> > consultation to be moderated by his office where all stakeholders would
> > have the opportunity to submit proposals and comments on the ITRs. The
> > Secretary General thought that  this would allow the ITU to strengthen
> > its credibility and reputation as well as the credibility of the WCIT
> > process, which have both been victim to a series of inaccurate media
> > reports.  The SecGen also noted that proceeding with an open
> > consultation will continue to foster an image of the ITU as an open,
> > transparent and listening organization; and will provide a transparent
> > platform for all stakeholders to engage, participate and air their
> > views.  Submissions to the ?Public Consultation? would be posted on the
> > WCIT-12 web site and MAY be considered by Member States when preparing
> > their proposals for the ITRs.
> >
> > After much discussion, the Council?s final decision is to post only
> > CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website
> > (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly
> > available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and
> > comments.  There will be no consultation process as was originally
> > proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly
> > available.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sally Wentworth
> > Internet Society
> > +1 703 439 2146
> > wentworth at isoc.org <mailto:wentworth at isoc.org>
> > www.isoc.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>
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