[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: [NCSG-Discuss] Montevideo Declaration InformatioN Society - resolution against dot amazon and dot patagonia

[Erick Iriarte Ahon]

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> De: Erick Iriarte Ahon <eiriarte at ALFA-REDI.ORG>
> Fecha: 6 de abril de 2013 22:21:43 GMT-05:00
> Para: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Asunto: [NCSG-Discuss] Montevideo Declaration InformatioN Society - resolution against amazon and patagonia
> Responder a: Erick Iriarte Ahon <eiriarte at ALFA-REDI.ORG>
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> Hi
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> Yesterday in Montevideo in the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of Information Society in LAC the countries decided this:
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> Stressing the importance of regional participation in the various forums for discussion on Internet governance, with a view to fostering the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet as a fundamental part of the infrastructure of the information society,
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> Aware that requests have been submitted to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to register the generic top-level domain (gTLD) names “.amazon” and “.patagonia” in several languages,
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> Recognizing that, with a view to defending sovereignty and human rights, it is necessary to protect the present and future rights of the countries and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in the information society and to prevent circumstances from arising that would limit their opportunities for legitimate advancement and development in the digital environment,
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> We resolve to
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> 10. Reject any attempt to appropriate, without the consent of the respective countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the denominations “amazon” and “patagonia” in any language, or any other generic top-level domain (gTLD) names referring to geographical areas or historical, cultural or natural features, which should be preserved as part of the heritage and cultural identity of the countries of the region"
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> The complete and official document attached.
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> yours
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> Erick
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