Brasília – Next year, Brazil will host a meeting to discuss the changes needed in order to improve internet governance. Following a meeting with the president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), Fadi Chehadé, the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has agreed to receive global leaders in various industries involved with the issue.
According to Chehadé, the world has counted on Brazil’s leadership in this issue, after president Rousseff spoke at the 68th UN General Assembly last September in the United States. “The world listened to the Brazilian president, who spoke with deep conviction and much courage, and expressed the frustration felt by many people around the world, who felt that their trust had been broken with regard to the internet,” he said, revealing that Rousseff’s address was what motivated his proposal to hold the meeting in Brazil.
The Icann president said future decisions regarding how global leaders can manage the internet must observe the principles of the Brazilian civil regulatory framework, currently being reviewed by the National Congress. Last Monday (7th), Fadi Chehadé met with the Brazilian minister of Communications, Paulo Bernardo, to call on Brazil for help in launching debate on changes in internet governance, and said the work should start this year. According to him, the need for a new internet management organization involves multiple players, not only government.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
