<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>The ITU meeting started on 21st October 2014 in Busan, South Korea and will run for 3 weeks. ISOC Kenya Chapter is represented by several members who will share their experiences with the list. I hope our delegation on the ground will be reporting regularly on the daily outcomes of this important conference.<br><br></div><div>Internet Society position on the ITU meeting is:<br>1. There is wide consensus that there is no single "governance" structure for the Internet. Nor is there a single, global platform that can serve to coordinate, organize or govern all the issues that may arise. <br>2. The Plenipotentiary should not adopt policies that lead to a regulatory role for the ITU in the governance of the Internet.<br>3. The Plenipotentiary will not agree to place the future of the Internet policy development under the control of an inter-governmental organization. <br>4. Make the Plenipot more transparent, to listen to the voices of stakeholders and to be responsive to the concerns we and other stakeholders have brought to the ITU <br></div><div><br>The event webcast is available here: <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Pages/webcast.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Pages/webcast.aspx</a><br>
and please note the links to real time captioning services on this page.<br></div><div>Policy statements and speeches are available here: <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/statements/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/statements/Pages/default.aspx</a> <br></div><div>
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For twitter, the “official" hashtag is #Plenipot14<br><br></div>Some civil societies have issued statemets that may be of interest to us and they can be found here: <a href="http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes/</a><br><br></div>The Internet Society has released a statement on it's position on the ITU Plenipotentiary meeting. The statement by the ISOC president is available here:<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/road-busan">http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/road-busan</a><br><br>The ISOC VP of global policy too has a statement on the meeting here: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/itu-plenipotentiary-2014-opens">http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/itu-plenipotentiary-2014-opens</a><br><br></div><b>What is the position of the Kenyan government delegation to the Plenipot14?</b><br><div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div>Warm Regards,<br></div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br></div><div>Secretary,<br></div><div>Internet Society Kenya Chapter.<br></div></div>
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