Re: [lac-discuss-en] carta .amazon
Dear Frank,
This should give you a rough idea of the background on this matter
Introduction
In the interest of a better understanding and clarity of this conversation,
some introductory information would be useful.
The management, stability, governance and policy making for the internet is
the responsibility of a California company called International Cooperation of
Assigned Names and Numbers commonly known as ICANN.
This company is structured conceptually along multistakeholder lines with a
series of constituencies represent the Private Sector, civic society, academia
and government. The Government Advisory Committee (GAC) is the constituency
that is responsible for provision of policy advice and guidance to the ICANN
Board of Directors. GAC is comprised primarily of the Ministries responsible
internet governance and information technology in general. In our case the
Ministry of Public Telecommunications represents the Government of Guyana at
the GAC meetings
2012 & 2013
Amazon Inc. files and application to ICANN requesting the delegation of the
â??.amazonâ?? TLD. This would result in the monopolization of the registered
name in the DNS.
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Brazil and Peru timely objected to the request for registration of
â??.amazonâ?? on the grounds that there is an inextricable relation between
this TLD name and the Amazon region, the Amazon peoples, the Amazon natural
heritage and the Amazon culture.
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The Member states of the Amazon Basin subsequently endorsed the object of
Brazil and Peru.
They further invoked the EL Coca Declaration of May 3, 2013; expressing firm
rejection to any claim of ownership by others of geographical names of the
countries of ACTO in general and the name â??.amazoniaâ?? or related, without
the consent of the Amazon Countries.
Countries represented in the GAC endorsed the position of ACTO.
The GAC, by full consensus, expressed to the ICANN Board of Directors the
existing international opposition to the delegation of the â??.amazonâ?? TLDs,
as recorded in the "GAC Communiqué" adopted on July 18, 2013 in
Durban.
2014
May 14
Based on the declaration by the GAC, the ICANN Board, through the New gTLD
Program Committee (NGPC), decided not to grant the company's request.
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Subsequently, several meeting were held between the Amazon countries and the
company in hopes of establishing a â??modus vivendiâ??. In order to allow the
commercial exploitation of the ".amazon" TLDs by the company, while
at the same time safeguarding the countriesâ?? right to use the TLDs for the
public interest, in line with nationalstrategies and for the benefit of the
local peoples.However, neither party could accept the different proposals
presented by the other at that time.
2015
October 6
New proposal was submitted by Amazon Inc.
The proposal provided for the shared use of the ".amazon" TLDs, both
by the company for its private ends, and by the Amazon countries for uses
associated with the Amazon region and peoples.The ACTO Council considered that
the dispute had come to an end following the Boardâ??s decision of 2014, and
that the Member States were bound to reject the 6 October 2015 proposal, given
the absence of a mandate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs authorizing them
to examine the new proposal.
2016
In view of the decision by the ICANN Board to reject the â??.amazonâ??
application, as well as the failure to reach an agreement with the Amazon
countries, the company pursued the avenue of formal arbitration through the
ICANN via the establishment of an Independent Review Panel (IRP),
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In this context, Brazil and Peru submitted to the GAC a proposal for GAC
advice requesting the Board not to follow the IRP recommendation. The rationale
for the advice was that, if the Board were to follow the IRP recommendation, it
would be completely denying the role of governments in ICANNâ??s
multi-stakeholder governance model, in which it is the responsibility of
governments to identify the relevant public policy issues and how they interact
with ICANNâ??s activities.
The Brazilian-Peruvian document clarified, on the other hand, that the
decision by the governments in this case, additionally, based itself on an
evaluation of the political sensitivity that the subject raised. The other ACTO
Member States endorsed the position Brazil and Peru expressed in their document.
2017
July 10
The IRP issued its Final Declaration on 10 July 2017. The IRP considered that
the decision of the Board to deny the companyâ??s application would have
violated ICANN rules. The opinion of the IRP was that the Board had not
adequately motivated its decision of 2014, having relied exclusively on the
opinion of the GAC that was opposed to the delegation of the â??.amazonâ??
TLDs. Thus, it recommended that the Board should reexamine the companyâ??s
applications, and that it explains whether it accepts or rejects them based on
the Boardâ??s own evaluation of the public policy reasons associated with the
delegation and the exploitation of the â??.amazonâ?? intended by the company.
September 23
The Board refrained from accepting the â??Panelâ??s non-binding
recommendationâ?? that it re-evaluates the application for the â??.amazonâ??
TLDs, and consequently tasked an internal advisory body â??to review and
considerâ?? that very recommendation and â??to provide options for the Board to
consider in addressing [it]â??.
October 29
The GAC was prompted to resume consideration of the subject.
A proposal was presented by Amazon Inc. (paragraph 28 of the Tena Declaration)
to the Amazon countries during the 60th meeting of the ICANN in Abu Dhabi (Oct
28-Nov 3, 2017). It stated that it encourages and instructs technical and
operational bodies of the Member countries to carry out a review of the
proposal by Amazon Inc. to reach a common position on the subject of
dot.amazon.
The proposal mentions that the company will:
1. Block culturally sensitive names at the second level
2. Consult with relevant governments to identify these terms
3. Provide support for applications. AMAZONAS, .AMAZONIA, AMAZONICA
During the Abu Dhabi ICANN meeting the Board had invited the GAC to provide
information about the reasons why governments opposed the companyâ??s request
in 2013, which led to the Boardâ??s rejection of the companyâ??s application
for the â??.amazonâ?? TLDs. The request was made in order to prepare how the
Board will react to the IRP recommendation, which, as recalled, suggested that
the Board examines whether there are public policy reasons justifying the
rejection of the companyâ??s application for the â??.amazonâ?? TLDs. The
invitation by the Board generated an intense debate within the GAC, where most
of the participating countries expressed their objection to responding to it in
the requested terms, lest their response be interpreted as an acceptance that
the GAC should account to the Board for the public policy reasons that
governments are responsible for identifying or deciding. It was agreed at the
Abu Dhabi that the ACTO countries will create a working group to deliberate on
the latest Amazon proposal and report to the GAC.
December 1
The Working Group was established pursuant to paragraph 28 of the Tena
Declaration which was adopted by a number of Ministers and high-level
government representatives inclusive of Guyana.
2018
February 7
The company sent to the ACTO Permanent Secretariat an updated proposal.
February 8
The Working Group held a plenary meeting start consideration of the 7
February, 2018 proposal followed by subsequent meetings throughout February.
March
Meetings and consultations on the February 7, 2018 continued into March.
Documents containing further elements of clarification were also sent to the
Secretariat from Amazon Inc.
At the 61st ICANN meeting, in Puerto Rico, the GAC met again to discuss how to
react to the invitation by the Board. The governments agreed to send it a
response that, on the one hand, reported on the progress in the search for a
compromise solution by the Amazon countries, through the Working Group
established under the auspices of ACTO; on the other hand, it reiterated the
terms of the communiqué adopted by the GAC in Abu Dhabi, on 1 November 2017.
Hence, the GAC confirmed that it will not again discuss the public policy
reasons that justified its objection to the delegation of the â??.amazonâ??
TLDs in the past, and it reiterated to the Board the need for a solution having
the acceptance of ACTO Member Countries if the requested delegation is to be
allowed.
Where we are since March is a matter of public record.
Regards
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 8:54 AM franco giandana <fgiandana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] [[--This message had format issues and
was not translated properly--]] Subject:Re: carta .amazon Desde:franco
giandana <fgiandana@xxxxxxxxx> I am new to this discussion but I believe
Lance might have a point here, we should try to move forward on a more solid
basis, not that much on a conceptual or argumentative basis since it seems it
did not make the expectation back then: Lance, seems you have a much stronger
background on this issue than me, do you have any suggestions we could all
analyze? Regards, Frank On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 04:48 Lance Hinds
<brainstreetceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [[--Translated text (en -> es) -]] [[--This
message had format issues and was not defined properly--]] Subject: Re: letter
.amazon From: Lance Hinds <brainstreetceo@xxxxxxxxx> This has been the same
message since 2012. It can not be enough simply to say that "the
realization of this action translates into ignorance of ancestral rights,
cultural and social traditions of the countries of the Amazon region." It
is provided. To some extent, this was the same difficulty when the government
expressed its concerns.There are currently discussions between the governments
of the Amazon basin and Amazon Inc. to ensure that most, if not all, of these
rights are conserved in some way. Also, my dear friend Juan, in order to obtain
possible support for your cause, it may be useful to remember that Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are not the only members of the Amazon
Basin. Other members have also actively participated in discussions /
negotiations. Sincerely, Lance Hinds Free of virus. [ERROR: Sentence too long
to translate (1087> 1000 bytes)]On this occasion, the ICANN Board is open to
demonstrations from the countries of the region to make the decision to
delegate the .amazon domain.As part of ICANN's Constituency for Non-Profit
Operational Concerns (NPOC), AGEIA Colombia has decided to show its
dissatisfaction with the delegation of the .amazon domain for commercial and in
vita purposes to other civil society organizations that are part of it. from
different groups of voters in ICANN Participate in some way in the internet
ecosystem to pronounce.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hlubhnb_nTamU5l1QEJxgrx7wm-Ch7jso-oIfLU5228/edit?
usp = sharing We appreciate your support and dissemination in this matter
because the time before the Board makes the decision to delegate is reduced
every day. The board will wait until April 6 to make decisions.JUAN MANUEL
ROJAS P. President - President of the Membership Committee of AGEIA DENSI
Colombia. Unit of Non-Profit Operati onal Concerns (NPOC) - ICANN Cluster
Orinoco TIC member IT candidate Master, University of the Andes Cel. + 57
3017435600 Twitter: @JmanuRojas [[- - Original text (s) (s) Translated by
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