<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Some major Internet Governance organizations earlier this week put out a statement on future Internet cooperation that I think Sudo folk might be interested in.</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation</a><div>(signatories & other info at link above)<br><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Uruguay, 7 October 2013</div><div><div class="region region-content"><div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"><div class="content"><article id="node-153168" class="node node-news-item clearfix"><div class="content clearfix"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">
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The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the
Internet technical infrastructure globally have met in Montevideo,
Uruguay, to consider current issues affecting the future of the
Internet.</div>
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The Internet and World Wide Web have brought major benefits in social
and economic development worldwide. Both have been built and governed in
the public interest through unique mechanisms for global
multistakeholder Internet cooperation, which have been intrinsic to
their success. The leaders discussed the clear need to continually
strengthen and evolve these mechanisms, in truly substantial ways, to be
able to address emerging issues faced by stakeholders in the Internet.</div>
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In this sense:</div>
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They reinforced the importance of globally coherent Internet
operations, and warned against Internet fragmentation at a national
level. They expressed strong concern over the undermining of the trust
and confidence of Internet users globally due to recent revelations of
pervasive monitoring and surveillance.</li>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">They identified the need for ongoing
effort to address Internet Governance challenges, and agreed to catalyze
community-wide efforts towards the evolution of global multistakeholder
Internet cooperation.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">They called for accelerating the
globalization of ICANN and IANA functions, towards an environment in
which all stakeholders, including all governments, participate on an
equal footing.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">They also called for the transition to
IPv6 to remain a top priority globally. In particular Internet content
providers must serve content with both IPv4 and IPv6 services, in order
to be fully reachable on the global Internet. </span></li>
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