[cooperation-wg] Keep the Internet Open

Thanks Julf - and treating this thread as something of a compilation of positions/initiatives, the Working Group may also be interested to note the following letter to the Biden Administration, signed by a number of civil society organisations: 
https://www.accessnow.org/us-government-internet-access-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions/

And it’s been shared to other RIPE community lists, but if people missed it, the RIPE NCC has also published a full response to the Ukrainian government’s recent request to the RIPE NCC: 
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-response-to-request-from-ukrainian-government

Best regards,
Chris

> On 10 Mar 2022, at 11:09, Johan Helsingius <julf at Julf.com> wrote:
> 
> Two interesting initiatives around the impact of Ukraine-related sanctions on the internet infrastructure.
> 
> First this from Niels ten Oever:
> 
> 	We made a statement on what we think an internet
> 	infrastructure governance sanctions regime should look like.
> 
> 	Looking forward to discuss.
> 
> 	Full document can be found here:
> 	https://pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Internet-Sanctions.pdf [PDF]
> 
> 
> Then this one from Daniel Karrenberg:
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [ripe-list] Appeal of the European Network Engineers
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 22:18:45 +0100
> From: Daniel Karrenberg via ripe-list <ripe-list at ripe.net>
> Reply-To: Daniel Karrenberg <dfk at karrenberg.net>
> To: RIPE Mailing List <ripe-list at ripe.net>
> 
> Keep the Internet Open
> ======================
> 
> Appeal of the European Network Engineers
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> We have worked hard to keep the Internet available in Europe and
> surrounding areas during the Covid pandemic. The Internet infrastructure
> is essential for the safety, security and well-being of all people
> living here. Due to the growing international tensions in this part of
> the world we hear calls to deliberately harm interconnections and the
> functioning of the network. We realise that the Internet is being used
> for purposes that many of us deplore. However this cannot be a reason to
> harm the infrastructure itself and prevent the good and often essential
> things that depend on it. We urge everyone to consider this carefully
> and not only refrain from harming the operation and interconnection but
> to actively work to keep the Internet running and maintain
> interconnections with all parts of our region.
> 
> In particular we call on all governments and everyone involved with the
> governance of the Internet to do everything they can to enable us to
> keep the Internet infrastructure operational throughout the RIPE region.
> We will do our part as well as we can.
> 
>    <Signatures>
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The purpose of this appeal is to influence everyone considering actions
> that would make it harder for us to keep the Internet running. In
> particular it is intended to provide guidance and support to Internet
> governance bodies like the RIPE NCC. It will only work if many
> individuals sign up to it publicly. Individuals considered close to the
> current conflicts will have special weight here!
> 
> You can sign this appeal by mailing a signature line of the form
> 
>    Name, Place, Countrycode
> 
> to <sign at keepitopen.net>.
> 
> Please add a very short statement why you consider yourself a network
> engineer. Choose the place that best describes who you are; you do not
> have to be there right now. We will only publish the signature line and
> nothing else. We will delete your e-mail messages as soon as they are
> processed.
> 
> Signatures will start to be published when we have collected at least
> 256 originating from throughout the region. We will start publicising
> this appeal once we have at least 1024 signatures.
> 
> [Please spread the word.](https://keepitopen.net)
> 
> Thank you for your support!
> 
> Daniel Karrenberg, Roermond, NL
> 
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