Re: [npoc-voice] Historic Singapore Meeting Marks the Beginning a New Phase for ICANN

[Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you so much dear Rudi.
I see that there were great moments over there in Singapore.
Congratulations to all the NPOcers participants and for the great
works the have done for our common concerns there.
Have a nice trips back to your homes.
Cheers !
-Olevie-


2014-03-29 6:24 UTC, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick@xxxxxxx>:
> [http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/>
> News Alert
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-28mar14-en
>
> ________________________________
> Historic Singapore Meeting Marks the Beginning a New Phase for ICANN
>
> 28 March 2014
>
> Singapore... The President and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
> Names and Numbers (ICANN) says the organization's 49th meeting that just
> concluded in Singapore marked the beginning of a new era for the
> organization and the future of Internet governance.
>
> "ICANN49 will be remembered as a meeting that, in many ways, ended the early
> phase of ICANN and brought the organization into a new phase of maturity and
> responsibility," said Fadi Chehadé. "It is exemplified by the recent
> decision of the United States Government to hand us the very ominous
> responsibility to facilitate and convene the world toward determining how
> ICANN will be providing assurances of accountability across the board."
>
> Chehadé made the comments during a video
> interview<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3DbUVzyHQ&feature=youtu.be> at
> the conclusion of the Singapore meeting, for which more 1,940 people
> registered from 150 countries.
>
> "People from all over the world, from all segments of the Internet community
> are here, interacting not just with ICANN, but also interacting with each
> other," said Dr. Stephen Crocker, ICANN's Board Chair.
>
> The Singapore meeting was dominated by discussions stemming from the recent
> announcement by the U.S. Government that it wants to transfer stewardship of
> some vital Internet technical functions to provide for global
> accountability. It has reached out to ICANN, which will continue to manage
> those functions as it has for more than 15 years, to help determine the best
> process for transferring that stewardship.
>
> "These are important times," said Chehadé. "The U.S. Government has
> modulated its stewardship over time, it has dialed it down and this was just
> a natural moment for all this to happen, as the U.S. government has said,
> due to the community's readiness to actually embrace these responsibilities
> and establish the appropriate accountability mechanisms to replace the U.S.
> role."
>
> ###
>
> To view the video interview with ICANN President Fadi Chehadé and Board
> Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, go here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3DbUVzyHQ&feature=youtu.be
>
> To learn more about the transfer of the Internet technical functions, go
> here: http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/transition
>
> To download high resolution photos from the ICANN meeting go here:
> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=icann49
>
> MEDIA CONTACTS:
>
> Brad White
> ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs
> Washington, D.C.
> Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118
> brad.white@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:brad.white@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> James Cole
> ICANNGlobal Media Coordinator
> Washington, D.C.
> Tel. +1 (202) 570 7139
> james.cole@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:james.cole@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Liana Teo
> Head of Communications for Asia Pacific
> Singapore
> Tel. +65 6808 6669
> liana.teo@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:liana.teo@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Andrew Robertson
> Edelman Public Relations
> London, U.K.
> Tel. +44 (7811) 341 945
> andrew.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:andrew.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> About ICANN: ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified
> global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an
> address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be
> unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these
> unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't
> have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit
> public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world
> dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It
> promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique
> identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop
> spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its
> coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important
> impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information
> please visit: www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>.
>
> Rudi Vansnick
> NPOC chair Policy Committee
> NPOC treasurer
> rudi.vansnick@xxxxxxxx
> Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16
> Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32
> www.npoc.org
>
>


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