[kictanet] Internationalization of the Internet Marks Historic Agreement

Wed Sep 30 18:04:08 EAT 2009

We have to study this a while to understand the real meaning of
"Affirmation Agreement".  The devil is usually in the details; is
our  S.A colleague ( “The very fact that I, as a citizen of South
Africa serve on ICANN’s board, along with representatives from
around the world speaks to the international diversity of this
very unique organization.”)  a voting member of the Board or just
a liaison?. What is the national composition of the Board? If
anyone is serious Africa should have at least 3 VOTING members on
the Board.

Waudo

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:06 +0300, "Brian Munyao Longwe"
<blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Anne-Rachel Inne <[1]anne-rachel.inne at icann.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Internationalization of the
Internet Marks Historic Agreement
To: "[2]africann at afrinic.net" <[3]africann at afrinic.net>

FYI

FOR RELEASE:                    Immediate

MEDIA CONTACTS:                        Mike Silber

ICANN Board Member

Bromhof, South Africa
Ph. +27 82 773 1288

[4]mike.silber at icann.org

Anne-Rachel Inne
ICANN Regional Manager for Africa

Niger, Africa

Ph. + 1 323 304 3420

[5]anne-rachel.inne at icann.org

  Internationalization of the Internet Marks Historic Agreement

Washington, D.C… September 30, 2009… ICANN has signed an historic
Affirmation Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce that
confirms the effectiveness of the ICANN model of international
multi-stakeholder and bottom-up governance of the global Internet
addressing system.

“This means that there can no longer be any doubt that the
Internet belongs to the world and is not under the control of any
single government or special interest group,” said Mike Silber, a
member of ICANN’s Board of Directors.  “The very fact that I, as
a citizen of South Africa serve on ICANN’s board, along with
representatives from around the world speaks to the international
diversity of this very unique organization.”

“This new Affirmation marks an exciting new stage in ICANN’s
development as a truly international entity and it confirms once
and for all, that the ICANN model of public participation works,
and works effectively” said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN Chief Executive
Officer. “One world, one Internet, everyone connected – this is
our goal at ICANN. This agreement gives international
stakeholders an even more powerful voice in our activities moving
forward.”

“The Internet is global and it is critical that its governance
reflect its international nature,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, a
New Zealander who serves as ICANN’s Chairman of the Board.  “Now
we can clearly say that a new era of the Internationalization of
the Internet has begun.”

“This historic agreement is only one part of this
internationalization process,” said Mike Silber. “Soon because of
ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) program, all portions
of an Internet domain name may be made-up of characters from
almost any language. This will lead to a huge increase in
Internet users from regions in the world, such as the Middle East
or Asia, where people may not be using computer keyboards with
Latin-based characters.”

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To read the Affirmation Agreement go here:
[6]http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.
htm#affirmation

To read the reactions of various business and government leaders
go here:
[7]http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.
htm#reaction

To see a videotaped interview with CEO Rod Beckstrom on the
Affirmation Agreement go here:
[8]http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.
htm#video

To learn more about ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)
program go here:
[9]http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/factsheet-idn-program-05jun
09.pdf

About ICANN:

To reach another person on the Internet you have to type a domain
name of IP address into your computer.  It 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: [10]www.icann.org.

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References

1. mailto:anne-rachel.inne at icann.org
2. mailto:africann at afrinic.net
3. mailto:africann at afrinic.net
4. mailto:mike.silber at icann.org
5. mailto:anne-rachel.inne at icann.org
6. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#affirmation
7. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#reaction
8. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#video
9. http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/factsheet-idn-program-05jun09.pdf
  10. http://www.icann.org/
  11. http://ICANN.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?523509x19831x2917x1x3696907x24000x6&Email=anne-rachel.inne%40icann.org
  12. mailto:AfrICANN at afrinic.net
  13. https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann
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  15. http://zinjlog.blogspot.com/
  16. http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/

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