[kictanet] Internationalization of the Internet Marks Historic Agreement ICANN AOC Doc
alice
alice at apc.org
Wed Sep 30 18:45:03 EAT 2009
Agree with you Waudo. We need to study the document. There are some
changes, some very interesting aspects, for example, the US government
will retain a reserved seat on the PDP review.
best
alice
p.s views are personal and not a reflection of any
institution/organisation I am affiliated with.
waudo siganga wrote:
> 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* <anne-rachel.inne at icann.org
>> <mailto: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: "africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>"
>> <africann at afrinic.net <mailto:africann at afrinic.net>>
>>
>>
>> FYI
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>> *FOR RELEASE: *Immediate
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>>
>> *MEDIA CONTACTS: *Mike Silber
>>
>> ICANN Board Member
>>
>> Bromhof, South Africa_
>> _Ph. +27 82 773 1288
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>> mike.silber at icann.org <mailto:mike.silber at icann.org>
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>>
>> Anne-Rachel Inne
>> ICANN Regional Manager for Africa
>>
>> Niger, Africa
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>> Ph. + 1 323 304 3420
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>> anne-rachel.inne at icann.org <mailto:anne-rachel.inne at icann.org>
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>> *Internationalization of the Internet Marks Historic Agreement*
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>> * *
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>> *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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>>
>> ###
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>> To read the Affirmation Agreement go here:
>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#affirmation
>>
>>
>>
>> To read the reactions of various business and government leaders go here:
>> 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:
>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#video
>>
>>
>>
>> To learn more about ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)
>> program go here:
>> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/factsheet-idn-program-05jun09.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:** **www.icann.org* <http://www.icann.org/>*.*
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