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<p><em><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">May 23, 2011</span></b></em><span
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<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span
style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">INTERPOL and
ICANN Advance Cooperation on Internet Security </span></strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 24pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">after Historic
First Meeting</span></strong><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p><em><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Lyon, France</span></b></em><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"> – A landmark visit
today to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters by top
officials from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) has provided both international bodies with an
opportunity to explore avenues for closer collaboration on
Internet security.<br>
<br>
With cyber-security, financial & high tech crime high on
the agenda, talks between ICANN President and CEO Rod
Beckstrom and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble
focused on Internet security governance and enhancing common
means for preventing and addressing Internet crime. Mr.
Beckstrom’s delegation also included ICANN’s Vice President
and Chief Security Officer, Jeff Moss, Vice President of
Government Affairs Jamie Hedlund, and Alice Jansen of its
Organizational Reviews unit.<br>
<br>
"We seek the active engagement of law enforcement in our
multi-stakeholder community where all parties are welcome. We
recognize Interpol as an important international leader in
this field,” said Mr. Beckstrom. “We are very pleased by its
expression of interest in joining the ICANN Governmental
Advisory Committee as an observer.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">With ICANN the
global coordinator of domain names and Internet protocol
addresses, and INTERPOL the world’s largest international
police organization, Secretary General Noble said: <em><span
style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">“</span></em>Both
organizations are international, both are politically neutral,
and both are focused on the good of the world. Both also care
about improving the security of the Internet for the future."
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"> “The Internet has
no borders, and neither do the criminals who exploit it. As
the Internet's role in society continues to increase in scope
and importance, it is vital for INTERPOL to help create
bridges between the international law enforcement community it
represents and ICANN in order to advance Internet security
practices for the benefit to all,” added Secretary General
Noble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">As part of efforts
to enhance their cooperation, both organizations agreed during
the visit that an INTERPOL delegation would attend ICANN’s
international conference in Singapore next month, 20-24 June,
when INTERPOL’s membership of the ICANN’s Governmental
Advisory Committee (GAC) as an international observer will be
explored.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
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"Arial","sans-serif";">###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">To download a high
resolution pictures of the ICANN/Interpol meeting go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">MEDIA
CONTACTS: </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Brad White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN Director of
Global Media Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Washington, DC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Tel. +1 (202) 570
7118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:brad.white@icann.org">brad.white@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Pietro Calcaterra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">INTERPOL Press
Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Lyon, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:press@interpol.int">press@interpol.int</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Tel: +33 4 72 44 71
69<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">About ICANN: </span></b></em><em><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">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.</span></em><strong><i><span
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"Arial","sans-serif";"> For more
information please visit: </span></i></strong><em><span
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<p><em><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">About INTERPOL:
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">INTERPOL
is the world’s largest international police organization,
with 188 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates
cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists
all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is
to prevent or combat international crime. The world police
body has six priority crime areas: Drugs and criminal
organizations, Financial and high-tech crime, Fugitives,
Public safety and terrorism, Trafficking in human beings,
and Corruption. </span></em><strong><i><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">For more
information please visit: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.interpol.org/">http://www.interpol.org/</a></span></i></strong><span
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