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--</style><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
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href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07feb13-en.htm">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07feb13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span>
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        <h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">Upcoming Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance
            Events in the Middle East and Africa<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">7 February 2013</span></span><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">ICANN will participate with the regional IG
            community in two important events in March 2013. These
            events will be attended by regional leaders from government,
            the private sector and civil society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">The first event, as part of the Arab IGF
            initiative, will be in Dubai, UAE from 3-5 March. The second
            event, as part of the African Strategic Engagement
            initiative, will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 March.
            ICANN invites you to join regional leaders and Internet
            Governance experts from all over the world at these two
            events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">The Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance
            meeting will be held at the Radisson Royal Hotel in Dubai on
            3-5 March 2013. The meeting is hosted by the Telecom
            Regulatory Authority of UAE as part of the Arab IGF Open
            Consultations and in partnership with ICANN and RIPE NCC,
            the Regional Internet Registry for Europe and the Middle
            East.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">Please see this link for on-line registration:
          </span><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpucVl1MjM1OUVRLXFvQXZocWV0UVE6MA#gid=0"><span
                lang="EN-US">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpucVl1MjM1OUVRLXFvQXZocWV0UVE6MA#gid=0</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">The African Multi-stakeholder Internet
            Governance meeting will be held at the UNECA Conference
            Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 March 2013 and is
            organized in partnership with African IGF, AfriNIC, AFTLD,
            ISOC Africa, and the ATU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">These open public meetings are aimed at
            fostering engagement among Internet organizations and all
            stakeholder groups in the Arab and the African world. They
            offer the opportunity to share best practices of successful
            multi-stakeholder models and discuss means to enhance
            effective participation in global Internet Governance fora.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <ul type="disc">
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
            level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meetings.icann.org/meetings/armig-mar12/proposed-agenda-07feb13-en.pdf"><span
                  lang="EN-US">Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet
                  Governance Meeting Proposed Agenda</span></a></span><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 251 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
            level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meetings.icann.org/meetings/afmig-mar12/proposed-agenda-outline-07feb13-en.pdf"><span
                  lang="EN-US">African Multi-stakeholder Internet
                  Governance Meeting Proposed Agenda and Outline</span></a></span><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 123 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
            level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meetings.icann.org/meetings/afmig-mar12/dns-africa-participants-note-07feb13-en.pdf"><span
                  lang="EN-US">Information Note for Participants from
                  UNECA</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"
              lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 304 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de
            Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO
            Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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