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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>
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<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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