[AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Internationalization of the Internet Marks Historic Agreement

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Dear Anne-Rachel,

Please convey my congratulations to the entire ICANN team for this milestone
in the global development of the Internet!

Regards,

Brian

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Anne-Rachel Inne <
anne-rachel.inne at icann.org> wrote:

>  FYI
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> *FOR RELEASE:                    *Immediate
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> *MEDIA CONTACTS:                        *Mike Silber
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> ICANN Board Member
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> Bromhof, South Africa*
> *Ph. +27 82 773 1288
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> mike.silber at icann.org
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> Anne-Rachel Inne
> ICANN Regional Manager for Africa
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> Niger, Africa
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> Ph. + 1 323 304 3420
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> 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.
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>
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> “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.”
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> “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.”
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>
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> “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:
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> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#affirmation
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> To read the reactions of various business and government leaders go here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#reaction
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> 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
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>
>
> 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
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> *About ICANN:*
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> 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
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> 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
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