[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN 52 Meeting to Relocate to Singapore | Marrakech, Morocco Meeting to Take Place in Early 2016

Tue Nov 4 14:07:52 UTC 2014

The Moroccans were on record as being willing to host the meeting.

Please stop saying things that imply otherwise - it's simply not true.

--Calvin

On 04/11/2014 15:29, Poncelet Ileleji wrote:
> Personally, I think if the Confederation of African Football(CAF) has 
> given the the Moroccan government till this weekend to say whether 
> they will host or not the African Cup of Nations based on the 
> Moroccans  concerns etc, same should have applied for ICANN, prior to 
> moving it to another African country as option B.  Even the Moroccans 
> gave the Guinean team  permission to use Casablanca for their African 
> Cup of Nations matches etc, so flexibilities exist from the Moroccan 
> end etc
>
> Anyway despite the fact the fact the CAF Cup of Nations attracts more 
> people, than ICANN meetings, I feel more consultations could have 
> happened as CAF is doing with the Moroccan government.  if at all 
> certain countries are missing from Morocco based on travel ban or not, 
> the main thing is ICANN meetings offer good remote participation, so 
> the reasons given might not hold in my opinion because the fact is 
> what % numbers will really not be represented in Marrakesh???
>
> Just my little contribution to this discuss.
>
> Peace
>
> Poncelet
>
> On 4 November 2014 12:59, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com 
> <mailto:Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 4 November 2014 14:40, Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sfolayan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         They would not have considered Nigeria or Kenya because of the
>         unspoken fear of Boko-Haram and Al-Shebab. Indeed Nigeria has been
>         bidding to host for a number of years now, and it is silently
>         passed
>         each time.
>
>
>     Please don't buy that hogwash. It's neo-colonial reasoning. Just
>     last week (1,2), World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and United
>     Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, with a High-level
>     representatives of the European Union, Intergovernmental Agency
>     for Development, African Union Commission, the African Development
>     Bank as well as the president of the Islamic Development Bank
>     Group, Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, were in Nairobi in bilateral talks.
>
>     Although vigilance helps, insecurity is everywhere and anybody can
>     be caught wrong footed. London underground was bombed silly in
>     2005 (may the souls of the departed rest in peace), and England
>     authorities were helpless. Apart from 9/11, US has had more
>     violent gun killings than what alshabab has ever done to Kenya in
>     the last 10 years.
>
>     Best,
>     MK
>
>     1.
>     http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/10/27/leaders-commit-billions-major-new-development-initiative-horn-africa
>     2. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations
>     Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
>     ______________________
>     Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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