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<p class="title">Paris Chosen as Site of ICANN's 32nd Public Meeting</p>
<p class="subtitle">France will host world Internet community 22-27 June 2008</p>
<p class="docdate">17 August 2007 </p>
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<p> <strong>MARINA DEL REY, Calif.</strong>: Paris, France will host the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 32nd International Public Meeting
from 22-27 June 2008. </p>
<p> At its 14 August 2007 meeting, the ICANN Board accepted the proposal put
forward by <em>Association pour la Gouvernance de l'Internet en France, en
Europe, et dans le monde</em> (AGIFEM). </p>
<p>"ICANN is looking forward to working
with AGIFEM and welcoming the global Internet community to Paris," said Paul
Levins, ICANN's Executive Officer and Vice President - Corporate Affairs.
"We had two highly competitive proposals to host the meeting slated for ICANN's
European region – a testament to the great local Internet communities in
France and Serbia." </p>
<p>Each year ICANN holds three meetings in different regions
around the world. These meetings constitute an essential part of ICANN's
global consensus-building and outreach efforts. The ICANN Meetings Committee
sets the regions in which ICANN will hold its meetings. Proposals are then
solicited from organizations interested in hosting the ICANN Meeting. </p>
<p> ICANN has received a number of competitive bids to host the 31st Public
Meeting, slated to be held 10-15 February 2008 in the Asia-Pacific region.
They are being closely evaluated and a decision will be made shortly.</p>