<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ensuring Global
Voices Heard at ICANN Cairo Meeting</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Those
interested in participating encouraged to apply to Fellowship Program</span></p>
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May 2008 </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">MARINA DEL REY,
Calif.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is putting out the call for
fellowship program applications for its 33rd International Public Meeting to be
held in Cairo from 2-6 November 2008. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"As a global
organization, coordinating a bottom-up consensus driven policy process, it's
important that ICANN has input from every corner of the globe. The fellowship
program helps ensure we have participation at ICANN meetings from people and
places that may not be able to participate otherwise," said Theresa
Swinehart , ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At the most recent meeting
held in New Delhi, India, in February, there were 18 fellows from 15 countries
who played an active role at the meeting. They were chosen from 72 applications
received. Of the fellows at the New Delhi meeting, five had been deferred from
previous round selection, 11 had never attended an ICANN meeting before, and
one was an alumnus from the San Juan meeting. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Priority is given to
applicants who are current residents of developing and least developed nations
and interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, such
as the Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization. The fellowship
program will provide economy airfare, hotel and a stipend to the successful
candidates. Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and
contribute to ICANN processes, both at the meeting and in the future as a
member of the ICANN community. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is
free for anyone wanting to attend. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Applications will be accepted
from now until 12:00 pm PDT (UTC -7) 3 July 2008. More information, as well as
a link to the application for a fellowship, is available online at: <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9826907&msgid=148125&act=VMK0&c=165637&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Ffellowships%2F">http://www.icann.org/fellowships/</a>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">About ICANN: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN is responsible for the
global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers like domain
names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in
a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the
Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies
that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an
internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For more
information please visit: <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9826907&msgid=148125&act=VMK0&c=165637&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2F">www.icann.org</a>.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Media Contacts: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jason Keenan<br>
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)<br>
Ph: +1 310 382 4004<br>
E: <a href="mailto:jason.keenan@icann.org">jason.keenan@icann.org</a></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">International: Andrew Robertson<br>
Edelman (London)<br>
Ph: +44 7921 588 770<br>
E: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com%20">andrew.robertson@edelman.com
</a></span>