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Dear Essam,<div>I am happy to see your mail. I was somehow concerned by your safety as related to the Libyan political turmoil. I hope that your family is also safe.</div><div>Happy New Year 2012.</div><div>Pierre Claver Secyugu (we were together in Mexico)</div><div><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: AbulkhiratE@africa-union.org<br>To: africann@afrinic.net<br>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:19:00 +0300<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] The French MFA supports new gTLD applicants in African sub-Saharan countries<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear
colleagues, </span></font></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Announcement
:</span></font></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">True to
its commitments to end digital </span></font></span><span class="ecxyiv1103857791392400417-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">divide</span></font></span><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">, and in
accordance with the declaration of the G8 Heads of State and Government for the
development of the Internet in countries in the southern hemisphere, the French
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has decided to make an endowment to
AFNIC*'s International College Fund.<b><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span></b></span></font></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:bold">The grant of 400 K¤ will be used to support generic extension
projects involving African sub-Saharan countries in 2012.</span></font></b></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Financial
support from the Fund can be obtained by project leaders replying to the 2012
call for proposals of the Fund, which opened on 2 January 2012 : <a href="http://www.afnic.fr/medias/documents/College_International/Fonds_du_College/FCI2012/afnic-fonds-ci-appel-projets-2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.afnic.fr/medias/documents/College_International/Fonds_du_College/FCI2012/afnic-fonds-ci-appel-projets-2012.pdf</a></span></font></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In so doing, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
and AFNIC are furthering their cooperation initiated in recent years to
encourage the emergence of an information society, combining the efforts of the
North and South in a spirit of co-development.</span></font></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I am at
your disposal </span></font></span><span class="ecxyiv1103857791392400417-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">for any
further information you may need regarding this partnership</span></font></span><span class="ecxyiv1103857791970214016-10012012"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. Don't hesitate
to circulate this information to project leaders who could benefit from this
initiative.</span></font></span><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
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<h4 style="background:white"><b><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:italic">*About AFNIC</span></font></i></b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></h4>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:italic">AFNIC is the French Registry for the .fr and .re
domain names in particular (the country code top-level domains for France and
Reunion Island). AFNIC is also positioned as a provider of technical solutions
and services for registries and registrars. AFNIC (the French Network
Information Centre) comprises public and private stakeholders, including
government authorities, users, and Internet service providers (Registrars). It
is a non-profit organization</span></font></i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Mr. Esam M.
Abulkhirat</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
</span></font><font size="1" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Senior ICT
Policy Officer</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
</span></font><font size="1" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Department of
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ETHIOPIA</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
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554 01 35 Ext: 1853</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
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</span></font><font size="1" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Abulkhirate@Africa-Union.Org</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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