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The Moroccans were on record as being willing to host the meeting.<br>
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Please stop saying things that imply otherwise - it's simply not
true.<br>
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--Calvin<br>
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<div>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<br>
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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??? <br>
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Just my little contribution to this discuss.<br>
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<div style="overflow:hidden">They would not have
considered Nigeria or Kenya because of the<br>
unspoken fear of Boko-Haram and Al-Shebab. Indeed
Nigeria has been<br>
bidding to host for a number of years now, and it
is silently passed<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Best,<br>
MK<br>
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2. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations
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