<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Yaovi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is a great gesture, and we hope many other organisations will come out to support the IGF, particularly the NRIs.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Onwards and forwards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Keith</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Yaovi,</div><div><br></div><div>This is great news. Thank you ICANN for this great gesture and for setting the stage. </div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM Kossi AMESSINOU <<a href="mailto:amessinoukossi@gmail.com" target="_blank">amessinoukossi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>This is good news for igf .</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">
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</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 8 juin 2026, 12:27, Yaovi Atohoun <<a href="mailto:yaovi.atohoun@icann.org" target="_blank">yaovi.atohoun@icann.org</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that the ICANN Board of Directors has approved a one-time US$ 1 million contribution to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to support its
long-term sustainability, operations, and global participation. Further details are available<span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-us-1-million-contribution-to-support-the-internet-governance-forum-08-06-2026-en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. You may sign up for the IGF mailing list
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here</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Yaovi Atohoun<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt">Director Stakeholder Engagement & Operations for Africa – ICANN<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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