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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN CEO Congratulates Newly Elected ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">23 October 2014</p>
<p>Fadi Chehadé, The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended his congratulations and best wishes to the newly elected Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU).</p>
<p>"We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Houlin Zhao on his election as the ITU Secretary-General," said Chehadé. "His global support was punctuated by the fact that he obtained 152 votes of the 156 countries that were present and voting in the election."</p>
<p>Zhao will succeed current ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Toure in January and Chehadé made a point of underscoring Dr. Toure's contributions to enhancing lines of communication with ICANN.</p>
<p>"We are grateful to Dr. Toure for the bridges he helped build between the ITU and ICANN," said Chehadé. "Our interactions have been built on a foundation of mutual respect and a shared belief that the Internet has an increasingly important role in global
socioeconomic development. We are enthused at the prospect of continuing those efforts with Houlin Zhao."</p>
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