[AFRI-Discuss] [isoc_ke] Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Welcomes the EU Council¹s Conclusions on Internet Governance

Wed Dec 3 06:59:27 UTC 2014

Great.

Always good to get some official imprimatur less we start feeling like we are acting alone..:)

Ali Hussein

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> On Dec 3, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Greetings Ali,
> 
> Indeed, there is significant effort within the Africa Union to build
> the Capacity of African leaders in so far as Internet Governance
> issues are concerned. This are lead by the Head of Infrastructure
> division Moctar Yedaly, Nepad's Dr. Edmund Katiti and Dr. Towela Jere.
> Notable initiatives include the Africa Internet Governance Forum that
> will now be hosted by the Africa Union, the ongoing Africa School of
> Internet Governance Forum organized by APC with the support of NePAD.
> I think we are on the right track, from Kenya Alice Munyua, Mwendwa
> Kivuva, Ephraim Kenyanito and Grace Githaiga are very active in
> Internet Governance, it would be good if they can contribute to this
> thread as well.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
>> On 12/3/14, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>> Barrack
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing. A step in the right direction. Curious to know if the AU
>> has any official position on the same.
>> 
>> Ali Hussein
>> 
>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> 
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>> 
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Dec 3, 2014, at 6:25 AM, Barrack Otieno via isoc <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
>>> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 00:09:25 +0000
>>> Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Welcomes the EU
>>> Council¹s Conclusions on Internet Governance
>>> To: "alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org"
>>> <alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/>
>>> News Alert
>>> 
>>> https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-12-02-en
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> ICANN Welcomes the EU Council's Conclusions on Internet Governance
>>> 
>>> 2 December 2014
>>> 
>>> December 2, 2014 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>>> Numbers (ICANN) today welcome the EU Council on Telecommunication
>>> (TTE) for its Conclusions on Internet Governance adopted on 27
>>> November 2014.
>>> 
>>> The Conclusions underline "that the governance of Internet is expected
>>> to include all stakeholders" and "the importance of strengthening the
>>> Internet Governance Forum (IGF)", while endorsing the principles
>>> adopted by the global multi-stakeholder community at NETmundial.
>>> 
>>> "In this period of transition for Internet Governance, and for ICANN
>>> in particular, Europe has a substantial role to play. We welcome
>>> Europe's public commitment to contribute proactively and
>>> constructively to the process of IANA stewardship transition and
>>> ICANN's accountability and review process," said Fadi Chehade, ICANN's
>>> President and CEO.
>>> 
>>> The Conclusions by the Council of European Union governments mark an
>>> important step in supporting the continued development of the
>>> multistakeholder model of Governance of the Internet, based on
>>> inclusivity and underpinned by individual rights and democratic
>>> values.
>>> 
>>> "We recognize this is the first time that EU Council Conclusions focus
>>> in such detail on Internet Governance and on ICANN specifically, and I
>>> would like to thank the Italian Presidency and in particular Under
>>> Secretary Antonello Giacomelli for setting the agenda and their
>>> vision," said Chehade. "They have worked hard to foster a single
>>> coherent approach among 28 Member States, based on the NETMundial
>>> principles."
>>> 
>>> They also reaffirm that the Internet should remain a single, open,
>>> neutral, interoperable and un-fragmented network accessible to
>>> everyone, everywhere. The ICANN community is proud to have contributed
>>> to this goal and "the robust operation of the Internet" through
>>> ICANN's role in the coordination of the domain name system over the
>>> past 16 years, and we will strive to fulfill this mission going
>>> forwards, as the organization evolves.
>>> 
>>> Building on the Council Conclusion, the Internet community and ICANN
>>> welcome Europe's decision and fully support the forging ahead with the
>>> implementation of national and regional multistakeholder models of
>>> Internet governance.
>>> 
>>> About ICANN:
>>> 
>>> ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global
>>> Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an
>>> address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to
>>> be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN
>>> coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that
>>> coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in
>>> 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with
>>> participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet
>>> secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops
>>> policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control
>>> content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with
>>> access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the
>>> Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the
>>> expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please
>>> visit: www.icann.org<https://www.icann.org/>.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> 
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