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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span dir="ltr">ISTANBUL<br>
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<div>September 02, 2014<br>
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<b>Fadi CHEHADE talking about MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM </b><b>at IGF 2014</b><b>!!</b><b><br>
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"A couple of years ago, we all met in Dubai at the WCIT, and we left the
WCIT polarized and a little bit divided. It seemed like Internet
Governance in the multi-stakeholder way was in question. I must tell you
that today that's no longer the case. Look around
you. Look at "The Buzz," look at the meetings, look at the energy around
multi-stakeholder Internet Governance.<br>
Today we should all look at it and declare it alive and well. No one
will show up and say where is the multi-stakeholder Internet Governance
place to be. I think it's pretty clear. And at the heart of this
resurging multi-stakeholder Internet Governance space
lies one platform, and it's called the IGF. It's a critical platform. It
is where we come and make history to manage the Internet all together
just like it was created in a decentralized completely open way.<br>
So let's celebrate this IGF, this Ninth IGF hosted by Turkey as a point
where no one will ever look back and say where is the multi-stakeholder
community? Where is multi-stakeholder Internet Governance? It is here.
It is working, and it is prepared for the
future to make the Internet what we all want it to be, civil, secure,
and empowering. "<br>
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<b>Fadi CHEHADE talking about ICANN </b><b>at IGF 2014 </b><b>!!</b><br>
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"ICANN is responsible for the critical technical coordination of the
unique identifiers of the Internet. Now, for many years, ICANN has done
this job with a contract with the U.S. Government. On March 14th of this
year, the U.S. Government announced that it
plans to let go of this contract.<br>
This is historic decision. This is a decision that validates that we as a
community are now ready to go without this particular unique role that
the United States has played, the stewardship that the U.S. has provided
to our function. We salute the U.S. Government
for its decision, and we assure them that as a community all of us, we
are ready, we are ready to go, and we have within us the strength, the
accountability, the knowledge to carry the important functions of ICANN
forward together.<br>
As the president of ICANN, I want to assure you today that we will do
everything in our power to make sure the ICANN organisation and the
ICANN community are accountable to the public interest now and for the
future and we will do everything in our power to
strengthen and keep this accountability in check so that the world can
see us as an organisation that is committed to serve you, the public.
Have a wonderful week at the IGF." </div>
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