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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A new season of cooperation between ICANN and ITU<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 5, 2012 · by
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<span style="color:blue">WCIT-12</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://itu4u.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/icann_itu.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="300" height="145" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDD858.E4C26840" alt="Description: ICANN_ITU"></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">World Conference on International Telecommunications</span></a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WCIT12&src=typd" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">#WCIT-12</span></a>) currently
taking place in Dubai is now in full swing.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A number of high ranking officials and dignitaries are in attendance at the conference, including
Mohamed Nasser Al-Ghanim, Director-General of the <a href="http://www.tra.gov.ae/index.php" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority</span></a> and Chairman of the Conference; Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of the
<a href="http://www.icann.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span></a> (ICANN); and
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ITU</span></a> Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Addressing what he described as a historic opening ceremony, Fadi Chehadé is on record stating that
his presence at WCIT-12 is due to his and ICANN’s firm belief in the power of engagement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Documents/speech-wcit-12-chehade.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Mr.
Chehadé went on to say that it is a new season of engagement at ICANN</span></a>, and for cooperation between ICANN and ITU, which started recently at a meeting with Dr. Touré at the
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Internet Governance Forum</span></a> in Baku.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ICANN – under Mr. Chehadé’s stewardship – has recognized ITU’s deep impact on the development of the
telecommunication industry and broadband infrastructure, which has specifically impacted the developing world tremendously.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mr. Chehadé believes that ITU and ICANN have complementary functions to facilitate and in the future,
will cooperate in good spirit, while clearly respecting each organization’s distinct roles.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ICANN therefore – along with other Internet organizations, which include;
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ISOC</span></a> (the Internet Society),
<a href="http://www.ietf.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">IETF</span></a> (the Internet Engineering Task Force), and other regional Internet registries – plan to continue their deep commitment to servicing the world’s needs for Internet governance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mr. Chehadé also added that when building any organization, there are two options. You could either
build it as a fortress or as an oasis.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ICANN chooses the latter option when it comes to their organization.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The President and CEO of ICANN pointed out that oases are open and vital, and that it is important
to remove the walls, open the windows, and build organizations that are welcoming and transparent.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Touré thanked ICANN and Mr. Chehadé as well as Steve Crocker, ICANN’s Chairman, for accepting
the invitation to come to WCIT-12.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/speech-toure.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Dr. Touré
said he looked forward to the exciting opportunities that lie ahead</span></a> and all that can be achieved by ITU and ICANN together, in a positive spirit of collaboration.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This is indeed a welcome development and bodes well for the world’s users who can only benefit from
such strengthened cooperation. A good news story to watch and one the ITU4U will be sure to return to.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For more highlights from the WCIT-12 opening week, please visit
<a href="http://www.itu.int/osg/wcit-12/highlights/dec03.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.itu.int/osg/wcit-12/highlights/dec03.html</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://itu4u.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/medium_chetty.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="100" height="137" src="cid:image002.png@01CDD858.E4C26840" alt="Description: medium_chetty"></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By:
<a href="http://itu4u.wordpress.com/category/contributors/lee-roy-chetty/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Lee-Roy Chetty</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lee-Roy Chetty is a proud citizen of the Republic of South Africa. He works as a researcher and writer
for ITU<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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