[bestbits] Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, elected co-chairman of Global Internet Governance Alliance

[Marilia Maciel]

Hi Tracy,

There was no change in the name of NMI coordinating council. Both news
refer to the same meeting. Maybe there was noise in translation, as Norbert
suggested.

Best wishes!
Marília

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <
tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is GIGA the new name of the NETmundial Initiative Coordinating Council or
> is it something different? Same meeting date. Same location.
>
> See
> https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting
>
>
>
> On 1 July 2015 at 18:34, Lorena Jaume-Palasi <lorena at collaboratory.de>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> FYI
>> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm
>>
>> SAO PAULO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder of China's ecommerce
>> giant Alibaba, was elected co-chairman of the Global Internet Governance
>> Alliance (GIGA) at the first general meeting of GIGA council held here
>> Tuesday.
>>
>> "This election signifies trust in China's Internet, and how China governs
>> its Internet," said Ma.
>>
>> The meeting was set to discuss key issues related to international
>> cooperation on Internet governance while highlighting China's role.
>>
>> Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal global
>> Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to the success
>> of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, president of the
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
>>
>> Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, Chehade
>> said.
>>
>> To establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that dialogues
>> among different partners should be improved, the platform should be
>> transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to equally
>> participate in global Internet governance.
>>
>> GIGA is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
>> and the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the discussion of
>> Internet governance solutions.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>> Arbeitsgruppe
>>
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