[bestbits] [governance] IGF will take place in Paris in 2018

Mon Jun 18 18:50:36 EDT 2018

And for those who did disregard the announcement, awaiting official UN confirmation... it's only taken 25 days, but UN DESA has now said the exact same thing that the French President did weeks ago:

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-2

—Ayden

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On 24 May 2018 6:18 PM, Ayden Férdeline <ayden at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> I suppose we could wait weeks upon weeks for UN DESA to announce it, but in the meantime, the French President has said that Paris will host the IGF in November, so I'll take that as a rough indication that the IGF this year will be happening in Paris then. Others may, of course, disregard this announcement until it is confirmed by the UN.
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> Ayden
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> On 24 May 2018 4:56 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
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>> annoucing intention is different than signing the check. we should wait for UN Secretariat to officially announce it.
>>
>> Em qui, 24 de mai de 2018 11:17, Nnenna Nwakanma <governance at lists.riseup.net> escreveu:
>>
>>> He did.
>>> In Paris, in November
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Without having watched the video, does he say it will be in Paris?
>>>>
>>>> -Raoul
>>>>
>>>> On 24 May 2018 at 09:39, Ayden Férdeline <ayden at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Macron himself has now said that France will host the IGF, so it seems a reasonably safe bet that it will be held in Paris later this year. See this tweet, jump through to 33:50, it's in English:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/999580738931507201
>>>>>
>>>>> Ayden
>>>>>
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>>>>> On 23 May 2018 7:19 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several offers on the table but there is an exhaustive checklist and the country state has to be the one making the offer to host.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The IGF Secretariat will be posting an announcement as soon as we have a host country.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Until then, unless confirmed by the IGF Secretariat, it is speculation regardless of who publishes the announcement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sala
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 23 May 2018, 5:12 pm Divina MEIGS, <divina.meigs at orange.fr> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I must say it would give us a boost in France, where IGF France is just starting to remobilize...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I guess after IGF Geneva and before IGF Berlin, it's a lot of European places for an event that is supposed to rotate regions...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Divina Frau-Meigs
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>>>>>>>>> Message du 23/05/18 07:10
>>>>>>>>> De : "Arsène Tungali" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>>>>>> A : "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy at malcolm.id.au>
>>>>>>>>> Copie à : governance at lists.riseup.net
>>>>>>>>> Objet : Re: [governance] IGF will take place in Paris in 2018
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> at least some good updates here, thanks, everyone.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And having Macron publicly announce this, it gives more credit to this
>>>>>>>>> edition somehow. In the article from Le Figaro shared here, Paris is
>>>>>>>>> not confirmed as the host city as per de IGF Secretariat quote. They
>>>>>>>>> said Paris looks like a serious host but that the host city will soon
>>>>>>>>> be revealed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Whenever the official announcement will be sent out, then we will be
>>>>>>>>> able to confirm it. And if the MAG is not yet informed, I wonder what
>>>>>>>>> that actually means.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2018-05-22 22:55 UTC+03:00, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy at malcolm.id.au>:
>>>>>>>>> > On 22/5/18 12:32 pm, sandra hoferichter wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2018/05/22/32001-20180522ARTFIG00188-paris-accueillera-le-forum-mondial-sur-la-gouvernance-d-internet.php
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > If this is true, then the MAG have not been informed of the decision yet.
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