[governance] The Future of Internet Governance Dominates Opening of ICANN's Singapore Meeting

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-24mar14-en
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 The Future of Internet Governance Dominates Opening of ICANN's Singapore
Meeting

24 March 2014

*Singapore...*The process of determining how best to transfer stewardship of
key Internet technical functions from the U.S. Government to the
International community began today during ICANN's 49th public meeting in
Singapore.

The discussions were driven by the recent announcement that the United
States Government (USG) will transfer the stewardship of key Internet
technical functions to the global community.

"This is indeed momentous," ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé told an
international news conference. "The decision by the United States
Government validates the idea that people around the world can come
together and manage a global resource that is borderless."

Explaining the next steps in the transition process, Fadi Chehadé went on
to say, "We will now take the global process launched today by the ICANN
community to the world. We will have meetings and consultations with the
public, communities and with our fellow technical organisations, the IETF,
the Regional Internet Registries, and here most importantly in the Asia
Pacific region, APNIC, who will be partnering with us in getting the word
out to involve everyone into that process."

"I would like to congratulate ICANN for successfully setting up two
regional hubs last year, one in Istanbul, Turkey, and the other here in
Singapore," said Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore's Minister for
Communications and Information. "It underscores ICANN's commitment to serve
the global community. and I believe that Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore will
be a great vehicle for ICANN to reach out to the region.

"Absolutely central to everything that we do and that matters to the world
at large is the security, stability and resiliency of the system," said
Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker. "The discussion that is taking place
now has to do with the stewardship, but with the proviso of continued
stability and rock-solid operations of the core functions."

ICANN's 49th Public Meeting in Singapore will continue through Thursday, 27
March.

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To listen to an audio recording of the ICANN49 Singapore news conference go
here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/singapore49

To download high resolution photos from the ICANN49 meeting in Singapore go
here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=icann49

To see the full schedule of ICANN49 in Singapore, go to:

http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule-full
 MEDIA CONTACTS:

Brad White
ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118
brad.white at icann.org

Liana Teo
Head of Communications for Asia Pacific
Singapore
Tel. +65 6808 6669
liana.teo at icann.org
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