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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> soac-infoalert-bounces@icann.org [mailto:soac-infoalert-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Olive<br><b>Sent:</b> 22 June 2015 13:36<br><b>To:</b> soac-infoalert@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Soac-infoalert] Fwd: Indian Government Declares Support for Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance at ICANN53<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>Sent from my iPhone <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David A. Olive<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vice President, Policy Development Support<br>General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:<a href="tel:10%2034349">10 34349</a> Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Direct Line: <a href="tel:+90.212.999.6212">+90.212.999.6212</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: <a href="tel:+%201.%20202.341.3611">+ 1. 202.341.3611</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: <a href="tel:+90.533.341.6550">+90.533.341.6550</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://icann.org"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://i.imgur.com/IhHSS0Y.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:11.0pt 11.0pt 19.0pt 11.0pt;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0088CC'>News Release</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>June 22, 2015</span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:24.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Indian Government Declares Support for Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance at ICANN53<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><em><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Buenos Aires, Argentina</span></b></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Indian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad announced today India’s support for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, during the opening ceremony of ICANN’s 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“The Internet must remain plural. It must be managed by a multistakeholder system,” said Prasad. “Not only do we support multistakeholderism, but also we encourage multistakeholderism itself to embrace all geographies and all societies. We will partner with you all to make this a reality. We must work toward this new form of digital democracy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On March 14, 2014, the United States Government announced its intent to transition its stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community. Minister Prasad’s statement of support marks not only an important milestone for the transition, but also speaks to the continued success of the multistakeholder model.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Today, with India joining this group of countries that openly support the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, we increase our ranks significantly, said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé. “The decision that was made by India is a significant decision.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also during the opening ceremony, NIC.AR Director Gabriel Brenta discussed how NIC.AR incorporated the multistakeholder model into their business operations, stating, “Some years ago, we decided to make NIC.AR to go through a change. And that change was in line with the developments that were taking place all over the world. What our administration was doing in terms of domain names, we wanted to reflect all those changes, all those improvements, all those developments in what we believe has been our duty since then.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN also announced the winners of the 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos award - community leader Cheryl Langdon Orr and Africa Internet pioneer Nii Quaynor. The award is given to members of global Internet community who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the multistakeholder model.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More than 1,400 members of the global Internet community will meet over the course of the week, both in-person and remotely, to discuss and debate the future of ICANN and Internet governance. The meeting’s 300+ sessions are a continuation of the community’s dedication to a global, secure, stable and resilient Internet, and their hard work in ensuring the success of the IANA stewardship transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“People have put enormous effort to make this multistakeholder effort go, and thank you. Thank you all for this effort. It will be recorded in history,” said Chehadé.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Those unable to attend ICANN53 in person are highly encouraged to participate remotely. Details for doing so can be found for any of the sessions listed at <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule-full">https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule-full</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To learn more about ICANN53 in Buenos Aires, please visit: <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en">https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To download high-resolution photos of the meeting, please visit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann">https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:7.5pt'><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0088CC'>Media Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 15.0pt;margin-bottom:22.5pt;min-width:300px;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alexandra Dans</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Communications Manager, LAC<br>Montevideo, Uruguay<br><b>Tel:</b> +598 95 831 442<br><b>Email:</b> <a href="mailto:alexandra.dans@icann.org">alexandra.dans@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 15.0pt;margin-bottom:22.5pt;min-width:200px;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>James Cole</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Global Media Coordinator<br>Washington, D.C.<br><b>Tel:</b> +1 202 733 7598<br><b>Email:</b> <a href="mailto:james.cole@icann.org">james.cole@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-left:7.5pt'><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0088CC'>About ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#919191'>ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>