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From: Novack, Phil (Cruz) On Behalf Of Press, Cruz (Cruz)
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 6:25 PM
Subject: RELEASE: Sen. Cruz: ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Is Misleading the United
States Senate

 



UNITED STATES SENATE

Sen. Ted Cruz Press Office

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cruz Press Office: 202-228-7561

Rachael Slobodien  <mailto:rachael_slobodien at cruz.senate.gov>
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Phil Novack:  <mailto:phil_novack at cruz.senate.gov>
phil_novack at cruz.senate.gov 

February 23, 2015

 

Sen. Cruz: ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Is Misleading the United States Senate

Chehade should recuse himself from all ICANN decisions that could impact the
Chinese government

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following
statement today regarding a letter that Cruz, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.),
and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) received from Fadi Chehade, CEO of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday. Chehade's
<http://cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf
> letter was in reply to one that
<http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2588> Cruz, Lankford, and
Lee sent on February 4 raising serious concerns and requesting information
regarding Mr. Chehade's involvement with the World Internet Conference,
which is organized by the Chinese government, a regime notorious for its
censorship of the Internet and criminalization of online speech.

 

"Either the World Internet Conference and the People's Republic of China
have misreported the events that took place during their own conference or
Fadi Chehade isn't being completely honest with the United States Senate,"
said Sen. Cruz. "While Chehade continues to state that his first meeting
won't take place until later this year, the Xinhua News Agency, the official
press agency of the People's Republic of China, reported on December 17,
2015 that, 'The advisory committee held its first meeting on the sidelines
of the second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen of east China's Zhejiang
Province. Jack Ma, founder of China's Internet giant Alibaba, and Fadi
Chehade, president and CEO of ICANN, act as co-chairman of the advisory
committee.' It should also be noted that Chehade has admitted that he has
entered into an arrangement while still serving as the CEO of ICANN and
performing under a contract with the United States government, through which
his future travel costs to the Chinese government's state-sponsored World
Internet Conference will be compensated. Travel compensation from the
Chinese government can be a form of personal conflict of interest, which
could impair Chehade's ability to act impartially and in the best interest
of the government when performing under the contract. As such, Chehade
should recuse himself from all ICANN decisions that could impact the Chinese
government, which include all negotiations and discussions pertaining to the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition."

 

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