Oct, 2007 : New Delhi Chosen as Site of ICANN's 31st Public Meeting

📅 October 9, 2007 -

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: New Delhi, India will hostthe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 31st InternationalPublic Meeting from 10-15 February 2008.

"Growth of Internet activity in India is extraordinary so it's fittingthat the ICANN community is gathering there to discuss major Internet issueslike internationalized domain names and new generic top-level domains,"said Paul Levins, ICANN's Executive Officer and Vice President - CorporateAffairs.

The ICANN Board accepted the proposal put forward by Departmentof Information Technology, Government of India, along with the National InternetExchange of India (NIXI).

"The four proposals we received to host the ICANNmeeting slated for the Asia-Pacific region were extremely competitive. Wewant to thank the Internet communities in Australia, Hong Kong, India, andthe United Arab Emirates for their proposals."

Each year ICANN holds threemeetings in different regions around the world. These meetings constitutean essential part of ICANN's global consensus-building and outreach efforts.The ICANN Meetings Committee sets the regions in which ICANN will hold itsmeetings. Proposals are then solicited from organizations interested in hostingthe ICANN Meeting.

About ICANN:

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's systemof unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and countrycodes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocolsthat help computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful managementof these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's globalstakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet'songoing security and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized,public benefit non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.

MediaContacts:

Jason Keenan
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan@icann.org

International: Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
Ph: +44 7921 588 770
E: andrew.robertson@edelman.com

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