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Overview of the 43rd ICANN San Jose, Costa Rica Meeting Fellows

San Jose, Costa Rica Fellowship Meeting Participants

San Jose, Costa Rica Fellows:

The following individuals successfully completed their fellowship experience in San Jose, Costa Rica:

  • Bill Tomon – Papua New Guinea
  • Stanley Osao – Papua New Guinea
  • Flavio Cardoso Neves – Timor-Leste
  • Maureen Moari Marama Hilyard – Cook Islands
  • Diana Almahasneh – Jordan
  • Hossam Hassan – Egypt
  • Kadian Davis – Jamaica
  • Alejandra Reynoso Barral – Guatemala
  • Alejandro Martin Moscol Salinas – Peru
  • Esther Yolanda Lizana Puelles – Peru
  • Emir Sosa – Belize
  • Celia Lerman – Argentina
  • Fatima Cambronero – Argentina
  • Maria Gabriela Gijon – Argentina
  • Gabriela Ruth Szlak – Argentina
  • Andrii Paziuk – Ukraine
  • Grigori Saghyan – Armenia
  • Adela Elena Danciu – Romania
  • Simon Msafiri Balthazar – Tanzania
  • Aminata Sy – Senegal
  • Pascal Guillaume Bekono – Cameroon
  • Moses Bagyendera – Uganda
  • Wilson Abigaba – Uganda
  • Grace Githaiga – Kenya
  • Hago Dafalla – Sudan
  • Leo Maluwa – Malawi
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