Costa Rica's 49th President, Laura Chinchilla, will address the opening session of ICANN's public meeting when it convenes in San Jose on Monday, 12 March.
President Chinchilla and Costa Rica's Minister of Science and Technology, Alejandro Cruz, have declared ICANN's meeting to be of "national interest."
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To see a live stream of the opening session, go here: http://costarica43.icann.org/node/2952.