ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 28 March 2014
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Historic Singapore Meeting Marks the Beginning a New Phase for ICANN
28 March 2014 | Singapore… The President and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says the organization's 49th meeting that just concluded in Singapore marked the beginning of a new era for the organization and the future of Internet governance.
Singapore GAC Communiqué
27 March 2014 | The Governmental Advisory Committee meeting at ICANN 49 in Singapore has issued its Singapore Communiqué.
".Africa" Signing Ceremony Held at ICANN 49
26 March 2014 | At ICANN 49 in Singapore today Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Global Domains Division (GDD) and Lucky Masilela, CEO of ZA Central Registry (ZACR) participated in a symbolic signing ceremony that allows the new gTLD ".Africa" to proceed to delegation.
The Future of Internet Governance Dominates Opening of ICANN's Singapore Meeting
24 March 2014 | Singapore…The process of determining how best to transfer stewardship of key Internet technical functions from the U.S. Government to the International community began today during ICANN's 49th public meeting in Singapore.
175+ New gTLDs Delegated
24 March 2014 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced at ICANN 49 in Singapore that the number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that have been delegated now tops 175.
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