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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Application Round Opens for Mexico City Meeting
Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Program
supports global representation at ICANN's International Public Meetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>18
September 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MARINA DEL REY,
Calif.</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has launched its latest
round of fellowship program applications for its 34th International Public
Meeting to be held in Mexico City from 1-6 March 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"ICANN is a global
organization and our work touches every country on the planet," said
Theresa Swinehart , ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships.
“Our fellowship program ensures that as many countries as possible can take
part in the ICANN meeting and in the variety of public forums that will be
held.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An example of the diversity
supported by the Fellowship program is the upcoming meeting in Cairo. At that
meeting there will be 30 fellows from 25 countries, chosen from 89 applications
received. There are 12 fellowship alumni, 11fellows are first-time attendees to
an ICANN meeting and the remaining 7 have attended past meetings, but are first
time fellows. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Priority is given to
applicants who are current residents of developing and least developed nations
and interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, such
as the Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization. The fellowship
will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients will be
expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes. As
always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Applications for Mexico City
will be accepted from now until 1200 PDT (UTC -7) on 27 October. More
information, as well as a link to the application for a fellowship, is
available online at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-30-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About ICANN: </span></strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN is responsible for the
global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers like domain
names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in
a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the
Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies
that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an
internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For more
information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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