All AFRALO/AfrICANN Statements from Brussels to present 

39. ICANN 84. Dublin, October 2025.

• Statement ICANN 84 “Bridging the Digital Divide and Internet Fragmentation” ”

• Declaration

38. ICANN 83, Prague, June 2025.

• Statement “Africa’s DNS Abuse Mitigation Initiative” Empowering Stakeholders Across Ecosystems”

• Declaration “ Initiative africaine de lutte contre les abus DNS » : Renforcer les capacités des acteurs des écosystèmes”

• Letter from Tripti Sinha, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors to Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO chair,

37. ICANN 82, Seattle, March 2025.

• Statement: “ Promoting African Digital Identity in the next gTLD Round: Addressing Challenges and Leveraring Support Mechanisms” '

• Déclaration: Promouvoir l’identité numérique africaine dans la prochaine série de gTLD : relever les défis et tirer parti des mécanismes de soutien

• Letter " Letter from Tripti Sinha Chair, ICANN Board of Directors in response to the  ICANN82 AFRALO-AFRICANN statement, “ .

36. ICANN 81, Istanbul, November 2024.

• Statement: 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Enhancing Multilingualism in the African Internet Space: An ICANN initiative"

• Déclaration:

• Letter from Tripti Sinha Chair, ICANN Board of Directors to Hadia Elminiawi Chair, (AFRALO) RE: AFRALO-AFRICANN ICANN81 Statement - Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Enhancing Multilingualism in the African Internet Space: An ICANN Initiative.

35. ICANN 80, Kigali, June 2024.

• Statement :“Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Africa through Multilingual Internet Infrastructure”

• Déclaration:

• "Letter from Sally Costerton. Sr Advisor to the President and SVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement & Interim President and CEO to Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO Chair.

34. ICANN 79, San Juan, March 2024.

• Statement : ”Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-powered tools in the service of DNS Management in Africa: Opportunities,  Challenges, and Impacts”

• Déclaration: " Intelligence artificielle (IA) et outils alimentés par l’IA au service de la gestion du DNS en Afrique : opportunités, défis et impacts" 

• Letter from Tripti Sinha, Chair, ICANN board of Directors to the ICANN statement" Artificial Intelligence (IA) & AI-powered tools in the service of DNS management in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and impacts"  

  
  
  

33. ICANN 78, Hamburg, October 2023

• Statement : Internet Resource Management and Governance in Africa

• Déclaration: Gestion et gouvernance des ressources Internet en Afrique

• Letter from  Sally Costerton to Hadia Elminiawi in response to the ICANN 78 "Internet Resource Management and Governance in Africa" 

32. ICANN 77, Washington DC, June 2023

• Statement :Improvement of  African Participation in ICANN

• Déclaration:Renforcement de la participation de l’Afrique à l’ICANN

• Arabic version.

• Letter from Tripti Sinha, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors in response to the Statement "Improvement of African Participation in ICANN". 

31. ICANN76, Cancun, Mexico, March 2023

• Statement: Best practices for DNS operations in Africa 

• Déclaration: Meilleures pratiques pour les opérations du DNS en Afrique

• Letter from Sally Costerton to Seun Ojedeji in response to the ICANN 76 Statement Best Practices for DNS Operations in Africa

30. ICANN 75, Kuala Lumpur, September 2022

• Statement "Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages"

• Déclaration:

• Letter from Theresa Swinehart regarding the ICANN AFRALO-AFRICANN Statement "Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages"

29. ICANN 74, The Hague virtual online meeting,  June 2022.

• Statement " "

• Déclaration:

28. ICANN 73 San Juan , Virtual online meeting, March 2022

• Statement: " "

• Déclaration: Abus DNS : Développement des capacités pour les utilisateurs finaux

• Letter from ICANN Chair Maarten Botterman to AFRALO Chair Seun Ojedeji in response to the  ICANN 73 AFRALO-AFRICANN statement.

27.  ICANN 72 Seattle, Virtual online Annual General Assembly, October 2021.

• Statement : "Data Security"

• Déclaration: "Securite des Donnees"

• Board reply from Marteen Botterman, ICANN Board Chair to Seun Ojedeji, AFRALO Chair. 

26. ICANN 71 The Hague, Virtual online meeting, June 2021

• Statement " DNS Abuse Mitigation Strategies" 

• Déclaration "  Stratégies d'atténuation des abus DNS" 

25. ICANN 70 Cancun, Virtual online meeting, March 2021

• Statement " ICANN multi-stakeholder model (MSM) and the increase in national legislation and regulations" 

• Déclaration "  Modèle multipartite de l’ICANN et augmentation des législations et règlementations nationales"  

24. ICANN 69 Hamburg, Virtual online meeting, October 2020

• Statement " Status, Impact and Recommendations for Universal Acceptance (UA) in Africa"- EN version

• Déclaration "Statut, impact et recommandations pour l’acceptation universelle (UA) en Afrique" - version FR

• Reply from Global Stakeholder Engagement, Sally Costerton. 

• Reply from Dr. Ajay Data, Chair UASG. 

• Reply from Theresa Swinehart SVP, Global Domains & Strategy "Subject: Status, Impact and Recommendations for Universal Acceptance (UA) in Africa"

23. ICANN 68 Kuala Lumpur, Virtual online meeting Enhancing the resilience of the ICANN community in the face of calamities, June 2020

• Statement " Enhancing the resilience of the ICANN community in the face of calamities"- EN version

• Déclaration "Renforcement de la résilience de la communauté de l’ICANN en cas de catastrophes" - version FR

22. ICANN 67 Cancun, Virtual online meeting, March 2020

• Statement “Call on the ICANN Org and Community to intensify their efforts in curbing DNS Abuse” - EN version 

• Déclaration "Demander à l’organisation et à la communauté de l’ICANN d’intensifier leurs efforts pour limiter l’utilisation malveillante du DNS" - version FR

• Letter from  David Conrad, CTO ICANN response to ICANN 67 statement "Call on the ICANN org and Community to intensify their efforts in curbing DNS Abuse" 

21. ICANN 65 Marrakech, Morocco, June 2019

• Statement "Evolving the ICANN Multi-stakeholder Model (MSM)" - EN version

• Déclaration "Faire évoluer le modèle multipartite (MSM) de l’ICANN" - version FR

20. ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan, March 2019

• New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs - EN version

• Letter from Cherine Chalaby Chair, ICANN Board of Directors in response to the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN ICANN64

19. ICANN 63 Barcelona, November 2018

• AFRALO-AFRICANN statement to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG - EN 

18. ICANN 62 Panama, June 2018

• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - EN version 

•  Le règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) - FR version

17. ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi, November 2017 

• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - EN version 

• Règlement général sur la protection des données - FR version

16. ICANN 58 Copenhagen, March 2017  

•  "At-Large Review: an African perspective"- EN version

•  "L' examen global: une perspective africaine"- FR version

Response: Letter from Ms. Theresa Swinehart, Senior VP- Multistakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives at ICANN.

15. ICANN 57 Hyderabad, November 2016

•  "IANA Stewardship  Transition and ICANN Accountability: the African Perspective" - EN version

•  "Transition de l'intendance de responsabilisation IANA et l'ICANN: la perspective africaine - FR version

14. ICANN 56 Helsinki, June 2016 

• IANA transition and ICANN Accountability- Africa Perspective - EN

• IANA transition and ICANN Accountability- Africa Perspective - FR

13. ICANN 55 Marrakesh, March 2016

• Enhancing ICANN accountability: the CCWG final proposal

12. ICANN 54 Dublin, October 2015  

•  IANA and ICANN accountability transition - Africa perspective

11. ICANN 53 Buenos Aires, June 2015 

• African views on the Proposal of the Governance of Internet unique identifiers - EN

• African views on the Proposal of the Governance of Internet unique identifiers - FR

10. ICANN 52 Singapore, February 2015 

• ICANN Accountability

9. ICANN 51 Los Angeles, October  2014

• IANA Stewardship transition and ICANN Accountability seen by the African Community

8. ICANN 46 Beijing, April 2013

• AFRALO-AfrICANN Declaration of the Joint Meeting of the African Community in Beijing April 2013

7. ICANN 44 Prague, June 2012

• ICANN African Community on the Low African Participation in the Applicationsfor New gTLD

6. ICANN 43 San Jose, March 2012

• ICANN African Community on the new gTLD Applicant Support Program

5. ICANN 42 Dakar, October  2011

• ICANN African Community participating in the Joint AFRALO–AfrICANN Meeting

4. ICANN 41 Singapore, June 2011

• ICANN Summit on Developing Countries 

3. ICANN 40 San Francisco,  March 2011

• ICANN Geographic Regions Review

2. ICANN 39 Cartagena de Indias,  December 2010

• Support for New gTLD Applicants - Cartagena Statement Final

• Statement on African Participation - Final

1. ICANN 38 Brussels, June  2010

• Statement on Support for new gTLD Applicants - Final

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