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===President's Opening Speech===

===President's Opening Speech===

-- apologizes for ICANN precense in Asia a year ago. now a year later have a local hub and 14 employees based in Asia. ICANN committment is going to the world.

[[Fade Chehade]] gave a speech during the Opening Ceremony of ICANN 49, as is customary. He touched on a number of subjects including ICANN globalization, ICANN activities, the NTIA announcement, Internet Governance and [[NETmundial]], and the globalization of the [[IANA]].

 

Chehade began by apologizing to stakeholders in the Asian region, as he found that ICANN did not have a presence there when he visited 1 year ago. He noted that now ICANN has an Asian hub office with 14 staff members and thus ICANN is fulfilling its commitment to globalize the organization. After discussing various ICANN activities, he spoke about the recent NTIA announcement and

-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDQo6rP8cY

-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDQo6rP8cY

-- an important time to step back and take stock. What do we need to do in the phase ahead?

-- an important time to step back and take stock. What do we need to do in the phase ahead?