14,326
edits
Changes
no edit summary
Mr Guirassy has been minister of Communication and Spokesperson for the Government of Senegal since 2009. He has been in charge of telecommunications and ICT since June 2010. He attends [[ICANN Meetings]] and other IT related conferences.<ref>[http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/02/senegal%E2%80%99s-minister-of-telecoms-to-give-opening-keynote-at-west-central-africa-com/ Senegal Minister to give Keynote at Telecom event]</ref>
Mr Guirassy has been minister of Communication and Spokesperson for the Government of Senegal since 2009. He has been in charge of telecommunications and ICT since June 2010. He attends [[ICANN Meetings]] and other IT related conferences.<ref>[http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/02/senegal%E2%80%99s-minister-of-telecoms-to-give-opening-keynote-at-west-central-africa-com/ Senegal Minister to give Keynote at Telecom event]</ref>
He was heavily involved in preparing and presenting [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar. He spoke at the welcoming ceremony where he stressed the need for ICANN to improve its relation with the African continent. He called on them to create offices in the area to better allow African stakeholders to stay involved, and underlined the need for ICANN to help poorer African nations with developmental aid, especially with regards to the new [[gTLD]] program. He also wanted ICANN to lead the implementation of more root servers in the area, and translate all documents into French and the other official U.N. languages. He noted that these were not only important for Africans, but for ICANN to truly become an inclusive, international organization.<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdakar42.icann.org%2Fmeetings%2Fdakar2011%2Ftranscript-opening-ceremony-24oct11-en.txt&ei=QCe4TpS2DYWFiALXsphi&usg=AFQjCNHY1EaFDwuWpvCiMxYmSN6mZknbXw&sig2=8TJNkUn-uNljsun7-dVQfA Transcript text, google.com]</ref>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:People]]