WAIGF Communiqué 2009

WAIGF Communiqué, 14-16 October 2009 Accra, Ghana

“Promoting the Multi-stakeholder Model for further Internet Development in Africa”

We, the participants at the West African Internet Governance Forum
held in La Palm Hotel, Accra (Ghana), from 14th to 16th October 2009,
organised by AfriNIC and the Government of Ghana,

Recalling that good Internet governance is critical for sustainable ICT
development in general for wider social-economical impact:

Recalling that the Global Internet Forum has offered the possibility to
explore and test a new approach in addressing global issues related
to Internet development such as Access, Security, Critical Internet
Resources and Openness.

Recalling with satisfaction, that the United Stated Government (USG)
has ended its unilateral oversight of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and to take note of the new
Affirmation of commitment document issue by the two parties to make
ICANN independent with an important role to be played by the
Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).

Agreeing:
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Urge the West African stakeholders:
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