Developing economies - The Board of Directors of Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday ended their meeting with a resolve towards helping applicants who want to run a new generic top-level internet domain and require, financial, technical or other assistance. This was contained in a resolution of the meeting which was the climax of the 42nd Dakar ICANN Meeting that wound up in Dakar, Senegal.

'It is very important that deserving applicants, such as those from emerging economies, be included in the new GTLD program,' said Rod Beckstrom,  ICANN's President and Chief Executive Officer.

'It is necessary to encourage diverse participation in this new programme and to broaden the scope of our multi-stakeholder model.'

According to the resolution, the board also directed the President and CEO to develop a detailed plan by 8 December for the scoping and implementation of the recommendations, while opening the possibility of meeting to consider the plan sooner than that date.

The ICANN Board of Directors further said it would enhance the organization's 'policies relating to conflict of interest, ethics, confidentiality and an overall code of conduct'.

Pana 30/10/2011