Information for the Press
Welcome Ceremony
Press Conference - Seoul, South Korea - 26 October 2009
Audio
- English: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/seoul2009/20091026-1030-press-en.mp3
- 한국어: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/seoul2009/20091026-1030-press-ko.mp3
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Brad White
- Michele Jourdan
Tel: +1 310.301.5831
Email: michele.jourdan@icann.org
Director of Media Affairs
Tel: +1 202 429 2710
Email: brad.white@icann.org
or - Michele Jourdan
ICANN in the News
ICANN considers pre-applications for generic TLDs
30
OCT 09
Non-Latin scripts coming to web addresses
30
OCT 09
Internet addresses set for shake-up
27 OCT
09
WebAlphabet Set to Change
27
OCT 09
ICANN to move toward Internationalized Domain Names
27
OCT 09
Internet shakeup looms with multilingual addresses
26 OCT
09
Internet body to approve Arabic and Chinese in Web addresses
26 OCT
09
ICANN Focuses On Domain Expansions
26 OCT 09
News Releases 
Internet
Naming System Goes Global
30 OCT 09
Internationalization
of the Internet Takes Center Stage at ICANN Seoul Meeting
25 OCT 09
Commerce
Department and ICANN Sign Historic Accord on Internet Governance
30
SEP 09
Brussels
Selected for ICANN International Meeting
3
SEP 09
ICANN Announces
Selections to Top Leadership Positions
31
AUG 09
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Issues of Interest to Journalists
New gTLDs | Internationalised Domain Names | Fast-track IDN ccTLD Activities | IPv6 | Joint Project Agreement | Improving Institutional Confidence Consultation
What Is ICANN?
To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet.
ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.