Sixth Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 September 2011 Chair's Summary

THANK YOU 6TH IGF PARTICIPANTS

Dear 6th IGF Participants,

The Kenya Internet Governance Steering committee wishes to thank you all for attending and participating in the 6th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF) held in Nairobi, Kenya.

So many people and organisations contributed in so many ways to turn this event into a successful forum, with many very interesting workshops and a very good atmosphere for multi-stakeholder dialogue, discussions and networking.

We owe a special thank you to all our partners whose generosity made the 6th UN-IGF possible. We also thank the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) for their enormous and high-quality support.

Yours Sincerely,

Alice Munyua

CHAIR, KENYA INTERNET GOVERNANCE STEERING COMMITTEE

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Venue:United Nations Office at Nairobi(UNON).

The Proposed main theme of the meeting is: 'Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation'

Background

Paragraph 72 of the Tunis World Summit on the Information (WSIS) Agenda reads: 72. We ask the UN Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive process, to convene, by the second quarter of 2006, a meeting of the new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue— called the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).