[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-23-en ________________________________ ICANN and Senatics to Increase Coordination and Collaboration on the Domain Name Space In Paraguay and Regionally ICANN and the National Secretariat for Information and Communication Technologies of Paraguay (Senatics) signed a Memorandum of Understanding 23 June 2015 [ICANN and Senatics Signing a Memorandum of Understanding]<https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-senatics-mou-signing-...> Buenos Aires, Argentina... Paraguay has taken an important step to bolster its role in developing the emerging industry surrounding the Internet's addressing system, known as the Domain Name System (DNS). Minister Executive Secretary Héctor David Ocampos Negreiros, of Paraguay's National Secretariat for Information and Communication Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday, to increase coordination and collaboration between both organizations. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during ICANN's 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires. While signing the document, Mr. Ocampos Negreiros said, "Inspired by organizations such as ICANN, SENATICS is about to implement a national multistakeholder Internet governance platform in Paraguay. Through this agreement we will establish a DNS Development Center. With this kind of cooperation, Paraguay is seeking to address specific concerns from landlocked countries such as Bolivia and Paraguay and also seeks to enhance internal regional traffic in the context of the Mercosur." "It is in everyone's interest to maintain one Internet that is secure, stable, and resilient," said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehade. "In signing this document, we are joining Minister Ocampos in supporting and promoting the emerging DNS sector in Paraguay and more broadly in all of South America." In signing the memorandum, both parties are committing to continue their cooperation and collaboration to strengthen active participation in ICANN's policy-making processes, which includes input from all stakeholders such as business, civil society, academics and government. Mr. Chehadé and Mr. Ocampos Negriros committed to make this framework the first step in defining concrete actions aimed at increasing awareness of ICANN's mission and strengthening participation by South American regional stakeholders in ICANN's work and supporting its global multistakeholder Internet Governance model. Media Contacts Alexandra Dans Communications Manager, LAC Montevideo, Uruguay Tel: + 598 95 831 442 Email: alexandra.dans@icann.org<mailto:alexandra.dans@icann.org> James Cole Global Media Coordinator Washington, D.C. Tel: +1 202 733 7598 Email: james.cole@icann.org<mailto:james.cole@icann.org> ________________________________ About ICANN ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. 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. For more information please visit: www.icann.org<https://www.icann.org/>.