Dear Giacomo and all,
Here is Vera’s correct email address:
vjmajor@gmail.com; she has given permission to share it here. Thank you for your kind and sympathetic words.
Rebecca McGilley
Senior Director, Government & IGO Engagement
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Mobile: +1 310 745 7033
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Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Subject: [wsis20] R: Passing of Peter Major
Dear Vera,
I am very sorry of this sad news. I was not even aware that he was struggling with cancer…last time I saw he looks a little bit tired, but no more than that.
As you know I had a very deep esteem of him and a great friendship over the last 22 years. As many other I shall miss him a lot.
Please convey my most sincere condolences to the rest of the family.
Giacomo
PS: thank you Nick for alerting us
Da: Ashton-Hart, Nick via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org>
Inviato: 15 September 2025 19:34
A: Joly MacFie via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org>
Oggetto: [wsis20] Passing of Peter Major
Colleagues, friends, I hope you are well.
I'm very sorry to tell you that Peter Major has sadly passed away this past Friday.
It is hard to think of any one person who has had more impact on the political governance of the WSIS process than Peter. He personally helmed negotiation of every
wsis progress resolution through CSTD, chaired CSTD multiple times, and was a tireless champion of the value of stakeholder-based Internet policy development. I do not believe the multistakeholder working groups on enhanced cooperation or the present one on
data governance, of which I'm a member, would have happened without Peter pushing for the format - which is unique in the multilateral system.
More importantly he was a thoroughly decent human being who always had a smile or a joke to smooth over the difficulties of negotiations, always had time to talk
to those with different views, and always sought outcomes which would benefit real people's lives.
Personally I've lost a friend, many of you have too. The notion of a people centric Internet has lost one of it's great champions.
Below a message from his daughter, Vera
Dear Colleagues,
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my father, Péter Major. He died this past Friday, September 12, after a very short battle with
cancer. He leaves behind his wife of 44 years, two loving daughters, and four grandchildren.
[...]
We are planning a private funeral, and in lieu of flowers we would be grateful for donations to the Recherche Suisse contre le cancer (IBAN: CH67 0900
0000 3000 3090 1), marked ‘P. Major’. I will put together a memorial book to celebrate his contributions and his memory. If you would like to include a message, you may email me directly or share it on the IGF website In Memoriam Péter Major. Please also feel
free to circulate this message among people who knew him.
I am deeply proud of all that he accomplished, and I take comfort in knowing that his contributions and time with us touched many lives. I hope you will
all remember him fondly.
Best regards,
Vera Major
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