Arab IGF Extends its Advisory Committee's Work

CAIRO – The League of Arab States and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, two affiliates of Arab Internet Governance Forum, recently held consultations with the Secretariat of Arab Internet Governance Forum to discuss issues related to the Forum.

As a result of consultations, the work and activities of Advisory Committee of the Forum will be extended until the second annual meeting to be held in Algeria is finished. However, the re-formation of the Advisory Committee will be taken into consideration after the annual meeting.

This decision has been taken following the success of the first annual meeting of the Forum which was held in Kuwait, and in appreciation of the efforts of the Advisory Committee and the subcommittees.

It is worth mentioning that the fourth annual meeting of the Advisory Committee is now held in Casablanca under the chairmanship of Mr. Qusai Al-Shatti, current president of Committee, and Mr. Faisal Bassah, representative of Ministry of Post and Information and Communication Technologies of Algeria.