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I'm honored<font color="#CCCCCC"> to pay tribute to Nelson</font>

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Mandela on occasion of his birthday this

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18th<font color="#E5E5E5"> July 2013 the icon 47 meeting Devon</font>

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we have come from<font color="#CCCCCC"> afar from many</font>

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countries gathered here to wish you mr.

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Mandela a very happy birthday and to pay

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<font color="#CCCCCC">tribute to you and thank you for your</font>

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wisdom and sacrifice through the<font color="#E5E5E5"> years</font>

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the personal sacrifices you made so that

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Africa will be free is what has made it

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possible to<font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this international</font>

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multi-stakeholder technical coordination

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meeting here in durban south africa with

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Africans and non-africans participating

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freely at this 47th icon meeting you are

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a global symbol of peace and unity we

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have all followed the challenges<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font>

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faced including 27 years of

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<font color="#E5E5E5">incarceration and are all inspired by</font>

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your total strength and commitment

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towards a principal cause the resolution

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reconciliation and unity for all mr.

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Mandela<font color="#E5E5E5"> the internet came to Africa in</font>

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November 1991 through the work of South

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Africa's which followed your release in

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February 1990 and preceded your award of

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the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1993

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with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the euphoria an inspiration from</font>

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your<font color="#CCCCCC"> triumph several africanus and</font>

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Friends of Africa have faithfully spread

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the internet throughout the continent

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and I am proud<font color="#E5E5E5"> to say there is internet</font>

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in every country

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in Africa this created<font color="#E5E5E5"> an african</font>

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internet technical community drawn from

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among a group of institutions<font color="#E5E5E5"> named</font>

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after<font color="#E5E5E5"> that participate in icon and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font>

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global internet ecosystem in your honor

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we commit<font color="#E5E5E5"> to an open</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Internet for world</font>

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peace and development let the internet

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remain stable open and secure for unity

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and peace of the world we thank<font color="#E5E5E5"> you for</font>

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opening our eyes to new and better

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approaches to community building the

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journey of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the African technical</font>

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community into icon started in 1998 at

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cotton we have since then criss cross

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the continent Cape to Cairo and back in

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imparting the<font color="#E5E5E5"> internet I can't process</font>

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this our inclusive open diverse

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multi-stakeholder and practice consensus

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and we are more informed therefore by

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what we can live with<font color="#CCCCCC"> and what works</font>

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indeed Africa has<font color="#E5E5E5"> now got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the internet</font>

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but has yet to do much with it we ask

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your blessing for Africa to truly adopt

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the<font color="#CCCCCC"> internet in government policies</font>

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regulation education and services we

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must<font color="#CCCCCC"> develop an information society or</font>

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there will be<font color="#E5E5E5"> no industry in the new</font>

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economy in Africa only consumers that

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could start of a whole new technology

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struggle requiring knowledge and skills

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to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be misapplied which we would wish to</font>

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avert there are opportunities in icon

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for Africa to build is major<font color="#CCCCCC"> internet</font>

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industries and developed a domain name

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<font color="#E5E5E5">business with registries registrar's</font>

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content developers and technical service

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providers so that Africa

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would get ahead afrikaans<font color="#E5E5E5"> should take</font>

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this challenge<font color="#E5E5E5"> and build the businesses</font>

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of the future to<font color="#E5E5E5"> help their communities</font>

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and countries develop Madiba we wish you

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comfort and rest that is deserving of a

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tired Savior your life is a lesson to

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<font color="#CCCCCC">all of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us and continues to inspire us</font>

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especially as we nature new communities

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you lost dearly for the benefit of a

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whole community the media at times

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refers to<font color="#CCCCCC"> me as the father of the</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">Internet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in Africa but in reality it is</font>

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you Madiba who is a true father of the

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<font color="#CCCCCC">Internet you inspired freedom unity and</font>

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inclusiveness the very qualities that

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define<font color="#E5E5E5"> the internet the very qualities</font>

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that define you happy birthday Nelson

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Mandela<font color="#E5E5E5"> thank you i can and thank you</font>

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everyone

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you