Armenian Siranush Vardanyan becomes leader at ICANN regional department

YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Armenia’s representative Siranush Vardanyan became a leader in the regional department of the ICANN, chairman of Internet Society NGO Grigory Saghyan said after his return from ICANN international conference in London.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the private sector, non-profit corporation created in 1998. It brings together individuals, industry, non-commercial and government representatives to discuss, debate and develop policies about the technical coordination of the Internet's Domain Name System.

The 50th ICANN meeting was held in London on June 22-26.

Armenian Siranush Vardanyan has been appointed as vice head of a committee at ICANN regional department and it is a great achievement for Armenia, Saghyan said. Armenia is in the Asian-Pacific region according to ICANN definitions, he said.

Siranush Vardanyan was coordinator of Project Harmony in Armenia from 2000 to 2008. –0—

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