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During the ICANN meeting in Cairo, discussions regarding the role of government within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have taken a new turn after Hamadoun Touré, secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), labeled the ICANN Government Advisory Committee as "cosmetic," reports Rebecca Wanjiku of the IDG News Service.

"The GAC is merely advisory, and ICANN may choose to take the advice or not, Touré noted at a public meeting in Cairo… Touré equated the relationship between ICANN and ITU to a difficult marriage where the spouses must live together and raise a family."

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