IGF 2023 – Day 4 – Closing Ceremony – RAW

The following are the outputs of the captioning taken during an IGF intervention. Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors. It is posted as an aid, but should not be treated as an authoritative record.

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>> RIBEKA: I would like to welcome all of you to the closing ceremony of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum.  My name is Ribeka, and it is an honour to serve as the emcee for this ceremony.  Before we move onto remarks from the multi‑stakeholder representatives to close the event of IGF Kyoto 2023, we will have calligraphy performance, and lecture by Mori Seihan was more than in 1940 after graduating from university in 1963.  He held various positions including the chief priest at Shinpukuji Temple and Tajikistan.  Since 1988 he has been the head priest of team team.  In Japan he is widely known for writing a single Kanji representing a year on the stage of team team which is selected through a public balance lot in a contest.  Today he had write a single Qanji that represents IGF Kyoto 2023.  Now, please, give a round of applause to welcome Mori Seihan, the head priest of team team to stage.