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    Dear BC members,<br>
    <br>
    Please find below the Agenda for the upcoming GNSO Council Meeting
    on 17 November 2011 as published by the GNSO Secretariat.<br>
    <br>
    Thank you,<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 November
                2011.</span></b></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">The Agenda posted on the <b>Wiki page</b>
              usually has the latest updates:<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+17+November+2011"
                target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+17+November+2011</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">The<b> motions</b> can be found on page:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011</a><br>
              <br>
              This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council
              Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the
              GNSO Council.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">For convenience:</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the
              voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of
              this agenda.<br>
              * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures
              defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in
              Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GNSO+Council+Meeting&amp;iso=20111117T20&amp;ah=2"
                target="_blank">Meeting Time 20:00 UTC</a><br>
              <br>
              Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">( 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington DC; 
              20:00 London; 21:00 Paris; </span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">18 November 2011<br>
              05:00 Tokyo; 09:00 Auckland <br>
              <br>
              Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council
              members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in
              advance if a dial out call is needed.<br>
              <br>
              <b>GNSO Council meeting audiocast </b></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"
                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 1: Administrative matters (10
                  minutes)<br>
                  <br>
                </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">1.1 Roll Call<b><u> <br>
                </u></b><br>
              1.2 Statement of interest updates<br>
              1.3 Review/amend agenda<br>
              <br>
              1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council
              meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:</span></p>
          <ul type="disc">
            <li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">26 October minutes –approved on 2011.</span></li>
            <li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">26 October new Council minutes – approved
                on </span></li>
          </ul>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><br>
              <b><u><br>
                  Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes)</u></b><br>
              <br>
              Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's
              Pending Projects list since the previous meeting.<br>
              Refer to Pending Projects list <br>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf</a><br>
              <br>
              2.1 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council
              meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">• GNSO activities: 9 (Outreach Task Force DT
              and Fake Renewal Notices DT added).<br>
              • Other activities:  11(RAP, request to ICANN Compliance
              complete – Uniformity of Contract IR and Meta Issue,
              Uniformity of Reporting added) <br>
              • Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (no change).<br>
              • Outstanding recommendations: 2 (no change).</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 3: Outreach Task Force Charter (15
                  minutes)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
              lang="EN-US"><br>
              <br>
            </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">As part of the GNSO improvements, the
              Operations Steering Committee (OSC)'s Constituency and
              Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team worked on a set of
              recommendations on a global outreach program</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">A motion is being made to approve the
              resulting Outreach Task Force's charter.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">This motion is deferred from the Dakar GNSO
              Council meeting.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Refer to motion 1<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">3.1 Reading of the Motion (Stéphane Van
              Gelder)<br>
              3.2 Discussion<br>
              3.3 Vote</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 4: UDRP (25 minutes)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Following the drafting of an Issue Report on
              a possible review of the UDRP, a motion is before the
              Council to initiate a PDP on this topic and that a
              drafting team be formed to write a charter for the working
              group.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Refer to motion 2<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011"
                target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011</a><br>
              <br>
              4.1 Reading of the motion (Mary Wong)<br>
              4.2 Discussion<br>
              4.3 Vote</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">If the Council does not approve the above
              motion, a second motion on this issue has been made and
              will be examined by the Council.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Refer to motion 3<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011"
                target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">4.4 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)<br>
              4.5 Discussion<br>
              4.6 Vote</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 5: Open Council Meeting Drafting
                  Team (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Following the Singapore meeting, a GNSO
              Drafting Team (DT) was formed to work on possible
              enhancements to the format of the GNSO Council's Open
              Meetings. </span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">An update was provided to the Council on the
              DT's work during our Dakar Open Council Meeting. As some
              DT members have since left the Council, this discussion
              item is an opportunity for the Council to decide how to
              take this work forward.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">5.1 Update from DT (<span
                style="background:yellow">John Berard ?</span>)<br>
              5.2 Discussion<br>
              5.3 Next steps</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 6: Dakar Board resolution on the
                  Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments RAA (15
                  minutes)</span></u></b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US"></span></u></p>
          <h3><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"
              lang="EN-US">At its meeting in Dakar, the Board approved a
              resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
              Amendments (RAA).</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"> <br>
              <br>
            </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"
              lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7"
                target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7</a><br>
              <br>
              The resolution requests staff to prepare an issue report
              as a prelude to a PDP. This item is an update from staff
              on this work.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></h3>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">6.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)<br>
              6.2 Discussion</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">Item 7: Best Practices to address abusive
                  domain registrations (15 minutes)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">On 3 February 2011, the GNSO Council resolved
              to request a discussion paper on the creation of
              non-binding best practices to help registrars and
              registries address the abusive registrations of domain
              names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies
              Working Group Final Report.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">The discussion paper was submitted to the
              Council on 28 September </span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/discussion-paper-rap-best-practices-28sep11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/discussion-paper-rap-best-practices-28sep11-en.pdf</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, there were
              questions on whether a WG should be created as a result of
              the discussion paper and if so a DT would need to create
              the charter. Another question asked was should the paper
              be put out for public comment instead?</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">7.1 Update from Staff (<span
                style="background:yellow">?</span>)<br>
              7.2 Discussion<br>
              7.3 Next steps</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><br>
              <b><u>Item 8: Cross-TLD registration scam and domain
                  kiting (20 minutes)</u></b></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Following the Council's request, SSAC has
              responded that it does not see any additional work it can
              do on this at this time
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-chair-to-faltstrom-10oct11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-chair-to-faltstrom-10oct11-en.pdf</a></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, it was
              suggested that Council reps go back to their respective
              groups and think about possible next steps and what to do
              with data once it is available? It was also asked whether
              Staff look at how the ccTLDs address this issue?</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">This discussion item aims at seeing if this
              issue should be closed or if work should continue.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">8.1 Update from Staff (<span
                style="background:yellow">?</span>)<br>
              8.2 Discussion<br>
              8.3 Next steps</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><br>
              <b><u>Item 9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)</u></b></span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds
              (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">9. Except as otherwise specified in these
              Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures,
              the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or
              other voting action requires a simple majority vote of
              each House. The voting thresholds described below shall
              apply to the following GNSO actions:<br>
              <br>
              1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote
              of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one
              House;<br>
              2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within
              Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative
              vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of
              one House;<br>
              3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an
              affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a
              majority of the other House (“GNSO Supermajority”);<br>
              4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO
              Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority
              of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council
              member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder
              Groups supports the Recommendation;<br>
              5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority:
              requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and<br>
              6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations
              on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract
              provision specifies that “a two-thirds vote of the
              council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the
              GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or
              exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by
              such contract provision.</span></p>
          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf"
                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">GNSO Operating
                    Procedures 4.4</span></a></span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">)<br>
              </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><br>
              4.4.1 Applicability<br>
              Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited
              number of Council motions or measures.<br>
              a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);<br>
              b. Approve a PDP recommendation;<br>
              c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures
              (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;<br>
              d. Fill a Council position open for election.<br>
              <br>
              4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted
              within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours
              from the meeting‟s adjournment. In exceptional
              circumstances,announced at the time of the vote, the Chair
              may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7
              calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally
              confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.<br>
              <br>
              4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and
              tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and
              will provide reasonable means for transmitting and
              authenticating absentee ballots, which could include
              voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or
              other technologies as may become available.<br>
              4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum
              requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in
              which the vote is initiated.)<br>
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              California, USA (</span><span
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href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html"
                title="Pacific Standard Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">PST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC-8+0DST 12:00 <br>
              New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 15:00<br>
              Buenos Aires, Argentina (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html"
                title="Argentina Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">ART</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+0DST 17:00 <br>
              Montevideo, Uruguay (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html"
                title="Uruguay Summer Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">UYST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+1DST 18:00<br>
              London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 20:00 <br>
              Abuja,Nigeria (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/africa/wat.html"
                title="West Africa Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">WAT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC+1+0DST 21:00<br>
              Tunis, Tunisia (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:00 <br>
              Bonn, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:00 <br>
              Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:00 <br>
              Ramat Hasharon, Israel(</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.html"
                title="Israel Standard Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">IST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC+2+0DST 22:00<br>
              Karachi, Pakistan (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/pkt.html"
                title="Pakistan Standard Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">PKT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"> ) UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day<br>
              Beijing, China (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/cst.html"
                title="China Standard Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">CST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"> ) UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day<br>
              Tokyo, Japan (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/jst.html"
                title="Japan Standard Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">JST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">) UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day <br>
              Auckland New Zealand (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/pacific/nzdt.html"
                title="New Zealand Daylight Time" target="_blank"><span
                  lang="EN-US">NZDT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"> ) UTC+12+1DST 09:00 next day <br>
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