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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ICANN Business Constituency (BC) submits the attached </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">comment on the </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Interim
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(comment page at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-uctn-interim-paper-2017-02-24-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-uctn-interim-paper-2017-02-24-en</a> )</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This comment was drafted by Andy Abrams, Andrew Harris, Barbara Wanner, and Nivaldo Cleto.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">It was approved in accordance with the BC charter.</font></div>
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
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