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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ICANN Support staff<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As Swiss GAC Representative let me express our support for the comments submitted by OECD, WIPO, CERN, ITU and other IGOs on the matter of GNSO Recommendations on IGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">These comments are in line with repeated input both from IGOs and the GAC during this whole PDP and reflect the deep concerns and disagreement with the policy recommendations produced by this PDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to the ICANN Board's careful consideration of this issue and are hopeful that a productive and consensual outcome may still be possible, which should duly take into account the repeated input expressed
 during this PDP by IGOs and the GAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kindly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jorge Cancio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Swiss GAC Rep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Deputy Head of International Affairs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Federal Department of the Environment,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">
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