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<p class="p1" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear ICANN team,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kindly find below TRA Bahrain comments with regard to Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) Strategy 2021-2025:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color:black">Establishing an agile ME dispute resolution body to better serve the consumers
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Establishing a regional risk mitigation center or committee that focus on creating a framework or mechanism in case of breach or attack on DNS.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Further develop technical standardization to improve implementation of the user experience of the IDNs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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