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<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Colleagues, I wonder if there is a case to be made for new sTLDs for
international intergovernmental organizations (say .igo) and countries (say
.country)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>While
these would not deal directly with offending sites in the rest of
the gTLD namespace, it would at least provide a single official address for
IGOs and countries.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
concept could, of course, be extended to other sensitive types of
name.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Am I
right off track or does this have some merit?</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=155533703-03122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Alick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
Verhoef<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 23 November 2004 10:41 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B>
council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'John Jeffrey'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council]
WIPO-II<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>All,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Please find enclosed the letter and its
annex from WIPO that we received last week.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I understand there were some technical
issues with getting it on the web-site but as soon as these are arranged it will
go up, hopefully already today. I would like to offer my excuses for
that.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>regards</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Paul</FONT> </P><BR>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>____________________________________</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Paul Verhoef</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vice President
Policy Development Support</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>ICANN</FONT>
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