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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15dec11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15dec11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US>Notice of Publication: Revised IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US>15 December 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Following the ICANN Board's approval on 8 December 2011 of the amendment to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan, ICANN is providing this notice of publication for the Revised Implementation Plan. This amendment was considered following guidance received from the ccNSO during the ICANN meeting in Dakar, Senegal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Two versions are posted: 1) the revised IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan (</span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-15dec11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-15dec11-en.pdf</span></a><span lang=EN-US> [PDF, 851 KB]) and 2) a version that tracks the changes from the previous version (</span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-redline-15dec11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-redline-15dec11-en.pdf</span></a><span lang=EN-US> [PDF, 902 KB]). The community should take note that the original version of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan is now archived and superseded by the Revised Implementation Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US>Background<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US>On 26 October 2011, the ccNSO Council approved a </span><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/node/28011"><span lang=EN-US>resolution</span></a><span lang=EN-US> and communicated it in a </span><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/node/27947"><span lang=EN-US>letter</span></a><span lang=EN-US> from ccNSO Chair to ICANN Board Chair asking the Board to direct staff to amend the relevant sections of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Plan. The amendment is to address specific cases when a requested IDN ccTLD string may be confusingly similar with the two-letter ASCII ccTLD corresponding to the same country or territory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>This work was developed out of the </span><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/node/23715"><span lang=EN-US>ccNSO Council Resolution</span></a><span lang=EN-US> from the ICANN meeting in San Francisco in March 2011. This resolution requested a sub-group of the IDN ccPDP Working Group 1 to develop, as soon as possible, guidelines (within the framework of the existing rules for the Fast Track) to improve the predictability of the evaluation process relating to string confusion as defined in the IDNC WG Final Report and the Final Implementation Plan, as adopted by the ICANN Board in November 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>ICANN conducted an initial review of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process and its implementation between October 2010 - January 2011. A </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-8-21feb11-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>summary and analysis</span></a><span lang=EN-US> was published in February and the </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm#8"><span lang=EN-US>Board acknowledged the Fast Track review</span></a><span lang=EN-US> at the ICANN meeting in March 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan was approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea in October 2009. A link to the original Implementation Plan may be found at: </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-16nov09-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-16nov09-en.pdf</span></a><span lang=EN-US> [PDF, 498 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>