<html><head><base href="x-msg://1026/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors,<div><br></div><div>In the context of our own discussions at the end of last week's meeting, please see below the message I was copied on last Friday.</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org">Nicola.BONUCCI@oecd.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Open letter to ICANN from the Legal Counsels of intergovernmental organisations (IGO's)</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">16 décembre 2011 18:00:27 HNEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>À : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:rod.beckstrom@icann.org">rod.beckstrom@icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com">steve@shinkuro.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:kurt.pritz@icann.org">kurt.pritz@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:gac@gac.icann.org">gac@gac.icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:heather.dryden@ic.gc.ca">heather.dryden@ic.gc.ca</a>>, <<a href="mailto:jeffrey@icann.org">jeffrey@icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:amy.stathos@icann.org">amy.stathos@icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Josee.FECTEAU@oecd.org">Josee.FECTEAU@oecd.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Alexandra.EXCOFFIER-NOSOV@oecd.org">Alexandra.EXCOFFIER-NOSOV@oecd.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Jill.SCHUKER@oecd.org">Jill.SCHUKER@oecd.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:edward.kwakwa@wipo.int">edward.kwakwa@wipo.int</a>>, <<a href="mailto:bdelachapelle@gmail.com">bdelachapelle@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:DL1516@oecd.org">DL1516@oecd.org</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR">Dear Sirs,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-GB">Several additional International Organizations have signed on to the open letter transmitted to you on 13 December. You will find enclosed the same letter containing an updated list of signatories.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-GB">We take this opportunity to also copy the letter to the GNSO President Stephane Van Gelder and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">ALAC Chair Olivier Crepin-Leblond.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="567" style="width: 15cm; "><tbody><tr><td width="71" nowrap="" valign="top" style="width: 53.3pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>