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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The High Level Statements from the CCWG have been published in an announcement on the ICANN website: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-09-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-09-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Co-Chairs of CCWG-Accountability Publish High Level Statements<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">On behalf of the Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) Accountability, the co-chairs Thomas Rickert (GNSO), León Sanchez Ambia (ALAC) and Mathieu Weill
(ccNSO) are pleased to announce that the CCWG has prepared a set of <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/3pAQAw"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">high level statements</span></a> that might be valuable to all groups or individuals working
on proposals as part of the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The CCWG is aware and conscious of the interdependency and interlinkage of the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Processes, in particular with what
has been called Work Stream 1 and appreciates the sense of urgency. Although the CCWG works as expeditiously as possible on the tasks it has been chartered with, it is not feasible to publish concrete results of the group in January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nonetheless, the CCWG has chosen to publish the high level statements as a preliminary assessment of the situation and is cognizant that this preliminary assessment might be subject
to change because of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Changes to the proposals under discussion as part of the IANA Stewardship Transition Process, in particular the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-naming-transition-01dec14-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Interim
Proposal</span></a> published by the CWG-Stewardship on 1 December 2014; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Changes due to other external and internal factors, such as evolving deliberations of the CWG itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Background CCWG<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The CCWG began its work late November 2014 with regular weekly virtual meetings and will have its first (intersessional) face-to face meeting on 19 and 20 January 2015 in Frankfurt,
Germany. The CCWG was chartered by ALAC, ccNSO, GAC, GNSO and NRO acting as ASO and includes over 150 <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IIMHAw"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">participants and members</span></a> appointed by the chartering
organizations, <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/54cQAw"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Advisors</span></a> appointed by the Public Experts Group (PEG), and 3 liaisons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Additional information, including transcripts and recordings of the discussions are available at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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