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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Final Report Recommendations of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/users/sign_up?document_id=13559&following=true"><span lang="EN-US">Follow Updates</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Open Date:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">23 Dec 2015 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Close Date:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24 Apr 2016 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff Report Due:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9 May 2016 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contents<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#brief">Brief Overview</a><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:geo-regions-23dec15@icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">Submit Comment to Forum</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> : geo-regions-23dec15@icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/geo-regions-23dec15">Comments Forum</a> : http://forum.icann.org/lists/geo-regions-23dec15/<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#section1">Section I: Description, Explanation & Purpose</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#section2">Section II: Background</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#section3">Section III: Relevant Resources</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#section4">Section IV: Additional Information</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#section5">Section V: Reports</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en#staff_contact">Staff Contact</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<h2 id="brief"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brief Overview<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><em><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose:</span></b></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The cross-community Geographic Regions Review Working Group has produced
its Final Report in which it proposes a series of recommendations regarding the ongoing application of the organization’s geographic regions framework. The ICANN Board is interested in further community reaction to those recommendations and has instructed
the Staff to open and manage a public comment period of at least 120 days to give the community an opportunity to thoroughly review the proposals and provide any additional comments on the working group recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Current Status:</span></b></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Community feedback is requested concerning the Working Group
recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Next Steps:</span></b></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Upon completion of the public comment period, staff will summarize
and forward any community input to the ICANN Board of Directors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 id="section1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The cross-community Geographic Regions Review Working Group has produced its Final Report in which it proposes a series of recommendations regarding the ongoing application of the
organization’s geographic regions framework. The ICANN Board is interested in further community reaction to those recommendations and has instructed the Staff to open and manage a public comment period of at least 120 days to give the community an opportunity
to thoroughly review the proposals and provide any additional comments on the working group recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Working Group’s Final Report provides an extensive series of conclusions, proposals and recommendations including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Working Group concludes that the general principle of geographic diversity is valuable and should be preserved.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Application of the geographic diversity principles must be more rigorous, clear and consistent.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Adjusting the number of ICANN geographic regions is not currently practical.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">No other International Regional Structures offer useful options for ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN must formally adopt and maintain its own unique Geographic Regions Framework.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Community wants to minimize any changes to the current structure.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN must acknowledge the sovereignty and right of self-determination of states to let them choose their region of allocation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN communities have flexibly applied geographic diversity principles over the years. While the Board should remain strictly subject to the current framework, flexibility should
be preserved for other structures.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Special Interest Groups” or “Cross-Regional Sub-Groups” offer new diversity opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Implementation mechanisms and processes must be developed by Staff; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Board must preserve its oversight and future review opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The comment period will give individuals and community groups an opportunity to thoroughly review the proposals and provide any additional comments on the working group recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 id="section2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section II: Background<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The ICANN Board chartered a cross-community working group to (1) identify the different purposes for which ICANN’s Geographic Regions are used; (2) determine whether the uses of
ICANN’s Geographic Regions (as currently defined, or at all) continue to meet the requirements of the relevant stakeholders; and (3) submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the current and future uses and definition of the ICANN
Geographic Regions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Over the course of its deliberations, the Working Group (1) reviewed the underlying history, objectives and general principles of ICANN’s Geographic Regions Framework, (2) identified
the various applications and functions to which the regions framework has been applied by existing structures and the ICANN staff; and (3) engaged the ICANN community in an extensive collaborative dialogue about issues and potential solutions to maintain and
potentially expand the value of the geographic regions framework for the entire community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Working Group concluded its work and presented its Final Report recommendations to the Chair of the ICANN Board on 4 November 2015. The Working Group recommended that the Board
direct staff to manage a public comment forum period to give the community an opportunity to review and evaluate the recommendations and share comments with the Board before it begins its assessment of and deliberations on the recommendations. The Board agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 id="section3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section III: Relevant Resources<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">Final Report by the Geographic Regions Review Working Group</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
[EN] [PDF, 409 KB]<br>
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-en.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/ar/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-ar.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">AR</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">]
[PDF, 283 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/es/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-es.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">ES</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">]
[PDF, 377 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/fr/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-fr.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">FR</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">]
[PDF, 331 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/pt/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-pt.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">PT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">]
[PDF, 313 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/ru/system/files/files/geo-regions-wg-31oct15-ru.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">RU</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">]
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<h2 id="section4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff Contact<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contact-name"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Robert Hoggarth</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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