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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In preparation for the GNSO Council meeting today, Thursday 14 April at 21:00 UTC, (already Friday for Istanbul and Hobart) please find the updated
<span style="color:#333333">proposed Agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The updates relate to links that have been added, viz:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 1.4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg18420.html">Minutes</a> of the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">meeting of the Special GNSO Council session
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">29 February 2016 will be posted as approved on 22 April 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<b><span style="color:#333333">Item 7:</span></b><span style="color:#333333"><br>
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Here the Council will review the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-11mar16-en.pdf">draft response</a> to the GAC’s Marrakech Communique, drafted by a volunteer group of Councillors …..</span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 8:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">8.1 – Update and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-plan-budget-13apr16-en.pdf">
summary of comments</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">This agenda was established according to the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">GNSO
Council Operating Procedures,</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> approved and updated on 24 June 2015.<br>
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For convenience:</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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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in
<u>Appendix 1</u> at the end of this agenda.</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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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in
<u>Appendix 2</u> at the end of this agenda.</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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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Coordinated Universal Time: 21:00 UTC:
<b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gn4sy7u">http://tinyurl.com/gn4sy7u</a><br>
</b>14:00 Los Angeles; 17:00 Washington; 22:00 London; 00:00 Istanbul; 07:00 Hobart
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Please be aware that the clocks will have changed in some parts of the world, so refer to the other times below to ensure you join the meeting at the correct time. UTC
time remains the same for Council meetings, local time changes. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<span style="color:#333333">To join the event click on the link: </span></span><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></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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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</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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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">___________________________________________</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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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 1: Administrative matters (5 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1.1 – Roll call</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1.2 – Updates to Statements of Interest</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1.3 – Review/amend agenda.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">1.4 – Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>
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<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg18420.html">Minutes</a> of the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">meeting of the Special GNSO Council session
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">29 February 2016 will be posted as approved on 22 April 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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<b><u><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (5 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">2.1 – Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">Projects
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">Action
List</span></a></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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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 3: Consent agenda (0 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 4: PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION – Possible Next Steps in Resolving the Issue of Permanent Protection of Certain Red Cross Identifiers (20 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">In November 2013, the GNSO Council
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2">approved</a> the final recommendations from its Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on the Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">.
Subsequently, in April 2014, the ICANN Board <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-04-30-en#2.a">
approved</a> those of the GNSO’s PDP recommendations that are <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-a-30apr14-en.pdf">
not inconsistent with GAC advice</a> received on the topic. For the Red Cross movement, the protections adopted were for the full names Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal, Red Lion & Sun at the top and second levels, in the 6 official languages of the United
Nations, with an Exception Procedure to be designed during the implementation phase for the affected organizations. However, with respect to the names and acronyms of the 189 national Red Cross societies and the names of the International Red Cross Movement
(as noted by the GAC in its <a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/34373692/Final%20Communique%20-%20Singapore%202014.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1396971674000&api=v2)">
Singapore Communique</a>), the Board requested more time to consider the GNSO’s recommendations as these are
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-annex-b-30apr14-en.pdf">
inconsistent with GAC advice</a> received on the topic. In the interim period, the Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-10-12-en#2.d">
adopted</a> temporary protections for the Red Cross national society and international movement names noted in the GAC’s Singapore Communique.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">At ICANN55, representatives of the Red Cross met with the GNSO Council leadership to discuss possible next steps. Here the Red Cross representatives will brief the Council
on the scope of the Red Cross’ continuing request for permanent protections for those of its national society and international movement identifiers that are not currently covered by the policy recommendations that have been adopted by the GNSO Council and
the ICANN Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.1 – Introduction (James Bladel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.2 – Presentation by representatives of the Red Cross (by invitation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.3 – Q&A / next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 5: VOTE – Approval of Proposed Approach for Implementing Recommendations from the GNSO Review (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">As part of ICANN's Bylaws-mandated periodic review of its structures, the ICANN Board's Structural Improvements Committee (now known as the Organizational Effectiveness
Committee) appointed Westlake Governance as the independent examiner to conduct the current review of the performance and operations of the GNSO. A GNSO Working Party, chaired by former Councillor Jennifer Wolfe and comprising representatives of all the GNSO's
Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, was formed to consult with Westlake over the design and conduct of the review. Westlake's Draft Report was
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en">published</a> for public comment on 1 June 2015. Following feedback received, including from the GNSO Working Party, Westlake published its
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf">
Final Report</a> on 15 September. The Working Party reviewed all the recommendations to develop guidance for the GNSO Council and ICANN Board in relation to the implementability and prioritization of the recommendations. The Council received a
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-gnso-council-update-21jan16-en.pdf">
written update</a> from the Working Party chair on 29 January, and the Working Party’s proposed Implementation and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-feasibility-prioritization-25feb16-en.pdf">
Feasibility Analysis</a> was sent to the Council on 28 February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Here the Council will review the Working Party’s Implementation and Feasibility Analysis, and vote on its adoption as well as agree on next steps in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">5.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+April+2016">
motion</a> (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben) <br>
5.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">5.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 6: COUNCIL VOTE – Approval of Procedures Governing the Selection of the GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">As part of a two-year pilot program initiated in June 2014, the GNSO Council and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) agreed, through its joint
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/phPRAg">GAC-GNSO Consultation Group</a>, to appoint a GNSO Liaison to the GAC. The purpose of the Liaison role was to facilitate more effective early engagement by the GAC in GNSO policy activities and to contribute toward
better information flow between the two bodies. Following <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-liaison-gac-pilot-29feb16-en.pdf">
Consultation Group review</a> of the pilot program, the Consultation Group recommended that the Liaison role be made a permanent one in March 2016. Here the Council will review and approve the scope of such a permanent Liaison role as well as the application,
selection and confirmation process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">6.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+April+2016">
motion</a> (James Bladel) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">6.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">6.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 7: COUNCIL VOTE – Approval of GNSO Input to the ICANN Board on the GAC’s Marrakech Communique (20 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Beginning in mid-2015 with the GAC’s Buenos Aires Communique, the GNSO Council developed a mechanism for reviewing and commenting on aspects of that Communique that are
relevant to gTLD policy. The resulting GNSO input on both the GAC’s Buenos Aires and Dublin Communiques were approved by the GNSO Council and sent to the ICANN Board and the GAC Chair (see
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/robinson-to-icann-board-gac-chair-29jul15-en.pdf">
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/robinson-to-icann-board-gac-chair-29jul15-en.pdf</a> and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-gac-review-31dec15-en.pdf)">
http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-gac-review-31dec15-en.pdf)</a>. Here the Council will review the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-11mar16-en.pdf">draft response</a> to the GAC’s Marrakech Communique, drafted by a volunteer group of Councillors, and, if appropriate, approve its being forwarded to the ICANN Board and GAC Chair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">7.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+April+2016">
motion</a> (Susan Kawaguchi)<br>
7.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">7.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 8: COUNCIL APPROVAL – Public Comment on ICANN’s FY17 Proposed Budget (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">On 5 March 2016, the draft ICANN FY17 Operating Plan and Budget was
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/op-budget-fy17-five-year-2016-03-04-en">
published</a> for public comment (closing on 30 April). The GNSO Council had previously provided
<a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-op-budget-fy16-18mar15/pdfWW7Sy3WTwV.pdf">
public comments</a> to the FY16 Operating Plan and Budget. At ICANN55, a small group of Councillors had volunteered to work on possible Council comments to the draft FY17 budget. Here the Council will review and, if appropriate, agree to send in the proposed
comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">8.1 – Update and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-plan-budget-13apr16-en.pdf">
summary of comments</a> (Keith Drazek / Edward Morris / Carlos Raul Gutierrez) <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">8.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">8.3 – Next steps
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 9: DISCUSSION – Implementation of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan (10 minutes</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At ICANN55, community discussions were held concerning the upcoming implementation of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan, including at a session on
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7 March</a>. Several GNSO community members voiced concerns about whether the proposed implementation plan would meet the requirements of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Proposal on Naming-Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg">CWG-Stewardship</a>).
On 25 March a <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-25-en">Call for Volunteers</a> was issued for additional CCWG participation, including for implementation of the adopted Work Stream 1 recommendations.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here the Council will discuss the community concerns that have been raised, and review possible next steps in relation to the CWG-Stewardship and ICANN staff that have been charged
with developing the implementation plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9.1 – Summary & update (James Bladel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 10: DISCUSSION – Planning for “Meeting B” (ICANN Policy Forum)<span style="color:#333333"> (10 Minutes)<br>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">At ICANN55, the GNSO held several discussions, including with the ICANN Board, concerning the focus, duration and meeting schedule for the first designated ICANN Policy
Forum, to take place in Helsinki as ICANN56 (i.e. the initial so-called “Meeting B”). Specific concerns were raised about the apparent lack of time for actual policy work in the overall Meeting B schedule when all the current draft SO/AC/Board proposals were
put together, and about the lack of opportunity for different SO/AC/Board groups to interact with one another. A small group of SO/AC volunteers has been formed to address these concerns.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Here the Council will hear from its representatives to this group, and discuss further plans for finalizing the GNSO’s schedule for ICANN56 so as to maximize the policy
focus for Meeting B. This includes confirmation of the PDP Working Group(s) to be invited to consider conducting a face-to-face working meeting in Helsinki, on a day either precedent or subsequent to the ICANN56 schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">10.1 – Update (Donna Austin / Volker Greimann)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">10.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 11: DISCUSSION – Status of Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
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Charter</a> for this Cross Community Working Group was <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/oQInAw">
ratified</a> by the ccNSO Council (September 2014), the GNSO Council (October 2014), and the ALAC (April 2015). The CCWG Charter states its scope as doing “whatever it deems relevant and necessary to facilitate and ensure engagement and participation of the
ICANN community in the global Internet governance scene and multi-stakeholder decision-making processes”, with regular updates to be provided to its Chartering Organizations and a periodic Progress Paper where appropriate. The Charter also provides that t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">he
Chartering Organizations should review the Charter and CCWG deliverables in order to determine whether the group should continue or be dissolved, with the proviso that the CCWG will continue if at least two of its Chartering Organizations extend the Charter
and notify the other Chartering Organizations accordingly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">During the CCWG co-chairs’ update to the ccNSO and GNSO Councils at ICANN55,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">there was some discussion over whether a CCWG format or other arrangement might be the most appropriate form for SO/AC interaction on Internet governance matters,
especially given the <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-02-22-en">
expected forthcoming finalization</a> of a Uniform Framework of Principles for Future CCWGs by the CCWG-Principles. Here the GNSO Council will continue that discussion, with a view toward agreeing on the appropriate next steps for the CCWG on Internet Governance.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">11.1 – Introduction and summary (Carlos Raul Gutierrez)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">11.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">11.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 12: Any Other Business (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">12.1 – Proposed approach to Expert Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD) Final Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting
action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">Annex
A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of GNSO Supermajority.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve an amendment to the Charter through a
simple majority vote of each House.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for significant cause, upon a motion that
passes with a GNSO Supermajority Vote in favor of termination.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">h. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member
representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">j. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that "a two-thirds vote of the council"
demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be modified or amended by the GNSO Council
with a GNSO Supermajority vote.</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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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">GNSO
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.4.1 Applicability<br>
Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);<br>
b. Approve a PDP recommendation;<br>
c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;<br>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting's adjournment. In exceptional circumstances,
announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.</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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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating
absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available.<br>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.)<br>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 21:00<br>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">California, USA (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html" title="Pacific Standard Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">PDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)
UTC-7+0DST 14:00<br>
San José, Costa Rica UTC-5+0DST 16:00<br>
Iowa City, USA (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9206:00"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">CDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)
UTC-5+0DST 16:00<br>
New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-4+0DST 17:00<br>
Buenos Aires, Argentina (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html" title="Argentina Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">ART</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)
UTC-3+0DST 18:00<br>
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3+0DST 18:00<br>
London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 22:00<br>
Bonn, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 23:00 <br>
Cairo, Egypt, (EET) UTC+2+0DST 23:00 <br>
Istanbul, Turkey (EEST) UTC+3+0DST 00:00 next day<br>
Perth, Australia (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/wst.html" title="Western Standard Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">WST</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)
UTC+8+0DST 07:00 next day<br>
Singapore (SGT) UTC +8 05:00 next day<br>
Sydney/Hobart, Australia (AEDT) UTC+11+0DST 07:00 next day<br>
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For other places see </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">http://tinyurl.com/gn4sy7u</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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GNSO Secretariat<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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