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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#111111">Dear all, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#111111"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#111111">Please find below the final proposed agenda for the
</span>Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting <span style="color:#111111">on </span>
23 July<span style="color:#111111"> 2020 at </span>12:00<span style="color:#111111"> UTC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:23.0pt;font-weight:normal">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 23 July 2020</span><span style="font-size:23.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IwFcC"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/IwFcC</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This agenda was established according to the <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-24oct19-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a> v3.5, updated on 24 October 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For convenience:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GNSO Council meeting held at 12:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycx4umj9">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">https://tinyurl.com/ycx4umj9</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00 Tokyo; 22:00 Melbourne
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Webinar Room</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/99386095414?pwd=NjNTcHU4WWROY2wvZ0QyY1NpSDNRZz09"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">https://icann.zoom.us/j/99386095414?pwd=NjNTcHU4WWROY2wvZ0QyY1NpSDNRZz09</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">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 style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.1 - Roll Call<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
<span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2020/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-21may20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">
of the GNSO Council meeting on 21 May 2020 were posted on 05 June 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2020/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-24jun20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">
of the GNSO Council meeting on 24 June 2020 were posted on 10 July 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#1155CC">Projects List
</span></a>and <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Item List</span></a><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">.
</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">None<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Cross Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds - Final Report (15 minutes)</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">This CCWG was chartered to develop a mechanism to allocate new gTLD Auction Proceeds. The CCWG was tasked to consider a number of issues including the scope of fund allocation,
due diligence requirements that preserve ICANN’s tax status as well as how to deal with directly related matters such as potential or actual conflicts of interest. The CCWG was not tasked to make any recommendations or determinations with regards to specific
funding decisions (i.e. which specific organizations or projects are to be funded or not).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">The CCWG published its Initial Report for public comment on 8 October 2018 which received 37 community submissions were (see
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-new-gtld-auction-proceeds-initial-17dec18-en.pdf"><span style="color:black">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-new-gtld-auction-proceeds-initial-17dec18-en.pdf</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">).
</span><span style="color:black">After additional deliberations, a decision was made to publish the CCWG’s Proposed Final Report for
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-final-2019-12-23-en"><span style="color:black">public comment</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> to ensure that the community can review and provide
input on changes that have been made since publication of the Initial Report. Input received through the second public comment period was reviewed and incorporated as appropriate prior to finalizing the Final Report, which was delivered to the GNSO Council
on 2 June 2020. During its June 2020 meeting, the GNSO Council received a presentation on the recommendations in the Final Report, to help address any questions the Council may have in advance of a vote at a future Council meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will vote to adopt the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/attachments/20200602/b0457671/NewgTLDAPCCWGFinalReport_29May2020-0001.pdf"><span style="color:black">Final Report</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> from the CCWG on new
gTLD Auction Proceeds.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.1 – Presentation of
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/KQFcC"><span style="color:#0052CC;text-decoration:none">motion</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">(Erika Mann)</span><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority of each House)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="color:black">Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as a Chartering Organization of the CCWG.</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Expedited PDP (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification Phase 2: Status Update and Proposed Next Steps for Priority 2 Items (20 minutes)</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Phase 2 of the Expedited PDP (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification was initiated in March 2019, and is focused on developing policy on a System for Standardized Access/Disclosure
(SSAD) to non-public gTLD registration data, as well as other topics identified in Phase 2 of the Charter. The EPDP Team published its
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/epdp-phase-2-initial-2020-02-07-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">Phase 2 Initial Report</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">for public comment on 7 February 2020, focused on the SSAD. Subsequently, the EPDP Team also published its</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/epdp-phase-2-addendum-2020-03-26-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">Addendum</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">for public comment on 26 March 2020, which was focused on priority 2 items.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">On 10 June 2020, Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP, submitted a</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-2-team-to-gnso-council-10jun20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Project Change Request</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">(PCR) for Council consideration, which asked that the new target delivery date be extended from 11 June 2020 to 31 July 2020 for the delivery of the Final Report for priority 1 items (i.e., SSAD). The PCR also informed the Council
that additional time is needed if the EPDP Team is to address a couple of remaining priority 2 items and asked the Council to consider how best to address these. Although some Councilors expressed concerns that the PCR was submitted and considered after the
target deadline, it was nevertheless accepted during the June 2020 Council meeting. With the deadline for delivery of the Final Report occurring shortly after the July 2020 Council meeting, the Council will receive an update.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">In relation to the priority 2 items, Rafik submitted a</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-epdp-phase-2-priority-2-next-steps-consideration-02jun20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">framework document</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to both identify the list of topics and suggest possible next steps for the Council to consider. A small team was convened to further develop the proposed approach for priority 2 items and present to the full Council for its
consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss both the status of the EPDP Phase 2 Final Report and the proposed framework for priority 2 items.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Rafik Dammak)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Program Management [<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">tentative based on discussions from the Extraordinary Meeting</span>]
- Rec#27 Wave 1 report (15 minutes)</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="color:black">As part of the GNSO Council’s ongoing Program Management of the work in its pipeline, the Council will discuss specific items from its
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-tool-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Program Management tool</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">and</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-adr-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Decision Register</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">(ADR).</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">For this specific item, the Council will discuss the EPDP P1 Recommendation 27, which is ICANN Org’s assessment of the impact from GDPR on existing policies / procedures,
which resulted in the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/wave-1-draft-report-rdp-impacts-13jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Wave 1 report</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">.
</span><span style="color:black">On 10 March 2020, the Council received a </span>
<span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/next-steps-epdp-phase-1-wave-1-rec-27-10mar20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">proposal</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">on how to address the items from the Wave 1 report. One element of that proposal was the approach to address the terminology updates from the Wave 1 report.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss this item from the ADR and seek to agree on actionable next steps: “Staff to engage GDD and Legal on Rec#27 Wave 1 report for those items
that require terminology update.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Program Management [<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">tentative based on discussions from the Extraordinary Meeting</span>]
- IDN Operational Track 1 (10 minutes)</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="color:black">As part of the GNSO Council’s ongoing Program Management of the work in its pipeline, the Council will discuss specific items from its
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-tool-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Program Management tool</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">and</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-adr-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Decision Register</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">(ADR).</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">For this specific item, the Council will discuss the recommendation from the Council IDN Scoping Team
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/idn-scoping-team-final-report-17jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">that a working party be convened, which will focus on resolving issues in the IDN Implementation Guidelines 4.0. The working party was suggested to include at a minimum, Contracted Parties and ICANN org, and would not necessarily
require any specific Council role.</span><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss this item from the ADR and seek to agree on actionable next steps: “Council to confirm IDN Operational Track 1 & Policy Track 2 approach”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Program Management [<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">tentative based on discussions from the Extraordinary Meeting</span>]
- Other Items (15 minutes)</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="color:black">As part of the GNSO Council’s ongoing Program Management of the work in its pipeline, the Council will discuss specific items from its
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-tool-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Program Management tool</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">and</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/program-management-adr-10jul20-en.pdf"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Decision Register</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span></i><i><span style="color:black">(ADR).</span></i><i><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">This item is being added because of the sequencing of meetings: With the Extraordinary Meeting having taken place on 16 July 2020 and this Council meeting taking place
on 23 July 2020, there may be other specific items on the ADR that the Council identifies during the Extraordinary Meeting as being timely to discuss (e.g., all of the 0-1 month items on the ADR).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, for any additional items identified in the ADR, the Council will seek to agree on actionable next steps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">9.1 - Populating the Independent Review Process (IRP) Standing Panel - feedback from SG/Cs on approach<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">9.2 - Council response to the public comment on the Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/multistakeholder-model-next-steps-2020-06-04-en">
<span style="color:#1155CC">proceeding</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7">9.3 - Update on the EPDP Phase 1 IRT, in respect of Recommendation 7<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11">
<span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 12:00 UTC <span class="MsoHyperlink">
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<p class="MsoNormal">California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 (Tuesday) 05:00 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 06:00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 08:00<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 09:00<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 13:00<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For other places see <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a> and
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycx4umj9"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">https://tinyurl.com/ycx4umj9</span></a><span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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