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<p>Thanks Mary.</p>
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<p>No surprises here, unfortunately.</p>
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<p>Best, Philip</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Advice on IGOs from the GAC's Johannesburg Communique</font>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Working Group members,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">You may be interested to know that the GAC Communique from this meeting in Johannesburg (ICANN59) has been released:
<a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20ICANN59%20Communique_Final.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1498747877729&api=v2" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk498042" previewremoved="true">
https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20ICANN59%20Communique_Final.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1498747877729&api=v2</a>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">“In respect of IGOs, the GAC advice to the Board is:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GAC reiterates its Advice that IGO access to curative dispute resolution mechanism should:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">I. be modeled on, but separate from, the existing Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">II. provide standing based on IGOs’ status as public intergovernmental institutions, and</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">III. respect IGOs’ jurisdictional status by facilitating appeals exclusively through arbitration.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GAC expresses concern that a GNSO working group has indicated that it may deliver recommendations which substantially differ from GAC Advice, and calls on the ICANN Board to ensure that such recommendations adequately reflect
input and expertise provided by IGOs.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">RATIONALE</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">This Advice aligns with the view of governments that IGOs perform important public functions for citizens worldwide, and that protecting their identities in the DNS serves to minimize the potential for consumer harm.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks and cheers</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary</span></p>
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