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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Cheryl and Jeff,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the GAC Chair, attached please find docx and pdf copies of the comments of the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) regarding the “GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report” (see <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-new-gtld-subsequent-draft-final-report-2020-08-20-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-new-gtld-subsequent-draft-final-report-2020-08-20-en</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Benedetta<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Benedetta Rossi </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">| GAC Advice and Policy Support Manager</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:benedetta.rossi@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">benedetta.rossi@icann.org</span></a> | +32.491.90.42.50</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ICANN</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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