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x'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#333333'>E.       <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-variant-tld-risks-mitigation-25jan19-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0098D5'>IDN Variant TLD Implementation – Risks and their Mitigation</span></a> [PDF, 230 KB]</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#333333'>F.       <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-variant-tld-appendices-25jan19-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0098D5'>IDN Variant TLD Implementation – Appendices (A: Definitions, B: Use of ROID, C: Limiting Allocated Variant TLDs)</span></a> [PDF, 530 KB]</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Read more: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-02-05-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-02-05-en</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>I think, it may be useful knowledge for some members to read and be aware about this, as your inputs will be valuable while we deal with variants in future. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Ajay Data </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>