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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The IDN Guidelines WG has released and updated draft of IDN Implementation Guidelines for Public Comment. Please see the announcement below. The
WG is also planning a session on these at ICANN 58 (see <a href="https://schedule.icann.org/event/9nmh/icann-gdd-idn-implementation-guidelines-wg-update">
https://schedule.icann.org/event/9nmh/icann-gdd-idn-implementation-guidelines-wg-update</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=uKJu4pdC-SsY2J7K7A3D0JmTmteSXnH96V-EQ68Mkj0&e="></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2017-2D03-2D03-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=zW2X40PSTP9dj28u0J1JvWSNRtu98HsezetUspbHX7c&e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-03-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3 March 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">17 April 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Guidelines relate to the IDN registration policies and practices, designed to minimize the risk of cybersquatting and consumer confusion,
to cater to the interests of communities using local languages and scripts. Following the
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2015-2D07-2D20-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=GsxfCbioWuFpUVaI_qRwKogqxG2DgpgfAwMc8BKk9t8&e=">
Call for Community Experts[icann.org]</a>, a Working Group (WG) was formed in to review the current version (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_idn-2Dguidelines-2D2011-2D09-2D02-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=GR0r1P21pt0QBrtq6VjTIzejZaw6WS-wHVCc0VH2iEQ&e=">3.0[icann.org]</a>)
of the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_implementation-2Dguidelines-2D2012-2D02-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=25ayaUUPvcGJFJkWThBrIIk9cx_O4BiCiJ0WSLgt_y0&e=">
IDN Implementation Guidelines[icann.org]</a>, last updated in 2011. The WG has finalized its work and solicits feedback of the community on the
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Guidelines for the Implementation of the Internationalized Domain Names 4.0[icann.org]</a> [PDF, 363 KB], the proposed update to the current Guidelines.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_idn-2Dguidelines-2D2017-2D03-2D03-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=0MqCcxr21J880Mw4llJDEHrO8ZPDECqPCuJcUQ_lJKU&s=Ni2Z1UDlkifIE2Aphyq0HrRCUEVsmqJt3YtD38TRs-k&e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/idn-guidelines-2017-03-03-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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