[council] Fwd: Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration

[Stéphane Van Gelder]

Councillors,

Please find attached a letter sent by the UN to the GAC Chair and myself on the protection of IGO names in the DNS, as part of the new gTLD programme.

As this is the latest in a long line of correspondence sent to ICANN on the matter, I feel increasingly strongly that the GNSO Council should be providing clearer responses to the question of the protection of IGO names that it has done so far. I am not advocating any specific direction for that response, merely suggesting that any response might be desirable at this time, rather than no response.

As we all know, substantial work has been undertaken on the question of the IOC and RC names, culminating in a recommendation being sent to the Board. It is therefore clear that, from a GNSO point of view, the issue has been handled through our normal processes as part of the bottom-up PDP that is the mainstay of ICANN.

As has always been my focus, I am keen to avoid any potential attempts at circumventing the GNSO's PDP processes. As I am not aware of any formal response the GNSO has provided to the IGOs, I wonder if one would be appropriate and would like to have the Council's opinion on this. I would also appreciate getting Jeff's opinion, as Chair of the IOC/RC DT.

Thanks,

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Registry Relations and Strategy Director
Group NBT

Début du message réexpédié :

> De : Alina Syunkova <alina.syunkova at icann.org>
> Objet : Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration
> Date : 2 août 2012 01:58:35 HAEC
> À : Heather Dryden <heather.dryden at ic.gc.ca>, "stephane.vangelder at indom.com" <stephane.vangelder at indom.com>
> Cc : Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder at icann.org>
> 
> Dear Heather and Stephane,
> 
> Attached, please find the letter (3 pages) from UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O'Brien, dated 26 July 2012, which arrived at the ICANN office in Los Angeles today. It is addressed to both of you.
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> Thank you,
> -- Alina Syunkova
> 
> Board Support Coordinator
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