[council] FW: URGENT: Cross Community working group on Internet Governance

[James M. Bladel]

Councilors –

FYI - Please see below & attached for a statement from the leadership of the CCWG-IG on a proposal being raised at WTSA.

Thanks—
J.


On 10/29/16, 2:24 , "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com> wrote:

    Dear Chairs of ICANN Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees,
    
    please be so kind to find attached, a Statement of the members of the
    Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG) relating
    to proposals currently being discussed at the World Telecommunications
    Standardization Assembly, WTSA16, 26 October - 3 November 2016.
    
    The CCWG-IG has monitored proposals presented by Member States and
    whilst several proposals were flagged as having a potential to impact
    ICANN, the proposal by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) on
    behalf of several countries, to the World Telecommunication
    Standardization Assembly (WTSA) regarding the use of geographic terms
    for top level domains, raised concerns. The CCWG-IG prepared the
    attached Statement in a bottom-up multistakeholder manner to remind WTSA
    participants that the use of geographic names in generic Top Level
    Domains (gTLDs) is covered by ICANN policy development processes,
    informed by GAC Advice.
    
    This Statement is forwarded to you for distribution to your membership,
    with the understanding that it could be useful to your members
    participating in the WTSA16 conference.
    
    The ICANN Communities participating in the working group reached
    Consensus on the attached text, according to the rules set in the
    CCWG-IG's Charter.
    
    Kindest regards,
    
    Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
    Rafik Dammak
    Young-Eum Lee
    Co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance
    

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