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<div dir="auto">Dear Councillors,</div>
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<div id="new_signature" dir="auto">Please see the following letter regarding the deferral of the IDN implementation guidelines.</div>
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<div id="new_signature" dir="auto">Philippe</div>
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<div>De : Wendy Profit <wendy.profit@icann.org> </div>
<div>Date : 20/10/2021 16:35 (GMT+01:00) </div>
<div>À : Michelle DeSmyter <michelle.desmyter@icann.org>, FOUQUART Philippe INNOV/NET <philippe.fouquart@orange.com>
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<div>Cc : maarten.botterman@board.icann.org, gnso-secs@icann.org, Board Ops Team <board-ops-team@icann.org>, Secretary <secretary@icann.org>, Correspondence <Correspondence@icann.org>, Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>, Karen Lentz <karen.lentz@icann.org>
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<div>Objet : [CORRESPONDENCE] Maarten Botterman to Philippe Fouquart: Request for Continued Deferral of IDN Implementation Guidelines v4.0
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find the attached response from ICANN Chair Maarten Botterman to GNSO Chair Philippe Fouquart on the
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18 August 2021 letter</a> regarding the request for continued deferral of the IDN Implementation Guidelines v4.0.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and best regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">From: </span>
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<b>Reply-To: </b>Michelle DeSmyter <michelle.desmyter@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 6:46 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>ICANN Board Ops <board-ops-team@icann.org>, Maarten Botterman <maarten.botterman@board.icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Board-Ops-Team] Correspondence Philippe Fouquart to Maarten Botterman: Request for Continued Deferral of IDN Implementation Guidelines v4.0 - Letter from Council to Board</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#212121">I hope this email finds you well!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#212121"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#212121">Please find attached a letter from Philippe Fouquart to Maarten Botterman on the matter of Request for Continued Deferral of IDN Implementation Guidelines v4.0 - Letter from Council
to Board.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#212121"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#212121">The correspondence will be posted on the GNSO Correspondence page shortly. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence__;!!PtGJab4!qGNzb-VpMfLxGs-wZnElNZCkwL7gwqPKi6A6MlFg5JEViaWeHrY-b-3nVtavLkm3Bm_7nFX4XQ$">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Thank you!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Michelle DeSmyter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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