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- The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) advises the ICANN Board on issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international agreements. It usually does so as part of a Communiqué, which is published towards the end of every ICANN meeting;
- The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains;
- The GNSO Council has expressed a desire to provide feedback to the ICANN Board on issues in the GAC Communiqué as these relate to generic top-level domains to inform the ICANN Board as well as the broader community of past, present, or future gTLD policy activities that may directly or indirectly relate to Advice provided by the GAC;
- The GNSO Council's review of GAC Communiqué Advice and Issues of Importance is intended to further enhance the co-ordination and promote the sharing of information on gTLD related policy activities
- between the GAC, Board, and the GNSO.
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- The GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Review of the ICANN81 Istanbul Communiqué on Issues of Importance (there was no GAC Advice provided for ICANN81) [INSERT LINK] and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Council Review of ICANN81 GAC Communiqué on Issues of Importance to the ICANN Board;
- The GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Liaison to the GAC also informs the GAC of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.
Consent Agenda
GNSO Council Motion to Approve the GNSO Council Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding the Phase 2 Final Recommendations from the Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names
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- The GNSO Council approves the Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding the Phase 2 Final Recommendations from the EPDP on IDNs [INSERT LINK] and instructs the GNSO Secretariat to transmit the report to the ICANN Board and communicate the outcomes from the GNSO Council's decision as appropriate.
Consent Agenda
Motion - Confirmation of GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration
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