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[council] GNSO Council Voting period extended to Wednesday 19, at 13:00 UTC.



[To: Council@dnso.org]

Dear Council Members,

In response to requests that have been approved by the GNSO Council Chair,
the voting for the proposed GNSO Council resolution 2003 (see below) will
remain open until WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 14:00 CET, 13:00 UTC, ( 24 hours
longer as requested)
Please cast your votes as soon as possible.

Thank you very much.
GNSO Secretariat

Proposed GNSO Council resolution 2003 by Marilyn Cade, seconded by Philip
Sheppard.

WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, (hereinafter "the Council"):
§ confirms its support to the participation of country code top-level domain
(ccTLD) registries within ICANN,
§ looks forward to the establishment of the new Country Code Names
Supporting Organization as the body to address ccTLD issues,
§ commits itself to collaborative work with that Supporting Organization on
policy issues of mutual concern including the stability of the Internet;
§ recognizing that the development of various processes, and resulting
bylaws which will establish the Country Code Names Supporting Organization
are still under development, commits itself to collaborative work on policy
issues of mutual concern in the interim;

WHEREAS, the Council commits itself to collaborative work with the ICANN
Government Advisory Committee (GAC) on policy issues of mutual concern
including the stability of the Internet;

WHEREAS, the Council notes a proposed meeting to be hosted by the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and its member countries, which
will discuss issues related to ICANN and ccTLDs.

The Council Resolves:

1. to welcome the interaction of ICANN with relevant governments and
inter-governmental entities (such as the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the
European Union (EU)) through the Governmental Advisory Committee;

2. to encourage governments and such governmental entities to consider ICANN
as the primary venue to address Internet naming and numbering issues within
the mission of ICANN;

3. to encourage and welcome governments and such governmental entities to
attend and participate in ICANN's venues and meetings and to work actively
within ICANN.






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