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[council] GAC draft gTLD agenda for Beijing
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- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 01:47:02 +0000
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GAC draft gTLD agenda for Beijing and advice to the ICANN Board on
controversial or sensitive strings and applications
https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee
31 March 2013
GAC draft gTLD agenda for Beijing and advice to the ICANN Board on
controversial or sensitive strings and applications
As the New gTLD Program moves forward, the GAC is making preparations for
delivering further advice on new gTLDs. This advice constitutes a key element
of the overall process as outlined in the Applicant Guidebook (AG).
As anticipated, GAC Member Early Warnings were issued on November 20, 2012, and
applicants and GAC Members have been exchanging information with the aim of
reaching an understanding or agreement on concerns raised, wherever possible.
In terms of the next phase, described in module 3.1 of the AG, the GAC as a
whole will be discussing its advice on new gTLDs. These sessions are organized
into two parts:
*** Part I Safeguard advice on the basis of categories of strings ***
The GAC discussions will proceed on the basis of advice to safeguard categories
of strings that raise concerns, or potential concerns, for governments. There
are currently nine draft categories of strings proposed for the GAC's Beijing
agenda. Six were identified in the GAC Toronto Communique:
Consumer protection
Strings that are linked to regulated market sectors, such as the financial,
health and charity sectors
Competition issues
Strings that have broad or multiple uses or meanings, and where one entity
is seeking exclusive use
Religious terms where the applicant has no, or limited, support from the
relevant religious organisations or the religious community.
Minimising the need for defensive registrations
Protection of geographic names
Intellectual property rights particularly in relation to strings aimed at
the distribution of music, video and other digital material
Three additional categories have now been proposed for consideration:
Support for applications submitted by global authorities
Corporate Identifier gTLDs
Strings that represent inherent government functions and/or activities
As the GAC looks at these nine categories, and how they would apply to strings
and applications falling under these categories, the number of safeguard
categories or titles of the categories could change.
** Part II GAC advice/objections on specific applications **
Twenty specific applications have been brought forward by a GAC Member or
Members for consideration by the GAC. The GAC Member(s) putting forward these
applications have linked them to the following categories:
Community name where the applicant does not have support from the
community or the government: 1
Consumer protection: 2
Name of an Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO): 1
Protection of geographic names: 9
Religious terms: 2
Strings applied for that represent inherent government functions and/or
activities: 3
Support for applications submitted by global authorities: 2
The Operating Principles of the GAC outline the consensus-based approach of the
Committee and will serve as a key reference for the GAC in its deliberations.
The GAC looks forward to the upcoming meetings and holding exchanges with the
ICANN Board and community on these and other important matters.
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