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<p>Dear AFRALO Community,<br>
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<p>As Yaovi shared on the Afri-Discuss mailing list (below), the ICANN Public Comment for the ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 is now open.<br>
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<p>Please see the At-Large workspace for the Public Comment: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/EYHsBw">https://community.icann.org/x/EYHsBw</a> which closes on 27 May.<br>
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<p>As this strategy involves all countries in Africa, <span style="text-decoration:underline">
please let staff know if you would like to join the drafting team for an AFRALO statement on the topic by
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">Friday, 24 April</span>.<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt">Thank you,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt">Evin</span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun@icann.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AFRI-Discuss] Public comment proceeding for the ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EN: The deadline to contribute is May 27, 2020. Please read more at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_africa-2Dregional-2Dplan-2Dfy21-2D25-2D2020-2D04-2D15-2Den&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=ds9md1zoepmwqw2nfk-Vs9ssxn1I3jPs97ekKkctEkM&m=o8rLzhOvnvOXfJ-tNA6BJvpS0Vc10Hd2C8pqOv2mNu0&s=fombHAQObrPPH6cL7FiJLOGl8_LegPrBk49FT5baij4&e=">
<span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-regional-plan-fy21-25-2020-04-15-en</span> [icann.org]</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt">FR : La date limite pour les commentaires est le 27 Mai, 2020. Plus d’information à
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_africa-2Dregional-2Dplan-2Dfy21-2D25-2D2020-2D04-2D15-2Den&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=ds9md1zoepmwqw2nfk-Vs9ssxn1I3jPs97ekKkctEkM&m=o8rLzhOvnvOXfJ-tNA6BJvpS0Vc10Hd2C8pqOv2mNu0&s=fombHAQObrPPH6cL7FiJLOGl8_LegPrBk49FT5baij4&e="><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-regional-plan-fy21-25-2020-04-15-en</span>
[icann.org]</a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks/Merci</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Yaovi Atohoun</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">;
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