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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;">News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p>
<span style="float: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a></strong></span><span style="float: right; font-size: small;"><strong>Week ending 24 April 2015</strong></span>
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<h4>Announcements This Week</h4>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-23-en">Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability</a></strong><br>
Date: Tuesday 5<sup>th</sup> May 2015; Time: 12:00 UTC<br>
23 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en">2<sup>nd</sup> Draft Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions</a></strong><br>
The ICANN Cross Community Working Group responsible for the naming related portion of the IANA Stewardship Transition (CWG-Stewardship)<sup><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en#1">1</a></sup> seeks public comment on its 2nd draft proposal
for the transition of the stewardship of the IANA Functions Contract from the U. S. Department of Commerce's NTIA to the global multistakeholder community. The draft proposal has been prepared in order to pave the way for a response (the Final Proposal) to
the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) request for proposals.<br>
22 April 2015</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en"><img src="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_logo_color_0.png" alt="Buenos Aires Logo" width="300" height="117" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">21-25 June 2015: 53rd
International Public ICANN Meeting – Buenos Aires</a></strong></p>
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<h4>About ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;">Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at
<strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.ICANN.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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