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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 26 June 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-2015-06-25-en">FY16 Operating Plan and Budget Adopted by ICANN Board at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires</a></strong><br>
ICANN is pleased to announce the adoption of the FY16 Operating Plan and Budget by the Board at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires.<br>
25 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-25-en">2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Goes to Two Members of the Global Internet Community</a></strong><br>
<strong>Buenos Aires, Argentina…</strong> ICANN is pleased to announce the winners of this year's
<strong>2015 Multistakeholder Ethos award</strong>: Africa Internet pioneer <strong>
Nii Quaynor</strong> and community leader <strong>Cheryl Langdon Orr</strong>.<br>
25 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-24-en">ICANN53 Buenos Aires GAC Communiqué</a></strong><br>
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting at ICANN53 has issued its Buenos Aires Communiqué.<br>
24 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-24-en">ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report - Register for the FY15 Q4 Call on 20 August 2015</a></strong><br>
ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August at 14:00 UTC.<br>
24 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-23-en">ICANN and Senatics to Increase Coordination and Collaboration on the Domain Name Space In Paraguay and Regionally</a></strong><br>
<strong><em>Buenos Aires, Argentina…</em></strong> Paraguay has taken an important step to bolster its role in developing the emerging industry surrounding the Internet's addressing system, known as the Domain Name System (DNS).<br>
23 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2-2015-06-22-en">ICANN, JPNIC and JPRS Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Collaboration on Translation</a></strong><br>
<strong><em>Buenos Aires, Argentina…</em></strong> ICANN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) and Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) today to forge an alliance fostering greater collaboration on
translation.<br>
22 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-22-en">Indian Government Declares Support for Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance at ICANN53</a></strong><br>
<strong><em>Buenos Aires, Argentina…</em></strong> Indian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad announced today India's support for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, during the opening ceremony of ICANN's
53<sup>rd</sup> public meeting in Buenos Aires.<br>
22 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-21-en">Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE TLDs</a></strong><br>
Three (3) Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the release of country and territory names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests concern 4 New gTLDs.<br>
21 June 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-20-en">Statement from the CCWG-Accountability after Face-to-Face Meeting in Buenos Aires</a></strong><br>
Members and participants of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 June 2015.<br>
20 June 2015</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en"><img src="https://meetings.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann54_logo_green_1.png" alt="Dublin Logo" width="275" height="118" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">18-22 October 2015: 54th International
Public ICANN Meeting – Dublin</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, 2016 - 2020</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/opplan.htm">ICANN FY16 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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