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<div style="width: 738px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=bO6SgwD6H355wUJrB6g2KDOuSbkMRLt63Ypw5vOAnA4&s=Z7-yGWbG2nNhjzEFrPoL8k-rdRRkQ1aE0C0sbJNX7-o&e="><img alt="ICANN" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-logo-94x94-en.png" style="border: 0px; width: 94px; height: 94px; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px;">[icann.org]</a>
<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2017-2D06-2D06-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=bO6SgwD6H355wUJrB6g2KDOuSbkMRLt63Ypw5vOAnA4&s=2TP9-1nMKyJuLtwwUOUEu0YLqRVp4LDGeNtXLNROosY&e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-06-en[icann.org]</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Six Scripts Integrated into the Second Version of Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR-2)</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">6 June 2017</p>
<p>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today opened public comment on the second version of Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR-2) integrating six scripts: Arabic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Khmer, Lao and Thai.</p>
<p>The Root Zone LGR will be used to determine valid top-level Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) labels and their variant labels, if any. Work is underway by the community-based
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_generation-2Dpanel-2D2015-2D06-2D21-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=bO6SgwD6H355wUJrB6g2KDOuSbkMRLt63Ypw5vOAnA4&s=ymtZZI0HeaH_L3zMJNLTicltgnH0VcStAcwogz2_9Ps&e=">
Generation Panels[icann.org]</a> on proposals for additional scripts to be integrated in the future versions of the Root Zone LGR. These include Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Latin and Neo-Brahmi panels.</p>
<p>Generation Panels for more scripts, including Hebrew, Myanmar, Sinhala, Tibetan and Thaana are actively being solicited as per the
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2013-2D07-2D11-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=bO6SgwD6H355wUJrB6g2KDOuSbkMRLt63Ypw5vOAnA4&s=_f0GHJliEgRqBucRQg5Q0lvPuYXrvxGiRcG8hO6oMgU&e=">
Call for Generation Panels[icann.org]</a>. Individuals with deep experience or interest in these scripts are encouraged to volunteer and help enable a multilingual Internet.</p>
<p>For further information on the IDN Program at ICANN, please visit <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_idn&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=bO6SgwD6H355wUJrB6g2KDOuSbkMRLt63Ypw5vOAnA4&s=jRwplGvtvc_1DC8AP7oWAnhId9UgxmilOFDkJFmw8SE&e=">
www.icann.org/idn[icann.org]</a>. To start a new Generation Panel or to get involved in an existing one, please email at
<a href="mailto:IDNProgram@icann.org">IDNProgram@icann.org</a>.</p>
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