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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=2y55XBfhPzrqSjHK5RFX6Pz2Ic7wHaw6RPRNdhtcEmI&s=Bx5ikXwgU_IJxphEPNZYV1n_Bh9nM29Gt-NzEGSv3q4&e="><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="94" height="94" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-logo-94x94-en.png" alt="CANN"></span>[icann.org]</a>
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<h2>News Alert<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">ICANN Office of the Ombudsman 2017 Annual Report<o:p></o:p></h2>
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18 December 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>LOS ANGELES – 18 December 2017 – Herb Waye, ICANN Ombudsman, is pleased to announce the publication of the ICANN Office of the Ombudsman 2017 Annual Report.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_resources_pages_reports-2D96-2D2012-2D02-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=2y55XBfhPzrqSjHK5RFX6Pz2Ic7wHaw6RPRNdhtcEmI&s=VSlULMEiKqfIGzLQkJ4S_iTKcveFMbkZR8KO01DUWMc&e=">View
the report.[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The report is available in all official ICANN languages. If you have any questions for the Ombudsman, contact him at
<a href="mailto:ombudsman@icann.org">ombudsman@icann.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3>About ICANN<o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device.
That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from
all over the world.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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