<div dir="ltr">FYI <div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Joke Braeken</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org">joke.braeken@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:26 AM<br><br><br>







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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CWG-UCTN: Progress Report and Draft Interim Report on use of country and territory names as TLDs now available.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In preparation of the Hyderabad meeting, the Cross-Community Working Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (CWG-UCTN:
<a href="https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-unct.htm" target="_blank">https://ccnso.icann.org/<wbr>workinggroups/ccwg-unct.htm</a> ) has prepared two reports: a <a href="https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ctn-progress-25oct16-en.pdf" target="_blank">Progress report</a> and its <a href="https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ctn-draft-interim-report-25oct16-en.pdf" target="_blank">draft
 Interim report</a>. Based on the discussions to date, community input and the discussions in Helsinki (ICANN55), the Working Group concluded that for various reasons a harmonised framework for the use of country, territory and other geographic names is not
 feasible. The CWG will discuss further steps at its <a href="http://sched.co/8czS" target="_blank">f-2-f meeting in Hyderabad</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The aforementioned announcement has just been posted on the ccNSO website:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26oct16-en.htm" target="_blank">https://ccnso.icann.org/<wbr>announcements/announcement-<wbr>26oct16-en.htm</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Joke Braeken<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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