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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">As a transparency-enhancing move, this is great. If ICANN is going to be jerked around by governments, best to know how, when and where.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">It also indicates that the hysteria about government control of the Internet emanating from the ITU is rather selective. After all, GAC has essentially the same members
and, de facto if not de jure, as much if not more power over the Internet than an intergovernmental organization such as ITU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: [council] Introducing the GAC Advice Register</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30jul12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30jul12-en.htm</a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Introducing the GAC Advice Register</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">30 July 2012</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) are pleased to announce the launch of an online register of GAC Advice to the ICANN Board. Arranged alphabetically by topic, the register tracks original
GAC advice, responses from the Board, action items, dates of action, implementation plans and status of completion. The new<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/GACADV/GAC+Register+of+Advice"><span lang="EN-US">GAC
Advice Register</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">can be found on the GAC website.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comprised of national governments, governmental organizations and distinct economies, the GAC is a principal advisor to the ICANN Board on issues of public policy, especially those pertaining to national laws
and international agreements.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The online register was launched through the ongoing work of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/board-gac-2011"><span lang="EN-US">Board/GAC
Recommendation Implementation Working Group</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">to implement one of the recommendations made by the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability"><span lang="EN-US">Accountability
and Transparency Review Team</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(ATRT). As GAC advice is received, it is entered into the register
to go through an assessment phase while actions and implementation plans are determined.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All GAC advice preceding June 2012 also is available in the register, but any resulting actions or outstanding items still are being determined and chronicled.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Learn more about the GAC:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC"><span lang="EN-US">https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC</span></a></span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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