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The GAC provides advice to the ICANN Board on policy matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws, international agreements and public policy objectives. GAC Advice is communicated to the ICANN Board through either a Communique or a formal piece of Correspondence.

2007-03-28-gTLD-1

GAC Advice

Reference No. :

2007-03-28-gTLD-1

First Delivered via :

N/A

Consenus:

Consensus met

2007-03-28-gTLD-1

Communication

2.1 New gTLDs should respect:

    1. The provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which seek to affirm 'fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women.'
    2. The sensitivities regarding terms with national cultural, geographic and religious significance.

2.2 ICANN should avoid country, territory or place names, and country, territory or regional language or people descriptions unless in agreement with the relevant governments or public authorities.

2.3 The process for introducing new gTLDs must make proper allowance for prior third party rights, in particular trademark rights as rights in the names and acronyms of inter-governmental organizations (IGOs).

2.4 In the interests of consumer confidence and security, new gTLDs should not be confusingly similar to existing TLDs. To avoid confusion with country-code Top Level Domains no two letter gTLDs should be introduced.

Communication

2.1 New gTLDs should respect:

    1. The provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which seek to affirm 'fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women.'
    2. The sensitivities regarding terms with national cultural, geographic and religious significance.

2.2 ICANN should avoid country, territory or place names, and country, territory or regional language or people descriptions unless in agreement with the relevant governments or public authorities.

2.3 The process for introducing new gTLDs must make proper allowance for prior third party rights, in particular trademark rights as rights in the names and acronyms of inter-governmental organizations (IGOs).

2.4 In the interests of consumer confidence and security, new gTLDs should not be confusingly similar to existing TLDs. To avoid confusion with country-code Top Level Domains no two letter gTLDs should be introduced.