[gnso-igo-ingo] Draft paragraph for temporary agreement on qualifying criteria

[<Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Draft of working framework for qualifying criteria - to be further discussed 
(including added to or changed, if appropriate) upon discussion of possible 
protection mechanisms: 

"The Working Group (WG) agrees that the following is a general description and 
starting point for final resolution of the types of organizations that may 
qualify for protection mechanisms (if any). The WG believes that it would be 
useful, in coming to a final resolution of qualifying criteria, to park the 
issue for now in order to discuss possible protection mechanisms, which 
discussion may inform the WG's deliberations over qualifying criteria. The WG 
intends to return to the issue of qualifying criteria at an appropriate point 
in its discussions of possible protection mechanisms. 

The basic ground upon which either an IGO or INGO may qualify for specific 
protections is that an organization has a mission that is in the global public 
interest and whose operations are international in scope. The WG acknowledges 
that it is extremely difficult to define the global public interest and it may 
be that it would be inappropriate for either it or ICANN to attempt to do so. 
Nevertheless, the WG agrees that the following factors may serve as indications 
that a particular organization would qualify for protection: 

(1) The organization, its names, acronyms and (where applicable) its 
designation are protected by an international treaty; or 
(2) The organization, its names, acronyms and (where applicable) its 
designation are protected by national laws in multiple jurisdictions, and its 
organizational mission is recognized through inclusion on the ECOSOC list of 
general consultative NGOs (or similar list)." 

Cheers 
Mary 
Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
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