RE: [gnso-igo-ingo] IGO-INGO Final Report

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I compliment Stephane and his team for the timeliness of their responses. 
Unless I am missing something, it seems to me that their suggestions in (3) and 
(4) below are fine.  I assume that we would treat other organizations who 
submitted minority statements in a similar way if they so request in the next 
24 hours.

Chuck

From: owner-gnso-igo-ingo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-igo-ingo@xxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Stephane Hankins
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 12:03 PM
To: gnso-igo-ingo@xxxxxxxxx; Berry Cobb; Thomas Rickert; Mary Wong
Cc: Brian Peck; Christopher RASSI; Catherine.Gribbin@xxxxxxxxxxx; Charlotte 
Lindsey Curtet
Subject: [gnso-igo-ingo] IGO-INGO Final Report

Dear Thomas, dear Berry, dear Mary,

Many thanks for all the considerable work produced and for the progress you 
have achieved.

(1) As agreed over the call yesterday and today, we are attaching herewith a 
revised "Minority statement" on behalf of the Red Cross and Red Crescent 
organizations to replace the text currently inserted on pages 36 and 37. This 
is essentially intended to clarify our submission and to correct the numbers of 
the Recommendations in reference.



(2) Further to your request we are also submitting a full list of the names and 
identifiers of the respective Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations in 
relevant languages, including

-        the names (official and usual) of the 189 National Red Cross and Red 
Crescent Societies in English and in the respective national languages of the 
National Society concerned;
-        the names of the two international organizations within the Movement, 
namely the International Committee of the Red Cross and International 
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the six UN languages;
-        the acronyms (initials) of the two international organizations within 
the Movement, namely the initials of the International Committee of the Red 
Cross (ICRC/CICR/CICV/MKKK) and of the International Federation of Red Cross 
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC/FICR/МФКК).



(3) We were also wondering whether consideration might be given to include 
under the footnote on Page 11 reference not only to the Minority statement (on 
pages 36 and 37), but also to the Summary of International Organizations' 
Positions (as regards the Red Cross and Red Crescent, currently on pages 64 and 
65) as these submissions provide additional clarity on the legal arguments 
grounding the protections.

(4) As regards the terms of the draft Motion, as outlined this afternoon, we 
would like to propose that the Group consider:

-        to add either as an additional paragraph or in one of the existing 
sections, an acknowledgement of the Minority statements or positions submitted 
by the respective organizations or groups of organizations. This could be 
proposed for example in the form of a new Paragraph 2 (bis) under the Operative 
paragraphs ("Resolves") under the following formulation:

"The GNSO Council takes note of the Minority statements presented by, or on 
behalf of, the respective organizations or groups of organizations and 
highlighted in the Final Report".

-        to revise Section 2 paragraph A in the Operative paragraphs of the 
Motion which pertain to the Red Cross and Red Crescent  (under "Resolves") in 
order to replace the existing reference and wording, under the first and second 
Bullet points, to "exact matches of the specified organizations' full name" by 
a reference to the "designations of the emblems protected under the 1949 Geneva 
Conventions and their Additional Protocols". This would add clarity to the 
recommendations actually proposed for endorsement by the GNSO - namely for the 
permanent reservation of so-called Scope 1 strings at top and second levels, as 
opposed to the Scope 2 strings (in effect the names and identifiers) which 
qualification as "Strings ineligible for Delegation" at top and second level 
did not achieve Consensus level). It is important to our mind that the GNSO 
Council and further ICANN's Board be able, in order to make an informed 
decision, to easily understand what is proposed to be placed for permanent 
protection in the Applicant Guidebook and in specification 5 of the Registry 
Agreement and what is not.

With thanks and best regards,

Stéphane and Chris


Stéphane J. Hankins
Legal adviser
Cooperation and coordination within the Movement
International Committee of the Red Cross
Tel (direct line): ++0041 22 730 24 19
Email: shankins@xxxxxxxx<mailto:shankins@xxxxxxxx>

Christopher M. Rassi
Senior Legal Officer
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Chemin des Crêts, 17 | 1209 Petit Saconnex | Geneva | Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)22 730 4536 / Fax +41 (0)22 733 0395 / E-mail: 
christopher.rassi@xxxxxxxx<mailto:christopher.rassi@xxxxxxxx>

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