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Yrjö Länsipuro previously served in this role since 2016 when the ALAC unanimously voted to appoint him as the first ALAC Liaison to the GAC.

GAC Liaison's Report on the ALAC-GAC bilateral session during ICANN74 13-16 June 2022 The Hague [by Joanna Kulesza]

During ICANN 74 the bilateral meeting between the GAC and the ALAC was held on Wednesday, June 15^th 2022 at 07:00 UTC for 60 minutes with the following agenda:

07:00 - 07:10 Introduction and welcome : Manal Ismail GAC Chair, Maureen Hilliard ALAC Chair

07:10 - 07:25 Universal Acceptance and IDNs :

  - ALAC Speaker: Satish Babu, At-Large UAWG Liaison [5 mins] 

  - GAC Speaker: Nigel Hickson, GAC Representative of the U.K. [5 mins] - update the group on current EPDP on IDNs

07:25 - 07:40 GAC-ALAC/At-Large Cooperation at National Level : further good practices from each committees to discuss :

  - ALAC Speaker: Johan "Julf" Helsingius, Chair of ISOC Finland [REMOTE] [5 mins] - explain how the multi-stakeholder mechanisms work on grassroots level in Finland

  - GAC Speaker: Shi Young Chang, GAC representative of the RoK and Juuso Monsander, GAC representative of the Finland (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) has promised to chime in virtually [REMOTE][5 mins]

07:40 - 07:55 Geopolitical Issues and advancing the MS model: role of governments and civil society volunteers : discuss recent issue of Internet Governance and the way to improve Multi-stakeholder participation mechanism.

  - ALAC Speaker: Marita Moll ([REMOTE] with Joanna Kulesza facilitating) [5 mins]

  - GAC Speaker: Jorge Cancio, GAC representative of the Switzerland [5 mins] - exchange information on recent developments at the global level, including "Declaration of the Future of the Internet"; invite ALAC and GAC members to share their views on.

07:55 - 08:00 Summary - Shi Young/Joanna Kulesza

In preparation for the meeting the presenters were encouraged to coordinate their speaking points representing the positions of both constituencies.

The topic of universal acceptance raised much interest also from the audience. Both: the GAC and the ALAC share key observations with regard to the need of advancing universal acceptance objectives outside the ICANN community.

Particular attention was granted to the issue of bilateral cooperation between representatives about communities within regional and national frameworks. With the example of stellar corporation in Finland speakers focused on (1) background and the reason why the cooperation was launched, (2) the current status of your cooperation, and (3) advantages/difficulties to carry on the work, (4) further considerations or suggestions for the better cooperation.

The conversation around geopolitical issues and advancing the multi stakeholder model included two key narratives: one focused on diplomatic and political process is which include the threat of DNS fragmentation including but not limited to the new IP project by Huawei as well as the need to ensure a volunteer support within the ICANN community. this last point is particularly important for both communities which rely on the individuals from non-contracted parties what do you regard to their different policy objectives and engagement profiles.

In summary both communities agreed to further cooperation on the topics discussed during the bilateral as well as through dedicated intersessional meetings that would give them an opportunity to develop shared perspectives on topics of DNS Abuse and subsequent procedures.

GAC Liaison's Report on the ALAC-GAC Intersessional Leadership call to prepare the agenda for the joint meeting @ICANN72, 20 September 2021

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