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Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:

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Incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public interest.

The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance:

[http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf \\^{Image Removed}
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On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice on this topic:<refer to GAC letter>

 GAC Advice

1) possible UDRP
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf

2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf

The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action, starting with an answer to the GAC.

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