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FINAL VERSION TO BE SUBMITTED IF RATIFIED

The final version to be submitted, if the draft is ratified, will be placed here by upon completion of the vote. 

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FINAL DRAFT VERSION TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE ALAC

The final draft version to be voted upon by the ALAC will be placed here before the vote is to begin.

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WHEREAS the At-Large Community of ICANN is extremely deeply concerned about numerous identified problems with the procedures related to setting and upholding Public Interest Commitments (PICs) in the current round of Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) applications;

WHEREAS these  these concerns have been expressed previously and repeatedly, having also been supported by comments previously made by ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC);, including its Communiqué of ICANN 51. 

WHEREAS a subset of new gTLD applications -- notably in the fields of gambling, health, education, finance, charities and charities gambling -- have been  identified by the GAC as particularly sensitive, requiring enhanced safeguards to build public safeguardstrust; 

WHEREAS the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) has held a Public Comment Process, that has attracted a number of comments from the broader community that have been critical of (and raised concerns regarding) the PIC safeguard processes; and

And WHEREAS ICANN has proceeded to sign contracts regarding some of these highly-sensitive TLD strings, despite the repeated concerns expressed by the ALAC, GAC and other organizations regarding the urgency of enhancing their public interest protections;

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• ADVISES the Board of ICANN to immediately "freeze" (temporarily suspend implementation ofthat is, cease contracting of or delegating) the 28 TLD strings identified by the GAC as requiring enhanced safeguards ("Category 1, Safeguards 1-8"), pending further community review and subsequent changes to the Public Interest provisions of the TLD agreements;
   
• FORMS a sub-committee, comprised of At-Large and other ICANN community members, to examine the current PIC mechanism, as well as any other Public Interest safeguards that may be deployed for relevant TLDs, and to recommend enhancements that better protect consumers and end-users in an expedited manner;
   
• ASSIGNS a liaison to the newly-formed ICANN Public Responsibility Department Contract Compliance and Safeguards group (subject to its approval by the Department), in order to ensure that the At-Large Community is aware of the initiatives and progress of the Department on an ongoing basis.

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