ORIGINAL: English
DATE: 30 January 2011
STATUS: FINAL DRAFT
Introduction
By the Staff of ICANN
The attached Statement constitutes the official response of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) on the recent public consultation on the Interim Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group. The Statement was initially drafted by Mohamed El Bashir, member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), on 26 January 2011.
The Statement was sent to the ALAC Working list for comments on 26 January. No additional comments were received.
The Appendix to the Statement consists of the contributions from the five At-Large Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs). The comments reflect the actively discussed views of the RALOs with their diverse historical, linguistic, cultural and geographic differences.
On 30 January 2011, the Chair of the ALAC asked the Staff to start a five-day online vote on the ALAC Statement on the Interim Report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group beginning 31 January 2011.
The result of this vote of ratification will be transmitted to the Geographic Regions Review Working Group as soon as it is known.
The enclosed Statement was submitted by email to the Geographic Regions Review Working Group on 30 January 2011.
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