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===GAC Communiqué===
===GAC Communiqué===
The [[Governmental Advisory Committee]] drafts a report to the ICANN board during each ICANN meeting, titled a GAC Communique, in which they give advice to the board on decisions involving policy and implementation. Highlights from the communiqué include:
* The GAC advises the Board regarding the [[.africa]] string, saying it would like to see an expedited process, especially once the [[Independent Review Panel]] comes to a decision regarding the two applicants for the string. They reaffirm their decision that [[DotConnectAfrica]]'s application should not proceed.
* The GAC mentioned the controversy surrounding [[.wine]] and [[.vin]], where some European GAC representatives strongly felt that the applications for these strings should not proceed without proper safeguards for geographic names at the second level. However, the GAC was unable to reach consensus advice regarding this issue and thus did not relay any formal advice to the Board.
* The GAC requested safeguards in the New gTLDs for IGO (Inter-Governmental Organization) names at the second level, and specifically related such advice for names relating to Red Cross and Red Crescent.
==Session Highlights==
==Session Highlights==