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* The Board is encouraged to increase the level of support and commitment of governments to the GAC process by encouraging member countries and organizations particularly developing countries to participate in GAC deliberations, provide multilingual access to ICANN records and to develop a process to identify how and when ICANN deals with senior government officials on public policy issues on a regular or collective basis to complement the GAC process.
* The Board is encouraged to increase the level of support and commitment of governments to the GAC process by encouraging member countries and organizations particularly developing countries to participate in GAC deliberations, provide multilingual access to ICANN records and to develop a process to identify how and when ICANN deals with senior government officials on public policy issues on a regular or collective basis to complement the GAC process.
==GAC Participation During ICANN 43 Meeting in Costa Rica==
==GAC Participation at ICANN 43 Meeting in Costa Rica==
===GAC-GNSO Joint Meeting===
On March 2012, GAC had a joint meeting with the [[GNSO]] regarding the plan to extend the special domain name protections for the Red Cross and the Olympics, the on-going amendment negotiations to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement and the Human Rights Council discussion on freedom of expression over the internet. GAC informed the GNSO that it supports the domain name protection extension for Red Cross and the Olympics but it is not a consensus view. The Committee supported the issue on freedom of expression over the internet and acknowledge the progress of the RAA and requested for a timelime.<ref>
[http://news.dot-nxt.com/icann43/sun/gnso-gac GAC-GNSO Joint Meeting]</ref>
===Discussion on New gTLDs===
During the discussion on new [[gTLD]]s, GAC received updates from the ICANN Board regarding the following issues:<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/icann43/sat/gac-gtlds-pt1 GAC Discussion on New gTLDs]</ref>
* Defensive gTLD applications
* Root zone scaling
* Batching of applications
* Applicant support program
* Early warning system
* Second round of application
* Cross ownership of registrars and registries
* Trademark clearinghouse
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