Dear All, As per request of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG), I am forwarding you a statement of the CCWG-IG members. Please find the statement in attachment, and an explanatory email as originally directed to the SO/AC chairs below. Best regards. Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org Dear Chairs of ICANN Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees, please be so kind to find attached, a Statement of the members of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG) relating to proposals currently being discussed at the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly, WTSA16, 26 October - 3 November 2016. The CCWG-IG has monitored proposals presented by Member States and whilst several proposals were flagged as having a potential to impact ICANN, the proposal by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) on behalf of several countries, to the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) regarding the use of geographic terms for top level domains, raised concerns. The CCWG-IG prepared the attached Statement in a bottom-up multistakeholder manner to remind WTSA participants that the use of geographic names in generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) is covered by ICANN policy development processes, informed by GAC Advice. This Statement is forwarded to you for distribution to your membership, with the understanding that it could be useful to your members participating in the WTSA16 conference. The ICANN Communities participating in the working group reached Consensus on the attached text, according to the rules set in the CCWG-IG's Charter. Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Rafik Dammak Young-Eum Lee Co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance