Whereas,
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GNSO Council, together with other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory
Committees, chartered the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN
Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) on 13 November 2014 ‘to deliver proposals
that would enhance ICANN’s accountability towards all
stakeholders.
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CCWG-Accountability published its third draft proposal for public comment on 30
November 2015 (see https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-2015-11-30-en).
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<!--[endif]-->All
GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and/or Constituencies (Cs) submitted their input
on the third draft proposal and its 12 recommendations.
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<!--[endif]-->A
GNSO Council sub-team was formed to review the input submitted by the GNSO SG/Cs
and make a recommendation to the GNSO Council concerning a possible joint GNSO
position on the third draft proposal .
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<!--[endif]-->The
GNSO Council has reviewed the input provided by the sub-team on the
CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal.
Resolved,
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GNSO Council views on the recommendations contained in the CCWG-Accountability
Third Draft Proposal are as follows:
Recommendation
#1 |
Establishing
An Empowered Community For Enforcing Community Powers for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#2 |
Empowering
The Community Through Consensus: Engage, Escalate, Enforce for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#3 |
Redefining
ICANN’s Bylaws As ‘Standard Bylaws’ And ‘Fundamental Bylaws’ for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#4 |
Ensuring
Community Involvement In ICANN Decision-Making: Seven New Community Powers
for more information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#5 |
Changing
Aspects Of ICANN's Mission, Commitments And Core Values for more
information) |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#6 |
Reaffirming
ICANN's Commitment to Respect Internationally Recognized Human Rights as
it Carries Out Its Mission for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#7 |
Strengthening
ICANN's Independent Review Process for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#8 |
Improving
ICANN's Request For Reconsideration Process for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#9 |
Incorporation
of the Affirmation of Commitments for more
information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#10 |
Enhancing
the Accountability of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees for
more information |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#11 |
Board
obligations regarding GAC Advice |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
Recommendation
#12 |
Committing
to further accountability work in Work Stream
2 |
GNSO
Council Support |
General
Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No
support |
Comments |
|
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GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Secretariat to share this GNSO Council input on
the CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal with the Chairs of the
CCWG-Accountability as soon as possible.
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<!--[endif]-->Although
this GNSO input is submitted after the close of the public comment period, the
GNSO Council expects the CCWG-Accountability to give this input due
consideration as it is the aggregation of the individual GNSO SG/C positions
that were submitted before the deadline.
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GNSO Council appreciates all the efforts of the CCWG-Accountability to deliver
its final proposal to the Chartering Organizations in a timely manner and looks
forward to considering the final proposal in due time.