Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 15 May 2025. Please refer to the Action Item page<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> for updates on item completion progress. Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council meeting and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items. Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below. GNSO Council meeting on 15 May 2025. Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) Aspirational Statement Action Items: The GNSO Council requests GNSO Support Staff to post the final version<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/draft-updated-g...> of the aspirational statement to the GNSO Council webpage. Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Deferral of the Next Steps of Phase Two of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All New gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP) for an Additional Six Months (15 minutes) Action Items: The GNSO Council leadership directs GNSO Policy Support Staff to notify ICANN org Global Domains & Strategy of the deferral. Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Han Script Character gTLDs (Recommendation 3.17) (20 minutes) Action Items: GNSO leadership and support staff to draft a letter on the establishment of a group of experts to send to the Subpro IRT for Council to consider on the list for approval by non-objection. Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Council Alignment on the Future of Reviews (30 minutes) Action Items: GNSO Council leadership and staff to draft a letter to the Board concerning the Council’s agreements on reviews reached during the meeting, and willingness to participate in a community dialogue on reviews if that is the option the Board decides to pursue. Item 8: Any Other Business (25 minutes) 8.3 - Update on the WSIS+20 work (5 minutes) Action Items: Desiree to re-circulate the mapping document to the Council list. 8.4 - Whois Implementation Advisory Group update Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to add to the June Council meeting consent agenda to indefinitely defer work on Whois Conflicts procedure. 8.5 - Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee Report - open question of public comment Action Items: The GNSO Council leadership and staff will draft a letter for Council review for the RDRS Standing Committee that supports a public comment on the RDRS Report with the caveat that the scope of the RDRS Report is clear. Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO