All, as discussed, please find below a few notes Jonathan or I might use in case the GAC asks about this point: - The Council has discussed the NGPC letter during its weekend sessions and the item will be further dealt with in the Council's public meeting on Wednesday. - The Council welcomes the NGPC's initiative to try and reconcile the differences between GAC Advice and GNSO Policy Recommendations utilizing the procedures available for such cases. - Should the Council ask the PDP WG to reconvene, the IGO Coalition that has been working with the GAC and which was a member of the WG is welcome to rejoin the WG in its deliberations. - Finally, we would like to inform the GAC of the recently initiated PDP on opening curative mechanisms such as the URDP and URS to IGOs and INGOs. This PDP has been initiated following the corresponding GNSO recommendation that has been adopted with the other IGO-INGO related recommendations. This PDP might be an excellent opportunity to operationalize the currently discussed early engagement and the Council would very much welcome a collaboration on that subject. Best, Thomas