Dear Councilors, On behalf of Sarmad Hussain, IDN Programs Director at ICANN, please find the supporting slides he will be using for his update for Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Managing IDN Variants TLDs on the upcoming 18 April Council Meeting. He encourages you to review beforehand and in the event you have questions or comments ahead of the meeting, please do not hesitate to pose them to Sarmad (copied on this message). Best, Steve Steven Chan Policy Director, GNSO Support ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Mobile: +1.310.339.4410 Office Telephone: +1.310.301.5800 Office Fax: +1.310.823.8649 Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages. Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO Follow the GNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/icanngnso/ http://gnso.icann.org/en/