Dear Council members, We thought you may find a summary of the GAC's Los Angeles communique issued this morning helpful, specifically in relation to references to the issue of IGO & Red Cross protections as well as to Whois policy work. On IGOs having preventative protection via the TMCH notices: The GAC clarifies that the so-called ³claims notice² process should not just be the post-registration Notice of Registered Name (NORN) from the TMCH, but also the pre-registration claims notice issued to the prospective registrant. This should be in two languages, at no cost to the IGOs and last for the duration of the TMCH (in this case the GAC uses the word ³perpetuity²). On IGOs and curative rights: The GAC expressly acknowledges that there is an ongoing GNSO PDP on this, and advises that in their view the solution should not be in the form of amending the UDRP and URS. They also state that they welcome continued dialogue with the NGPC and the GNSO to develop concrete solutions. My understanding is that the GAC considers this piece of advice to be part of their effort at early engagement by providing government¹s views to us at an early stage of our PDP for one thing. On Red Cross protections: The GAC welcomes the latest NGPC resolution on interim protections for the 189 Red Cross national society names and urges the Board and ³all relevant parties² to work out remaining issues. On Whois policy work: The GAC has requested a Road Map from ICANN on timelines for and linkages between various tracks of Whois work, including specifically Privacy/Proxy Accreditation, Translation & Transliteration of gTLD Contact Information, implementation of thick Whois and Whois Conflicts with National Laws procedures. The Communique also discusses the GAC¹s reaction to the NGPC response on Category 1 & 2 safeguards, the issue of 2-character domain names at the second level and the RSEP requests submitted recently, and the GAC¹s intention to work inter sessionally to address human rights and other legal considerations. The full Communique is here: https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/Los%20Angeles_GAC%20C ommunique_Final.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1413479079702&api=v2 We hope this brief summary of some of the points relevant to current GNSO work is helpful. Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org