[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: gtld-council@gnso.icann.org] Please find the GNSO new TLDs Committee Draft Final Report Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/GNSO-PDP-Dec05-FR13-FEB07.htm published on pages: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/ and http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/ EXTRACTS: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Executive Summary sets out, in a high-level form, the principles, policies and implementation guidelines that the GNSO Council’s Committee on the introduction of new top level domains has developed through the policy development process. INTRODUCTION This is an updated draft Final Report from the GNSO Council’s Committee on the introduction of new top level domains. This version incorporates commentary from the GNSO’s public forum on new top level domains held at the ICANN Sao Paulo meeting[3]. The GNSO Council Chair’s presentation to the Forum can be found at http://www.gnso.icann.org/correspondence/tonkin-gtld-sp-04dec06.pdf The meeting included a further phase in the ongoing consultations with ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy principles for new top level domains[4]. The GAC’s new TLDs representative made a presentation on the GAC’s progress on developing public policy principles for new TLDs (http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gac-gnso-newtlds-07dec06.pdf) and a draft of the public policy principles document as discussed (http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-council/msg00307.html). Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org