Friends and Colleagues, Over the past few weeks, the drafting team has worked on the statement for the "New gTLD Applicant Support Program for Diversity in the DNS Industry." We are sharing the draft statement as an attached file to this email for your review. Your feedback is essential as we aim to finalize the document. The final draft statement will be discussed during our ME Space session on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 10:15 UTC, at the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting in Istanbul. We have one week until the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting, and we welcome your remarks and your inputs up until the date of the ME Space session. Thank you for your collaboration. Regards, Drafting Team: Tijani, Hadia, Wafa, Amin, and Omar.