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Communiqué from Montevideo meeting

Communiqué of the ccTLD Constituency, meeting in Montevideo

9 September, 2001

Presented to ICANN Public Forum

Representatives of 65 country code managers met in Montevideo, Uruguay on September 6 and 7, 2001. A list of the country codes which were present, or appointed proxies follows at the end of this communiqué.

The country code managers record their grateful thanks to the Uruguayan meeting organisers for arranging this forum for continuing the important work of the international component of ICANN.

Considerable progress has been made in creating the Country Code Supporting Organisation of ICANN, which is the topic that occupied most of the managers. time.

FORMATION OF THE CC SUPPORT ORGANISATION

It will be recalled that in our Stockholm Communiqué of June 2001, the ccTLD constituency reported that members there present had unanimously agreed to form a ccSO and to begin to work with stakeholders in ICANN on implementing that decision.

Members in Montevideo have developed a number of key principles that will be influential in the formation of the ccSO. Subject to further development, they are;

Consensus Building with ICANN Stakeholders

Outreach and consultation with other stakeholders has also continued since Stockholm. In Montevideo, meetings occurred with representatives of:

1. The Business, Intellectual Property, ISPCP, Non Commercial and the generic Registry constituencies of the DNSO,
2. Members of the ICANN staff, and Board.
3. In addition, much informal contact has been pursued with stakeholders.

We have received either explicit or tacit support from all those we have spoken to. Most see this as a justifiable genuine .bottom up. self-organising process.

A recurring theme in our consultations makes it clear that our own stated intention of designing mechanisms for maintaining communications with other Support Organisations will be well received.

We expect to continue this consultation process, and will soon be commencing dialogue with the PSO and the ASO.

A timetable leading to the development of documents for adoption at the November meeting of ICANN in LA has been posted.

CCTLD - ICANN CONTRACTS

The meeting noted with regret that no response has been received from the ICANN staff to the completion and adoption of the ccTLD Contract.

Comments were received from the Canadian manager concerning the draft contracts submitted to the Canadian Registry by the ICANN staff. The ccTLD constituency has agreed to cooperate with the Canadian Registry in developing an acceptable ccTLD contract.

FORMATION OF A LATIN AMERICAN CCTLD ASSOCIATION

The meeting received with pleasure the news that on 5 September 2001, 14 Latin American ccTLD managers had signed in Montevideo a memorandum of understanding to incorporate an association of Latin American ccTLDs (.LACTLD.). Congratulations were extended to the preliminary office holders.

The ccTLD Constituency of the DNSO

The Sixty-five Country Code managers represented in Montevideo:

1. Argentina
2. Ascension Islands
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Belgium
6. Belize
7. Bouvet Island
8. Brazil
9. British Indian Ocean Territory
10. Burkina Faso
11. Burundi
12. Canada
13. Chile
14. China
15. Cocos (Keeling) Island
16. Colombia
17. Cuba
18. Czech Republic
19. Denmark
20. Dominican Republic
21. Ecuador
22. El Salvador
23. France
24. Germany
25. Ghana
26. Greenland
27. Guatemala
28. Guernsey
29. Honduras
30. Ireland
31. Israel
32. Japan
33. Jersey
34. Mauritania
35. Mauritius
36. Mayotte
37. Mexico
38. Namibia
39. Netherlands
40. New Zealand
41. Nicaragua
42. Niue
43. Norway
44. Panama
45. Paraguay
46. Peru
47. Philippines
48. Reunion Island
49. Singapore
50. Solomon Islands
51. South Africa
52. South Korea
53. Spain
54. St Helena
55. St Pierre and Miquelon
56. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
57. Switzerland
58. Taiwan
59. Tuvalu
60. United Kingdom
61. United States of America
62. Uruguay
63. US Virgin Islands
64. Venezuela
65. Wallis and Fortuna Islands