Thomas Schneider, GAC Chair
The GAC will discuss the situation of IGOs and Red Cross Protections.
- The above discussions to be reflected in the GAC Communiqué (Completed).
2e: Protection of IGO Names and Acronyms
GAC members reviewed progress by the PDP on IGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms and again expressed concern that the views of
At the face-to-face meeting with the Board, the Board reiterated its response to the Johannesburg Communique on the Curative Rights PDP, noting that there are still opportunities for the GAC and IGOs to contribute to the final report, and that there are Bylaw-mandated procedures for dealing with any rejection by the Board of either GAC advice or PDP recommendations.
2f: Red Cross / Red Crescent / Red Crystal
The GAC welcomed important progress made by the re-convened PDP Working Group on Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs with regard to protections for Red Cross and Red Crescent identifiers following the GAC advice in its Copenhagen Communiqué. However, the GAC noted that protections for acronyms of the International Committee of the Red Cross fall outside the remit of the re-convened PDP and that there do not appear to be immediate opportunities for addressing this in accordance with the GAC’s advice in the Durban Communique (July 2013).
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