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All,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
African Union Commission (AUC) conducted an African Expert meeting to discuss
all relevant issues regarding the .Africa <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">gTLD
</span></b>project which aims at branding the African continent on the
cyberspace and provide African community with a continental mark on the
Internet.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
meeting took place on the UNECA on 5-6 November 2010. The participants were 13
experts from different organizations and member states. It is worth mentioning
that the AUC was mandated by the AU Communication and Information Technologies
Ministerial Conference (CITMC) and the consequent AU Heads of States Summit
decisions to carry out the required steps towards having .Africa <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">gTLD. </span></b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thus,
the meeting has recommended different scenarios and actions taking into
consideration the tight timeline Africa have before the forthcoming round of
applications in ICANN. These scenarios covered the issues of the potential
institutional structure, Technical and Financial modules. The following points
have been recommended as immediate actions to be taken:</span></font></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span>1-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"></span>Announce the
intention in the public forum of ICANN and in all Technical, Business and
Policy forums..</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span>2-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"></span>Sign the
Guide Book Letter.</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span>3-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"></span>Write a
message to the GAC.</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span>4-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"></span>Formalize
project Task Force.</p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span>5-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"></span>Prepare and
submit the required documents to ICANN.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Accordingly,
the meeting recommended all participated Experts to be members of the Task
Force and also to expedite the process.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Best.</span></font></p>
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