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* The [[GAC]] Working Group on Geographic Names focused on defining [[Global Public Interest]] in support of the [[Argentina Proposal]] to limit the use of
* The [[GAC]] Working Group on Geographic Names focused on defining [[Global Public Interest]] in support of the [[Argentina Proposal]] to limit the use of
geographic or culturally significant terms as nTLDs to prevent a TLD monopoly on the terms. It also worked on developing "best practices" in relation to the use of geographic names.<ref>[https://gac.icann.org/transcripts/public/gac%20working%20group%20to%20examine%20the%20protection%20of%20geographic%20names%20in%20any%20future%20expansion%20of%20gtlds%20meeting%20transcript.pdf?language_id=1 GAC session, ICANN 57, Transcript]</ref>
geographic or culturally significant terms as nTLDs to prevent a TLD monopoly on the terms. It also worked on developing "best practices" in relation to the use of geographic names.<ref>[https://gac.icann.org/transcripts/public/gac%20working%20group%20to%20examine%20the%20protection%20of%20geographic%20names%20in%20any%20future%20expansion%20of%20gtlds%20meeting%20transcript.pdf?language_id=1 GAC session, ICANN 57, Transcript]</ref>
* The Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (CWG-UCTN) summarized its efforts to date to determine whether its recommendations be subsumed into an existing work stream or a new cross-community working group that would be much broader.
===Next-Generation RDS===
The RDS Working Group continued to debate how to arrive at a consensus “statement of purpose” for an RDS.
== Session Highlights ==
== Session Highlights ==