Changes

In 2008, ICANN accepted Mr. Fattal's suggestion to appoint an independent entity for the review of ICANN board. ICANN issued a request for proposal - RFP for interested parties in April 2008. The responsibilities of this entity would be to comment on the performance of ICANN board of directors and also point out any improvements needed.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=396&lang=en MINC]</ref>

In 2008, ICANN accepted Mr. Fattal's suggestion to appoint an independent entity for the review of ICANN board. ICANN issued a request for proposal - RFP for interested parties in April 2008. The responsibilities of this entity would be to comment on the performance of ICANN board of directors and also point out any improvements needed.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=396&lang=en MINC]</ref>

Mr. Fattal does not support [[ICANN]]'s policy of screening every [[gTLD]] application according to the laws of U.S Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and SDN list.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=430&lang=en MINC]</ref> This policy is published in 7th and final [[gTLD Applicant Guidebook]] discussed at the [[ICANN 41]] meeting held in Singapore in June, 2011. Fattal is of the view that [[ICANN]] has took a serious risk in publishing this rule. Other countries will get a view that the internet reaching them is filtered through US laws which can lead to objection on ICANN's partial behavior. They might as well start thinking about creating their own [[Root Zone|internet root]], which would be the end of a single, global Internet.<ref>[http://www.pressking.com/press-releases/US-Laws-Remain-Set-To-Govern-The-Coming-Multilingual-Internet-thru-ICANN-s-New-gTLDs--003708 pressking]</ref>

Prior to publishing the new [[gTLD]] application guide book, ICANN formulated a Draft DAG4 in 2010. Commenting on the draft, Mr. Fattal said that he did not support the rule in which ICANN stated that every applicant would be screened for his involvement in terrorism. He requested that ICANN either clarifies the domain of this word of 'terrorism' or omits it from the guide book because there is a serious risk in publishing this rule. Arabs and Muslims will get a view that this is a racist act by ICANN and it will be a violation of ICANN's mandate of being an unbiased organization.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=425&lang=en MINC]</ref> They might as well start thinking about creating their own [[Root Zone|internet root]], which would be the end of a single, global Internet.<ref>[http://www.pressking.com/press-releases/US-Laws-Remain-Set-To-Govern-The-Coming-Multilingual-Internet-thru-ICANN-s-New-gTLDs--003708 pressking]</ref> ICANN seriously noted this point and changed the policy rule which now states that every [[gTLD]] application will be screened according to the laws of U.S Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and SDN list. This policy is published in 7th and final [[gTLD Applicant Guidebook]] discussed at the [[ICANN 41]] meeting held in Singapore in June, 2011.<ref>[http://www.minc.org/news.aspx?id=430&lang=en MINC]</ref>

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