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| ===GAC Structure=== | | ===GAC Structure=== |
| As of 2022, the GAC has 180 government members and 38 observers, which participate equally in all discussions.<ref>[https://75.schedule.icann.org/meetings/HuBAngrxBhqYBshym GAC Capacity Building and Outreach Workshop 1: What is the GAC and How Does It Work?, ICANN 75]</ref> Three of its important organizational features are:<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC About GAC]. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.</ref> | | As of 2022, the GAC has 180 government members and 38 observers, which participate equally in all discussions.<ref>[https://75.schedule.icann.org/meetings/HuBAngrxBhqYBshym GAC Capacity Building and Outreach Workshop 1: What is the GAC and How Does It Work?, ICANN 75]</ref> Three of its important organizational features are:<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC About GAC]. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.</ref> |
− | * A structure consisting of elected officers, a Chair and Vice-chairs which currently include: | + | * A structure consisting of elected officers, which currently includes: |
− | ** [[Manal Ismail]], Egypt, (Chair), (Nov 2017 – March 2023) | + | ** GAC Chair: [[Nicolas Caballero]] (Paraguay); |
− | ** [[Francis Olivier Cubahiro]], Burundi, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023) | + | ** GAC Vice Chairs: [[Ola Bergström]] (Sweden) and [[Francis Olivier Cubahiro]] (Burundi); and |
− | ** [[Jaideep Kumar Mishra]], India, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023)
| + | ** [[Zeina Bou Harb]] (Lebanon), [[Nigel Hickson]] (United Kingdom), and [[Wang Lang]] (China).<ref>[https://meetings.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann76-policy-outcome-report-10apr23-en.pdf ICANN76 Policy Outcomes Report, pg23</ref> |
− | ** [[Ola Bergstrom]], Sweden, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023) | |
− | ** [[Par Brumark]], Niue, (Vice-Chair), (March 2021 – March 2023)
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− | ** [[Shi Young Chang]], Republic of Korea, (Vice-Chair), (March 2021 – March 2023)
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| * Its independent secretariat - the [[ACIG]] GAC Secretariat, financially supported by Norway, the Netherlands, and Brazil. The ACIG reports to the GAC Chair. Members include: | | * Its independent secretariat - the [[ACIG]] GAC Secretariat, financially supported by Norway, the Netherlands, and Brazil. The ACIG reports to the GAC Chair. Members include: |
| ** [[Tom Dale]] | | ** [[Tom Dale]] |