Erick,

declarations like this are worth not much in this process, what really
counts is serious studies and facts showing how the approval of such
applications will have a negative effect to the communities involved and
the Internet in general.

The declaration of this, or that, here or there, being mindful,
recognizing, or citing organizations and meetings completely alien to ICANN
are totally useless, yes they help to bring up the point but they do not
provide a strong argument against the applications, bureaucratic government
verbiage is not part of the new gTLD process.Try again ...

The problem with these applications are not the strings but what
process/criteria will be used to evaluate applications for exclusive use
that include strings that represent regions that are not clearly defined or
listed on any international standards, since this will set a precedent for
future applications.

My .02
Jorge




On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Erick Iriarte Ahon
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hi
>
> Yesterday in Montevideo in the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of Information
> Society in LAC the countries decided this:
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> "
> (...)
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> Stressing the importance of regional participation in the various forums
> for discussion on Internet governance, with a view to fostering the
> sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the
> Internet as a fundamental part of the infrastructure of the information
> society,
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> Aware that requests have been submitted to the Internet Corporation for
> Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to register the generic top-level domain
> (gTLD) names “.amazon” and “.patagonia” in several languages,
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> Recognizing that, with a view to defending sovereignty and human rights,
> it is necessary to protect the present and future rights of the countries
> and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in the information society
> and to prevent circumstances from arising that would limit their
> opportunities for legitimate advancement and development in the digital
> environment,
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> (...)
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> We resolve to
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> 10. Reject any attempt to appropriate, without the consent of the
> respective countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the denominations
> “amazon” and “patagonia” in any language, or any other generic top-level
> domain (gTLD) names referring to geographical areas or historical, cultural
> or natural features, which should be preserved as part of the heritage and
> cultural identity of the countries of the region"
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> The complete and official document attached.
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> yours
>
> Erick
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