Dear people,

This is the official position of the Brazilian government regarding the
".xxx" and ".travel" gTLDs' issues (header in Portuguese, content in
English, OCR of the original).

fraternal regards

--c.a.

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MINISTÉRIO DA CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA
SECRETARIA DE POLÍTICA DE INFORMÁTICA
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco E – 3o andar – sala 317 – CEP 70067-900
– Brasília – DF – Brasil
Telefone: 55 61 3317-7900 / 7532 – Fax: 55 61 3317-7855

OFÍCIO/GAB/SEPIN/NO 672/2005

Brasília, 6 de setembro de 2005

To: Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
Chairperson of the Governmental Advisory Committee - GAC

Dear Mr. Tarmizi,

On behalf of the Brazilian Government, I would like to express our
concern with the procedures that Internet Corporation for Assigned
Numbers and Names - ICANN has been following in the processes of
introducing new sTLDs and gTLDs. In this regard, we would like to draw
attention to the '.XXX' and '.TRAVEL' cases that despite having
significant impacts in local concerns have been introduced without
adequate consultation with national governments. The potential ethical
problems that might arise due to ''XXX' and the insufficient protection
allowed to local geographical names in the case of '.TRAVEL' endanger
national interests that we seek to protect.

Therefore, we would like to request that any new decision concerning the
introduction of any other TLDs should be taken only after a careful
analysis of the real need for such introduction within the Internet
environment and due consultation with all parties that may be directly
affected by them, particularly national governments.

Yours,

[signed]
Marcelo de Carvalho Lopes
Secretary of Information Technology Policy
Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil

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