Dear NCUC people, I am tentatively proposing for discussion a new action approach to the global TLDs issue, regarding creation/delegation/redelegation of g/sTLDs: - An immediate moratorium should be declared on the creation/delegation/redelegation of g/sTLDs. - A pluralist Working Group on Global Domain Names Governance, similar to the WGIG but truly autonomous, independent of any international organization or the ICANN system should be immediately established. - Facilitation for the creation of this WG could be carried out by a group of five experts indicated (one each) by ICANN, the UN, the academic community, non-profit civil society organizations and business associations. - The WG, after extensive consultations with stakeholders, should produce a report with detailed recommendations on the criteria and methods for the creation, delegation and redelegation of global TLDs. - The WG report should be submitted to global public discussions/consultations through all available media for a reasonable period of time. - On the basis of the results of the public consultation a final version of the report should be delivered by the WG. - The organism in charge of governance of the global logical infrastructure (ICANN) should rigorously adopt the recommendations of the WG report. This would be an opportunity to submit the complex and problematic issues regarding g/sTLDs to ample public discussion before ICANN continues into its ever more confusing and unclear path of handling global TLDs. []s fraternos --c.a. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272 - sexto andar 22270-060 Rio de Janeiro Brasil tel +55-21-2527-5494 fax +55-21-2527-5460 http://www.rits.org.br ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++