Flavio, Carlos and all, I have read the LACRALO objection. It is a community objection. the GAC isn't making these "community objections". In fact, the Guidebook says that "The GAC may provide advice on any topic and is not limited to the grounds for objection enumerated in the public objection and dispute resolution process." the Beijing Communique says: "b. Safeguard Advice for New gTLDs To reinforce existing processes for raising and addressing concerns the GAC is providing safeguard advice to apply to broad categories of strings (see Annex I). c. Strings for Further GAC Consideration In addition to this safeguard advice, that GAC has identified certain gTLD strings where further GAC consideration may be warranted, including at the GAC meetings to be held in Durban. i. Consequently, the GAC advises the ICANN Board to: not proceed beyond Initial Evaluation with the following strings : .shenzhen (IDN in Chinese), .persiangulf, .guangzhou (IDN in Chinese), .amazon (and IDNs in Japanese and Chinese), .patagonia, .date, .spa, . yun, .thai, .zulu, .wine, .vin" In other words, the GAC is saying, we aren't objecting to these, but we reserve the right to object to them in future. Well, they have had 11 months to figure out if they will object, and haven't yet done so. They have only objected to one .africa applicant and to .gcc. They give "advice" (not objection) on .patagonia and .amazon, etc. In other words, the GAC is saying (in effect) "we decide what is in the root". It is this that NCSG should object to even if their advice is supported by some of us. I certainly agree with their objection to .africa for instance. I ask again, what do you object to inthis para: "What does it mean to demand respect for international law in one phrase and then demand that Amazon and Patagonia, both holders of trademarks recognized under international law, be denied the right to use their trademark in a TLD simply because some governments don’t want them to? On what law is the GAC’s request to deny these applications based?" -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel