<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">It turns out that the new gTLDs can't or won't provide their services to ordinary people in sanctioned countries mainly because of spec 12. Spec 12 has been an awfully controversial clause. One problem that it raises is the issue of sanctions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">How can we go about this, NCSG? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Here is a blog that I wrote about the issue: <a href="https://digitalmedusa.org/oneworld-someinternet-new-gtld-registries-and-sanctioned-countries/">https://digitalmedusa.org/oneworld-someinternet-new-gtld-registries-and-sanctioned-countries/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">P.S. another policy that can block access for ordinary registrants in sanctioned countries is thick WHOIS! we need to stop coming up with policies that goes against ICANN mission which is global coordination and not global elimination. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best regards, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div>