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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please </span><a href="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/UASG-FY20-Readiness-Report-20200917.pdf" title="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/UASG-FY20-Readiness-Report-20200917.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">find
here the Universal </span><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> Acceptance Readiness Report 2020</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. T</span>he report shares the UA Readiness status as of June 2020, incorporating the various UA activities and studies
undertaken. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We plan to publish the report annually to show measurable progress on the UA readiness. Thanks to the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), Working Groups, Ambassadors, local initiatives, and the UA community for their activities
in 2019-2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The report will be translated to the UN official languages in the coming few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Yaovi Atohoun<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-US">;
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org"><span lang="FR">www.icann.org</span></a></span></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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