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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Below are two recent UA related announcements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">ICANN org published a press release on UA Curriculum Program yesterday, which includes announcing the collaboration in India:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2026-02-24-en" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1264A3;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2026-02-24-en</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1C1D;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">ICANN org also published the Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption, developed by the Universal Acceptance Expert Working Group, for public comment:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-guidelines-for-advancing-ua-adoption-23-02-2026" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1264A3;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-guidelines-for-advancing-ua-adoption-23-02-2026</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Yaovi Atohoun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Director Stakeholder Engagement & Operations for Africa – ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.icann.org">www.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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