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The ICANN 83 working sessions were used to test early thinking on possible policy approaches and to plan the path towards an Initial Report for Public Comment.<ref name="brief83">[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/briefing/gnso-policy-briefing-icann83-16may25-en.pdf ICANN: GNSO POLICY BRIEFING ICANN83]</ref> <ref name="por83"></ref>

== ICANN Reviews ==

Under the agenda item on ICANN reviews, the Council discussed information from SO/AC leadership discussions and the ICANN Board’s deferral of the next Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT4) in favor of a possible “review of reviews” and related bylaw amendments.

Councilors debated whether deferring ATRT4 risks non-compliance with existing bylaw timelines versus the benefits of rationalizing the “pile-up” of overlapping organizational and structural reviews.

Several interventions stressed that the community should treat any bylaw changes as a community-driven process, with the Empowered Community playing a central role, and that the opportunity should be used to make reviews more fit-for-purpose and better synchronised with policy and implementation cycles.

From a GNSO perspective, participants linked the discussion to the Council’s own continuous-improvement efforts and to the need to ensure that review outcomes can be implemented in a timely fashion rather than simply accumulating new obligations.<ref name="gnso"></ref>

== References ==

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 The ICANN 83 working sessions were used to test early thinking on possible policy approaches and to plan the path towards an Initial Report for Public Comment.<ref name="brief83">[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/briefing/gnso-policy-briefing-icann83-16may25-en.pdf ICANN: GNSO POLICY BRIEFING ICANN83]</ref> <ref name="por83"></ref>
+== ICANN Reviews ==
+Under the agenda item on ICANN reviews, the Council discussed information from SO/AC leadership discussions and the ICANN Board’s deferral of the next Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT4) in favor of a possible “review of reviews” and related bylaw amendments.
+Councilors debated whether deferring ATRT4 risks non-compliance with existing bylaw timelines versus the benefits of rationalizing the “pile-up” of overlapping organizational and structural reviews.
+Several interventions stressed that the community should treat any bylaw changes as a community-driven process, with the Empowered Community playing a central role, and that the opportunity should be used to make reviews more fit-for-purpose and better synchronised with policy and implementation cycles.
+From a GNSO perspective, participants linked the discussion to the Council’s own continuous-improvement efforts and to the need to ensure that review outcomes can be implemented in a timely fashion rather than simply accumulating new obligations.<ref name="gnso"></ref>
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