.asia Sponsored TLD Agreement

In connection with the renewal of the .asia Registry Agreement, ICANN and DotAsia Organisation Limited have agreed to implement the incorporation of unique legacy-related terms of .asia through an "Addendum" to the Registry Agreement. The Addendum will amend the terms of the .asia Registry Agreement. Where the Addendum provides for a different formulation of a provision, the provision in the Addendum will control. Similarly, where the Addendum states that a provision will have "no force or effect", the referenced provision in the Registry Agreement will be considered not applicable. The terms of the Addendum will not be affected by future global amendments under Sections 7.6 or 7.7 of the existing Base gTLD Registry Agreement, which will enable future global amendments to proceed while preserving the unique terms applicable to the .asia TLD. If an amendment is approved under Sections 7.6 or 7.7 that would amend or modify any terms of the .asia Registry Agreement that are modified by the Addendum, ICANN and DotAsia Organisation Limited have agreed in the Addendum to (i) enter into good faith discussions regarding whether an amendment to the Addendum is appropriate in light of the global amendment and (ii) mutually agree on an appropriate amendment to the Addendum of the .asia Registry Agreement.