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ICANN
- ICANN is contracted by the U.S. government to carry out the IANA function, which includes allocating Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS Numbers) to the Regional Internet Registries from the pools of unallocated resources.
- The NRO Number Council serves as the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC), which has responsibility for nominating two ICANN Board members.
- NRO NC Elections 2019: Meet the Candidates
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There are two confirmed candidates for the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) election that will be held at RIPE 79.
- ICANN 51: Continuing Global Discussion of IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability
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The 51st ICANN meeting was held in Los Angeles, USA, from 11-16 October 2014, with questions surrounding the IANA stewardship transition and the accountability of ICANN driving much of the agenda.
- RIPE NCC Re-affirms Commitment to Operate K-root Name Server
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The RIPE NCC has been providing DNS root name service at k.root-servers.net since 1997. As the global Internet community considers changes to the NTIA oversight of key DNS functions, the RIPE NCC wishes to assure the Internet community that our commitment to providing this service and to coordinating appropriately with ICANN and the other root server operators will not be affected by the outcome of these discussions.
- ICANN 50: Talking IANA and Accountability
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More than 3,000 people gathered in London last week to participate in the largest ever ICANN meeting. Some of the key issues discussed included the evolution of IANA stewardship arrangements and ICANN's accountability to its many stakeholders.
- The RIPE Community and the Evolution of the IANA Functions
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On Friday 14 March, the United States Government announced that it intends to transition stewardship of key Internet functions (including the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, or IANA) to the global multi-stakeholder community. It has asked ICANN to facilitate, in consultation with the global multi-stakeholder community, the development of a proposal for the transition.
- IPv6 Press Conference
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Elise Gerich, ICANN Vice President for IANA, and Axel Pawlik, Chair of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Executive Council, answered reporters' questions during a news conference on global IPv6 adoption at ICANN's 39th public meeting in Cartagena, Colombia
- Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers
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ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.
The RIPE NCC and the RIPE community work closely with ICANN in a number of areas:
More information on the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).