Global Policy Proposals

Global Policy Proposals Under Discussion 

There are currently no Global Policy Proposals under discussion.

 

Previous Global Policy Proposals (Ratified, Withdrawn or Abandoned)

Proposal	Summary and Overview	Status
[GPP-IPv4-2011] Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA	IANA will accept return of address space into a reclamation pool, IANA reallocation to RIRs based on equal distribution twice a year | ICANN Background Report	ACCEPTED: this proposal was ratified by the ICANN Board on 6 May 2012.
	AFRINIC: Introduced 28 April 2011 (AFPUB-2011-v4-004) Ratified by AFRINIC Board 29 April 2011
	APNIC: Introduced 25 January 2011 (prop-097) Endorsed by the APNIC EC
	ARIN: Introduced 8 March 2011 (prop-137) Ratified by ARIN Board
	LACNIC: Introduced 18 March 2011 (LAC-2011-05) Consensus Found in Favor
	RIPE NCC: Introduced 21 March 2011 (RIPE 2011-01) Accepted

 

Proposal	Summary and Overview	Status
[GPP-IPv4-2010] Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 by IANA Post Exhaustion	IANA will accept return of address space into a reclamation pool, IANA reallocation to RIRs based upon need | ICANN Background Report	ABANDONED: this proposal could not advance in its current state because the same version was not adopted by all five RIR communities.
	AFRINIC: Introduced 25 August 2010 (AFPUB-2010-v4) Expired
	APNIC: Introduced 23 July 2010 (prop-086) Abandoned 24 February 2011
	ARIN: Introduced 11 June 2010 (ARIN-2010-10) Adopted 12 January 2011
	LACNIC: Introduced 6 September 2010 (LAC-2010-04) Withdrawn 18 May 2011
	RIPE NCC: Introduced 23 August 2010 (RIPE 2010-05) Abandoned 22 March 2011

 

Proposal	Summary and Overview	Status
[GPP-IPv4-2009]: Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries	Mandatory return of space by RIRs into IANA reclamation pool, IANA reallocation to RIRs based upon need | ICANN Background Report	ABANDONED: this proposal could not advance in its current state because the same version was not adopted by all five RIR communities.
	AFRINIC: Introduced 5 March 2009 (AFPUB-2009-v4) Approved 11 November 2010
	APNIC Introduced 23 January 2009 (prop-069) Abandoned 3 November 2011
	ARIN Introduced 23 March 2009 (ARIN-2009-3) Adopted 13 January 2010 (This version does not include mandatory return of address space to IANA)
	LACNIC Introduced 2 February 2009 (LAC-2009-01) Adopted 13 October 2009
	RIPE NCC Introduced 19 February 2010 (RIPE 2009-01) Adopted 10 August 2010

 

More Information:

• A list of Global Policies currently in place is available here.
• An overview of the Global Policy Development Process (GPDP) is available here.

Last modified on 12/04/2021