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— The NRO reaffirm our unwavering commitment to open, transparent, and high‑integrity governance processes, including the conduct of elections for RIR governing bodies. We acknowledge the recent concerns expressed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regarding the integrity and transparency of the AFRINIC Board of Directors election. We note ICANN’s request for clarity on this matter,…

Dear RIR Community, Under the ICANN Bylaws, delivery of a Community Reconsideration Petition to the Empowered Community Administration (ECA) by a Community Petitioning Decisional Participant on 19 June (Community Reconsideration Notification Date) triggers a 21-day Community Reconsideration Petition Support Period, during which other Decisional Participants may support the Community Reconsideration Petition. The petition from the ALAC representative in the ECA seeks reconsideration of the ICANN…

The feedback period for the draft ‘Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of Regional Internet Registries’ (draft ‘RIR Governance Document’) has officially concluded.  The consultation was open from 14 April to 27 May 2025, and allowed participants to share their opinions on the proposed text and requirements as well as provide additional constructive comments. Each RIR hosted at…

The ASO AC is pleased to announce that it has selected Christian Kaufmann to serve for a three-year term in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors. Mr. Kaufmann is the ASO AC’s current appointee to Seat 10. His current term will end in October 2025 and his new term will begin at the conclusion of ICANN 84, which…

The Number Resource Organization Number Council* (NRO NC) has completed its qualitative analysis and summary of the community responses received to the questionnaire on the proposed principles to update ICP-2. The questionnaire was open from 8 October until 6 December 2024. During this window, we received 298 individual submissions from the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities. The summary and the…

The feedback period for the proposed ICP-2 principles has officially concluded. During this process, we received nearly 300 responses from the different Internet communities associated with each Regional Internet Registry (RIR). Below is the total breakdown of responses by region: The questionnaire was open from October 8 to December 6, 2024, allowing participants to share their opinions, rate each principle, and provide additional comments. In the coming weeks, we…