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Statement by ICANN Community Leaders To The Announcement To Transition Key Internet Stewardship To The Global Community

Statement by ICANN Community Leaders To The Announcement To Transition Key Internet Stewardship To The Global Community

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Last updated: Mar 25, 2014 by Heidi Ullrich

 

20 March 2014 Draft

We, the signatories to this statement, welcome the announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to transition the stewardship of  the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function to the global multistakeholder community, a development that was envisaged since the early days of the IANA functions contract.

 

We fully support that the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been assigned the task to convene the multi-stakeholder process to develop the transition plan and we will work with our respective communities to ensure that any transition plan will:

 

-    Maintain the security, stability and resiliency of the top level of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers;

-    Support and enhance the multistakeholder model of Internet coordination;

-    Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services. 

-     Maintain the openness of the Internet

 

ICANN, in its role as the administrator of the IANA Functions, has performed these functions since 1998, ensuring the continued security, stability, and resiliency of the top level of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers. The strength and stability of the IANA functions are critical to the operation of the Internet. The processes around the IANA functions should therefore continue to be carefully specified, taking into account transparency, accountability as well as the role of the multi-stakeholder model in this context.

 

We also acknowledge the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) and the resulting Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) and review processes as being contributory to, and supportive of, the multi-stakeholder model.

 

Through our respective communities we commit to support and engage in the multistakeholder-designed process that is consensus-driven, participatory, open and transparent that will launch at the ICANN 49 Meeting in Singapore. We will work to make this process collaborative and globally-accountable while the IANA functions continue to ensure the continued security, stability and resiliency of the top level of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers.

 

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