[apnic-talk] [Apnic-announce] Update on IANA Globalization Consultation
Dear Colleagues,
In October 2013, APNIC joined other Internet organizations in issuing the
“Montevideo Statement”, calling for a globalization of ICANN and IANA
functions. In January 2014, these organizations met again to discuss the
basic principles for such a process.
On Friday 14 March 2014, the United States Government announced that it
intends to transition its oversight of the IANA function to the global
Internet community. It has asked ICANN to lead a consultation with the
community to develop a proposal for this transition.
ICANN has now released a proposed timeline for its planned consultation
process:
http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/functions-transfer-process-14mar14-en.pdf
And a consultation session during the upcoming ICANN Meeting in Singapore
from 23-27 March:
http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ccwg-ig
The timeline focuses on ICANN meetings, but the consultation process will
include other communities. All RIR community members are stakeholders in
this process, and have an important opportunity to participate in these
discussions.
The primary concern of APNIC is to ensure stability and accuracy in the
management of the IANA functions, which include the global IP address
registry, in compliance with global policies. These functions are
critical to APNIC, and to the operation of the Internet globally.
I have asked the APNIC EC to consider the best ways to facilitate
discussions with the Asia Pacific community through open sessions at
APNIC conferences and regional meetings, and online discussions. The EC
will welcome additional suggestions on this process via the “apnic-talk”
mailing list, and I hope will provide more information soon.
Thanks,
Paul Wilson
Director General
APNIC
Statement from Internet Technical Organizations regarding IANA Transition
In order to ensure global acceptance and affirmation of ICANN's role as
administrator of the IANA functions, we are now pursuing the transition of
USG's stewardship of the IANA functions from the USG to ICANN. The roles
of all Internet registry policy bodies (such as the RIRs, IAB, IETF, ASO,
ccNSO, ccTLD ROs, and gNSO) stay unchanged.
These bodies continue to hold policy authority for the protocol parameter,
number, and name spaces, including responsibility to ensure the faithful
registry implementation according to those policies.
This transition from the USG has been envisaged since the early days of
ICANN. It is now feasible due to the growing maturity of ICANN and other
organizations in the Internet ecosystem. ICANN's structures and
accountability mechanisms continue to evolve and advance guided by the AoC
community reviews, including ATRT. In addition, ICANN will continue to
embrace its aggressive roadmap to truly globalize its structures.
In order to operationalize the transition from USG, ICANN will engage with
the Internet community in a bottom-up public consultation process to
ensure appropriate accountability mechanisms. In addition, ICANN will work
with the names, numbers, and protocol communities to formalize
relationships, commitments, and mutual responsibilities.
When community stakeholders have input about the policies emanating from
the names, numbers, and protocol communities, they would be directed to
pursue their interests through the relevant Internet communities (such as
the gNSO, ccNSO, ccTLD ROs, ASO, IAB, IETF, or the RIRs) and their
mechanisms for consideration and potential redress.
The IETF, IAB, and RIRs are committed to open and transparent processes.
They also are committed to the role of ICANN as the IANA protocol
parameter and IP address registry operator. The accountability mechanisms
for ICANN's administration of these core internet functions will provide
escalation routes that assure the names, numbers, and protocol communities
that if IANA's performance is lacking, those communities can pursue
defined processes for improving performance, including pre-agreed
independent 3rd party arbitration processes.
ICANN reaffirms its commitment to implement all IANA registry functions in
accordance with the respective policies. ICANN will also provide
affirmations to all stakeholders (including governments) from all Internet
registry policy bodies and itself that all of us will use open and
transparent processes.
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APNIC Secretariat secretariat at apnic dot net
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100
PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199
6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net
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