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Telecommunications Historic agreement puts ICANN firmly in control of Internet domain names | Historic agreement puts ICANN firmly in control of Internet domain names |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 01 October 2009 | |
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When ICANN was created in 1998, with the assistance of the United States Government, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) process was started with the objective of coordinating the Internet's unique identifiers (domain names) by the private sector through a not-for-profit organisation where policies were developed from the bottom up. The new agreement marks the achievement of that goal. According to ICANN, "The signing of the affirmation determines once and for all that this model works...It commits ICANN to remaining a private not for profit organisation. It declares ICANN is independent and not controlled by any one entity. It commits ICANN to reviews performed by the community – a further recognition that the multi-stakeholder model is robust enough to review itself. "The affirmation is of long standing and is not limited to the three years for which previous agreements operated. The Government Advisory Committee's (GAC) role is reaffirmed. And the GAC is a key participant in selecting the membership of the review teams. There is a certain timetable as to when those reviews will take place." Under the Affirmation agreement, the US will remain committed to participation in ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee. ICANN concludes: "In summary, the Affirmation of Commitments places beyond doubt that the ICANN model is best equipped to coordinate this vital resource and places reviews of ICANN's performance in the hands of the community. That provides a stable, secure platform into the future that can adapt to changes to the Internet itself." Save Voce, ICANN's regional manager for Australasia/Pacific Islands, added: "Many members of the International Internet community have been hoping that an agreement just like this would succeed the Joint Project Agreement between ICANN and the US Department of Commerce government. CONTINUED
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