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ICANN Announcements

Accountability and Transparency Document Released

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Frameworks and Principles for Accountability and Transparency revised after further community input

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers today released a final draft of a key accountability document that has been amended to incorporate additional community input, including that of the Governmental Advisory Committee.

The Frameworks and Principles on Accountability and Transparency document has been in development since late 2006. The process began with a consultation that asked the community for their views on improvements to accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues paper summarizing these comments was posted in January 2007. Based on the feedback received and the input from the One World Trust report on accountability and transparency, a draft set of Frameworks and Principles was released for comment in June 2007.

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ICANN New Delhi Meeting: Hotels Information

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Lower Rates negotiated for 31st International Public Meeting but participants need to book swiftly

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has posted hotel information to help participants prepare for ICANN’s 31 st International Public Meeting in New Delhi, India from 10-15 February 2008.

‘New Delhi, similar to other international cities in high season, is expensive’ said Paul Levins, Executive Officer and Vice President Corporate Affairs. ICANN and the meeting local hosts have worked to achieve lower rates for participants. ‘This negotiation has taken some time, but we are now holding rooms at negotiated rates. These rates are still high, ranging from US$354 to over US$400, but they are cheaper than the published rates’ he said.

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Milestone Agreement Reached Between ICANN, and F Root Server Operator, Internet Systems Consortium

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First-of-its-kind agreement recognizes mutual responsibilities, supports enhanced Internet stability

Marina del Rey, CA: ICANN and Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) are today announcing the signing of a Mutual Responsibilities Agreement for the operation of the F-root nameserver.

Effective root server operations are an essential component in providing a stable and secure, globally interoperable Internet. ISC is one of twelve global root server operators that provide a key element of the underlying domain name system infrastructure of the Internet. Essentially, root servers provide an authoritative directory ensuring Internet services that are accessed with names, for example the URL www.icann.org or email to [email protected], are translated from human readable names into network addresses that a computer can find. The root server system overall answers well over 100,000 queries per second, providing the first step in determining the requested network address.

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Chairman Welcomes ICANN Community to a Celebration of Exciting Ten Years of Working Together

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ICANN Chairman foresees a busy and exciting 2008 for the multi-stakeholder community which makes up the global coordinator of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers.

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today welcomed the beginning of its tenth year of operations.

“Happy New Year to all those involved in the work that ICANN does,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board of ICANN. “I extend my personal best wishes to you all, and thank you in advance for the contributions I know you will be making to ICANN’s mission in 2008.”