ICANN | Proposed Global Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Address Space - Final Call for Comments and Background Report

Proposed Global Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Address Space - Final Call for Comments and Background Report

14 July 2006

Introduction

On 13 July 2006, the Secretary of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council forwarded to ICANN a proposed global policy for allocation of IPv6 address space.

This proposed global policy had been submitted to the ASO AC by the Executive Council of the Number Resource Organization on 6 June 2006, and adopted by the ASO AC on 12 July 2006.

The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an MoU between ASO/NRO and ICANN. There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures, adopted by the Board on 15 July 2005 at the ICANN meeting in Luxemburg, for handling global policy proposals in this context.

The development of the IPv6 policy has been in development in the Regional Internet Registries for several years, as described in a series of "early awareness" reports posted on the ICANN website, see e.g. <http://www.icann.org/announcements/ipv6-report-16may06.htm>.

The table below describes the policy development process within each RIR for the Global Policy for IPv6. Hyperlinks are included for easy access. As of 16 May 2006, all RIRs had formally adopted the proposal.

	AfriNIC	APNIC	ARIN	LACNIC	RIPE
Topic Introduced	1 Aug 2005	1 Sept 2004 (orig. 22 July 2003)	20 Sept 2004	2 Sept 2004	4 August 2004
Discussion list	Policy WG Mailing List (subscription)	SIG-Policy	Public Policy Mailing List	Politicas — LACNIC Policy Mailing List	Address Policy WG
Public Forum	AfriNIC 3, 12-14 December 2005 - Agenda - Slides (Second version)	APNIC 18, 31 Aug — 3 Sept 2004 - Slides (First version) APNIC 20 6 — 9 Sept. 2005 - Slides (Second version)	ARIN XIV 19-22 Oct 2004 - Slides (First version) ARIN XV 17-21 April 2005 -Slides (Second version)	LACNIC VII 26-28 Oct 2004 - Slides (First version) LACNIC VIII 27-30 June 2005 - Slides (Second version)	RIPE 49 20-24 Sept 2004 - Slides (First version) RIPE 50 1-6 May 2005 -Slides (Second version) RIPE 51 10-14 Oct 2005 -Agenda and slides (Second version)
Final Call for Comments	9 — 24 Feb 2006	17 Sept — 12 Nov 2004 (first version) 21 Sept — 16 Nov 2005 (second version)	16 May — 1 June 2005	10 Aug — 24 Sept 2005	28 Feb — 27 March 2006
RIR Board Endorsement	Adopted by the Board on 15 May 2006	Endorsed by Executive Committee 19 Nov 2004 (first version) 25 Nov 2005 (second version)	Board of Trustees 16 June 2005	LACNIC Board ratification on 17 October 2005.	Final adoption by consensus on 19 April 2006.
Link to document	AfriNIC proposed policy	Proposal-005-v005	Policy proposal 2004-8	- In English - In Spanish - In Portuguese	Policy document RIPE 376
Link to Policy Development Process	Policy Development Process	Policy Development	Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process	Policy Development Process	Policy Development Process
Status	"Second version" adopted.	"Second version" adopted.	"Second version" adopted.	"Second version" adopted.	"Second version" adopted.

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