Welcome to the second Policy Forum – whether you are here in Johannesburg or following along from home. I am consistently reminded as I meet with ICANN stakeholders around the world, on behalf of the ICANN organization, that the Internet is no one country's national...

1. Only in South Africa will you find a street that has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived on Vilakazi Street in the Orlando West township in Soweto. Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his...

David Olive, Senior VP, Policy Development Support and Managing Director of the Istanbul Office, expresses his excitement to be back in South Africa for another ICANN Public Meeting. He welcomes everyone who has come to be a part of the innovative and collaborative policy...

I am excited to announce that I have published the first report of the Complaints Office's activities on the our dedicated webpage. This initial report includes submissions received through 12 June 2017, and I will be updating it on a regular basis. It's been two months...

Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN’sVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement in Africa, welcomes you toJohannesburg, also called Egoli, the City of Gold. In this video, he stresses the importance ofyour contribution to the ICANN59 Policy Forum, where ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and...

The ICANN59 Policy Forum in Johannesburg meeting is just a few days away, and will give local business stakeholders a chance to discuss the future of ICANN and how they can get involved in shaping ongoing policy discussions related the Internet's system of unique...

Continuing with our series on good practices for managing domain registrations (you can read the first post here), I'd like to provide some insight into the domain registration practices of large organizations. In general, they exhibit positive characteristics; they...

In May 2017, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) welcomed a new co-Chair – Jordan Carter. Jordan was appointed by the ccNSO to replace Mathieu Weill, who resigned in April after accepting a new position. The...

Data privacy and data protection regulations are currently undergoing developments that may impact specific areas of ICANN's work. In the past few months, we've had several discussions with the multistakeholder community about this topic. These dialogues took place in a...

As you may remember, earlier this year, Elise Gerich decided to step down from her role at ICANN as the Vice President of IANA Services and President of Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). We have now begun our search to find her replacement. We aim to finish this process...

Throughout all of our work, we endeavor to serve the global public interest, domain name registrants and end-users of the Internet by ensuring a secure and stable domain name system (DNS), all while promoting trust, choice, and competition in the industry. Domain name...

During ICANN58, Göran Marby talked about starting an effort to describe and document several key processes where the ICANN organization and community interact through recommendations and advice. We've already made some progress, as those of you at the GDD Summit [PDF, 2.3...

ICANN was founded on the belief that it should reflect the diversity of the Internet community. To uphold this commitment, ICANN continues to work to ensure that anyone can participate. Promoting greater gender diversity is key to these efforts. Information on the state...

On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, a person was taken into custody on ICANN’s premises in Los Angeles, CA, unrelated to ICANN’s operations. We are aware and are investigating. We will provide an update as we learn more and as appropriate.

In response to questions from the community, ICANN is looking into reports of fake or spam-related profiles on icann.org. We want to give you an update on what we've found and what we're planning to do. What is a profile on icann.org and what does it allow you to do?...

Two years ago, the ICANN organization introduced remote hubs at some sessions at ICANN Public Meetings on an experimental basis. The aim was to encourage participation by people who could not attend the meetings in person. A particular focus at the time was on providing...

Special-Use Domain Names are domain names that are not intended to be resolved globally using the Domain Name System (DNS). For example, queries for the top-level domain name “.onion” are never intended to be resolved through the DNS protocol. Following the approval of...

Last month, the ICANN organization officially launched its Complaints Office, which serves a complimentary role to ICANN’s existing complaints processes, such as Contractual Compliance, Request for Reconsideration and the Ombudsman. However, we have noticed some confusion...