On October 24, 2003, the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) - APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and RIPE NCC - entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form the Number Resource Organization (NRO). The purpose of the NRO is to undertake joint activities of the RIRs, including joint technical projects, liaison activities and policy co-ordination.
The main aims of the NRO are to:
- Protect the unallocated Number Resource pool
- To promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process
- To act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system
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The NRO Executive Council (EC)
The positions of the NRO Executive Council (EC) rotate on an annual basis. The current EC is:
- Chairman: Axel Pawlik (RIPE NCC)
- Secretary: Raúl Echeberría (LACNIC)
- Treasurer: John Curran (ARIN)
- Members: Adiel Akplogan (AfriNIC), Paul Wilson (APNIC)
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On October 31, 2003, the RIRs delivered to ICANN an Open Letter advising of the formation of the NRO. This letter included a copy of the NRO MoU, and a proposed MoU for the formation of a new ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO), as required under the reformed ICANN structure. Under the latter document, the ASO would be formed by agreement of the NRO and ICANN. The most prominent activity of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) is the provision of global Internet resources and related services (IPv4, IPv6 and AS Number resources) and the management of reverse domain space. For more information about the history of RIRs, please read the article "Development of the Regional Internet Registry System", as published in the Cisco Internet Protocol Journal, December 2001.
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| The documents were signed by the RIR CEOs, Axel Pawlik (RIPE NCC), Raúl Echeberría (LACNIC), Ray Plzak (ARIN) and Paul Wilson (APNIC) during the ARIN Member Meeting in Chicago.
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| The following presentations have been given about the NRO:
Some presentations are available as PDFs. You may need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files.
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