Actually, I think this is just a mistake.  The current Mission statement explicitly talks about maintaining the security and stability of the  Internet’s unique identifier systems, so I think inserting “of the DNS” is correct.

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From: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 10:38 AM
To: Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net>
Cc: Accountability Community <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] An Inadvertent Omission in Annex 5 - Mission Statement

Can staff go back and look at the history of this (in both published and internal versions)?

This may be a case where the rule "assume nothing" should apply.


On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net> wrote:


On 08/12/2015 14:40, David Post wrote:
> I think we're all in agreement that it's the openness, stabiity, etc. of
> the DNS.  So we should say that directly, adding the words "of the DNS"
> at the end.

Are we?

The NTIA transition requirements specify the need to maintain the
"security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS" but the
"openness of the Internet."

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