I'd just like to reiterate how important it is for your national reps to understand what is going on here. The ITU spent an enormous amount of time and energy - and had some success - trying to convince governments in developing countries that ICANN was not treating them properly with respect to ccTLDs (largely on the basis of contested redelegations). The RIRs are a very successful example of the kind of global, private sector leadership that the White Paper aspired to foster, so it would be good to take this issue off the table early.

All,

You may have heard that the ITU are once again seeking to expand their activities into the internet space. One example of this has involved a concerted effort on their part to persuade their membership that the allocation of IPv6 addresses is being done in such a way as to disadvantage developing countries, thereby justifying a bid to have ITU established as an additional Regional Internet Registry.

Working closely with Paul Wilson, CEO of APNIC, ICANN prepared the attached paper, and got it agreed by all the RIR’s as a common position paper on IPv6 address allocation. It is a self explanatory and stand alone fact sheet which was submitted to the ITU last week.

Please feel free to share the paper with colleagues. It would be good if the paper were drawn to the attention of national representatives in the ITU.

Cheers,

Chris Disspain

CEO - auDA

au Domain Administration Ltd

ceo@auda.org.au

www.auda.org.au

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