America recommended by NRO to let ICANN go

As the US pursues to retain overseeing of ICANN Number Resource Organization (NRO) addressed the authorities saying that it would be better to end the collaboration between the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the US Department of Commerce.

As the agreement between US Department of Commerce and ICANN under which they control DNS (Domain Name System) expires on 30 September Europe recommended that the US and ICANN end their partnership so that ICANN could become an independent organization.

According to NRO’s view stability, competition, bottom-up co-ordination and representation remain the guiding principles for the governance of ICANN after this agreement expires.

“The continuing development of the internet is due to the well-established principles of bottom-up industry self-regulation,” explained Adiel Akplogan, NRO chairman.

“An industry-driven, multi-stakeholder approach is more flexible than government-based processes and, as a result, is able to adapt rapidly to meet the changing needs of the internet and its users.

“We believe that the principles that have guided the management of the DNS until now will enable the growth and development of the internet in the future too, and advise that US Government involvement in ICANN is no longer necessary,” Akplogan said.