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The [[ICANN]] '''Supporting Organizations''' ('''SO'''s) serve as the advisory bodies for the [[ICANN]] Board of Directors, with the primary responsibility of developing and recommending substantive policies regarding those matters falling within their specific area.<ref>[http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&biw=1229&bih=491&defl=en&q=define:supporting+organizations&sa=X&ei=lbdeTYKHGsee4AaZyuChCg&ved=0CBkQkAE SO definition]</ref>

The [[ICANN]] '''Supporting Organizations''' ('''SO'''s) serve as the advisory bodies for the [[ICANN Board of Directors]], with the primary responsibility of developing and recommending substantive policies regarding those matters falling within their specific area of interest.<ref>[http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&biw=1229&bih=491&defl=en&q=define:supporting+organizations&sa=X&ei=lbdeTYKHGsee4AaZyuChCg&ved=0CBkQkAE SO definition]</ref>

==Short overview==

==Overview==

The SOs are three specialized advisory bodies that have the purpose of advising the ICANN Board of Directors on issues related to domain names and IP addresses. In addition to these SOs, [[ICANN]] also relies on advice from advisory committees regarding the interests of their stakeholders who are not part of any of the SOs.  

The SOs are three specialized advisory bodies that have the purpose of advising the ICANN Board of Directors on issues related to domain names and IP addresses. In addition to these SOs, [[ICANN]] also relies on advice from advisory committees regarding the interests of their stakeholders who are not part of any of the SOs.