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ICANN's mission is to ensure the [[SSR|stable, secure, and resilient]] operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article1 Section 1.1, ICANN Bylaws]</ref> Its core values are to reflect the functional, geographic, and cultural '''diversity''' of the Internet at all levels of policy development and decision-making; ensure a bottom-up, '''multistakeholder''' policy development process is used to ascertain the [[Global Public Interest]]; and make its processes '''accountable''' and '''transparent'''. ICANN's technical commitment is to maintain a single, global authoriative Root.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article1 Section 1.2, ICANN Bylaws]</ref>  

ICANN's mission is to ensure the [[SSR|stable, secure, and resilient]] operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article1 Section 1.1, ICANN Bylaws]</ref> Its core values are to reflect the functional, geographic, and cultural '''diversity''' of the Internet at all levels of policy development and decision-making; ensure a bottom-up, '''multistakeholder''' policy development process is used to ascertain the [[Global Public Interest]]; and make its processes '''accountable''' and '''transparent'''. ICANN's technical commitment is to maintain a single, global authoritative root.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article1 Section 1.2, ICANN Bylaws]</ref>  

ICANN's technical mission includes:

ICANN's technical mission includes:

# maintaining and operating the [[Root Server Operator|L-root]];

# maintaining and operating the [[Root Server Operator|L-root]];

# managing [[ICANN Organization|ICANN's operations and internal systems]]; and

# managing [[ICANN Organization|ICANN's operations and internal systems]]; and

# providing a [[ITI|publicly accessible information resource]] on these functions for the [[ICANN Commmunity|greater Internet community]].

# providing a [[

Information Transparency Initiative|publicly accessible information resource]] on these functions for the [[ICANN Commmunity|greater Internet community]].

Thus, its '''mission- and value-driven initiatives''' have come to include policies, organizational additions, operational improvements, and other strategies to ensure that ICANN's commitments are realized.

Thus, its '''mission- and value-driven initiatives''' have come to include policies, organizational additions, operational improvements, and other strategies to ensure that ICANN's commitments are realized.