Number Resource Organization: Difference between revisions

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Type:	Unincorporated Organization
Industry:	Registry Organization
Founded:	2003
Founder(s):	APNIC, RIPE, ARIN, LACNIC
Website:	NRO.net
Key People
Raúl Echeberría (LACNIC) Chairman John Curran (ARIN) Secretary Paul Wilson (APNIC)Treasurer Adiel Akplogan (AfriNIC) Member Axel Pawlik (RIPE NCC) Member

The Number Resource Organization, or NRO, is a unincorporated organization which brings together the world's five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). It was originally founded in 2003 by the 4 existing RIRs, and AfriNIC joined after its creation in 2005.^[1]

Objectives[edit | edit source]

The self-described aims of the NRO are:

Protect the unallocated Internet number resource pool
Promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process
Act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system^[2]

The NRO as ASO[edit | edit source]

The NRO also functions in part as ICANN's Address Supporting Organization, or ASO. In this role the ASO makes IP address policy recommendations to ICANN.^[3]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] NRO History

[2] NRO About

[3] NRO About

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