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==gTLD Registry Continuity Framework==

==gTLD Registry Continuity Framework==

ICANN partnered with expert gTLD & ccTLD registries as well as members of the technical community in developing a gTLD Registry Continuity Framework, which aims to protect the existing registrants and to ensure confidence in the DNS. The ICANN core values that serve as guidelines in developing the framework include:</ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registries/continuity gTLD Registry Continuity]</ref>

ICANN partnered with expert gTLD & ccTLD registries as well as members of the technical community in developing a gTLD Registry Continuity Framework, which aims to protect the existing registrants and to ensure confidence in the DNS. The ICANN core values that serve as guidelines in developing the framework include:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registries/continuity gTLD Registry Continuity]</ref>

* Maintain and develop the operational stability, reliability, security, and global interoperability of the Internet.

* Maintain and develop the operational stability, reliability, security, and global interoperability of the Internet.

* Apply documented policies neutrally, objectively with integrity and fairness in decision making.

* Apply documented policies neutrally, objectively with integrity and fairness in decision making.

* Be responsive and speedy in taking actions to resolve the needs of the internet and obtain informed input from affected entities during the decision making process.

* Be responsive and speedy in taking actions to resolve the needs of the internet and obtain informed input from affected entities during the decision making process.

==References==

==References==