The Middle East Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 is Ready
I am pleased to share the final ICANN Middle East Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 [PDF, 447 KB] and the Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2021 [PDF, 423 KB]. In a previous blog, I referred to the draft regional…
Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4)
Open Date: 29 June 2020 Close Date: 11 August 2020 Originating Organization: Global Domains Division Categories/Tags: Top-Level Domains Brief Overview: The Integration Panel (IP) has successfully evaluated the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) proposals for Bangla and Chinese scripts,…
Webinar Invitation: Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report
LOS ANGELES – 29 June 2020 – The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) invites the community to participate in a webinar on its Final Report [PDF, 3.92 MB]. There are two opportunities to participate: 15 July 2020 at…
ICANN68 Governmental Advisory Committee Communiqué Now Available
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 27 June 2020 – Today, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued the GAC Communiqué – ICANN68 Virtual Policy Forum. It is available for review here. Previous…
ICANN Announces NextGen@ICANN69 Participants
LOS ANGELES – 26 June 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN program for ICANN69 from 17-22 October 2020. ICANN69 was originally intended to be held…
We All Have A Responsibility to Combat Systemic Racism and Injustice
We’ve all witnessed the protests taking place around the world calling for equal justice and the end to systemic racism. These are core principles and global issues that ICANN strongly supports and are part of our very ethos. We have…
Adopted FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Adopted FY21 Budget Take Effect 1 July 2020
LOS ANGELES – 24 June 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and the FY21 Budget will take effect on 1 July 2020. Click here to view these…
ICANN Extends Call for Expressions of Interest for 2021 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect through 7 July 2020
LOS ANGELES – 22 June 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organization is seeking Expressions of Interest for the Chair and Chair-Elect of the 2021 Nominating Committee (NomCom). The NomCom Chair is responsible for organizing…
2020 ICANN Community Excellence Award Honors Olivier Crépin-Leblond
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 22 June 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is honored to announce the recipient of the 2020 Community Excellence Award is Olivier Crépin-Leblond. The Community Excellence Award honors members of the…
Important Update – ICANN68 to be Held as Zoom Webinars
On the first day of ICANN68, several sessions were subject to instances of disruption, or “Zoombombing.” This occurs when Internet trolls interrupt public Zoom meetings and use Zoom’s features to share offensive audio, images, and video. The individuals responsible for…