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For an open, secure and stable Internet: DENIC takes a stand on the future 
of Internet Governance

Dear Sir or Madam,

The central registry of the German country code Top Level Domain .de, 
DENIC, has prepared in collaboration with the German government and other 
German interest groups a position paper with recommendations for action 
for the future stewardship of the so-called IANA functions.
The U.S. administration announced in March last year its intention to 
relinquish its exclusive control of core Internet functions exercised by 
the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), an organizational unit of 
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), if 
certain parameters were complied with. ICANN is one of the global 
self-regulating organizations of the Internet and is chiefly responsible 
for co-ordinating and awarding key Internet resources. 
The U.S. administration’s announcement concerns the supervision of the 
so-called "IANA functions", which ICANN exercises on the basis of a 
contract with the U.S. administration. The IANA functions are basically 
technical and clerical in nature, like the management of IP addresses, 
protocol parameter management and administration of the root zone.
ICANN was tasked with elaborating a proposal for the future design of 
stewardship of the IANA functions. ICANN takes its decisions in so-called 
multistakeholder processes involving governments, the private sector, the 
technical community, academia and civil society.
The current discussion in two working groups that were established for 
this particular purpose is focusing on two different aspects: Firstly, the 
stewardship transition of the technical and clerical IANA functions (IANA 
Stewardship Transition), and secondly ICANN's accountability in general (
ICANN Accountability), with the aim to ensure that ICANN will continue to 
perform its tasks in the interest of the global public.
The contract between the U.S. administration and ICANN for the IANA 
functions expires on 30 September 2015. By that date a solution for a 
future stewardship model must have been defined. The German Internet 
Community makes a contribution towards this solution.
Joint position of the German stakeholders

"The redesign of the stewardship of the IANA functions is an opportunity 
to play an active part in shaping the processes governing the future 
management of key Internet resources," emphasizes DENIC-CEO Dr. Jörg 
Schweiger.

The central guideline here is a clear affirmation of the multistakeholder 
model with inclusive participation of all the relevant groups 
(stakeholders) in their specific roles, for developing, deciding and 
implementing processes and regulations for the global Internet. 

The top priority with regard to the IANA transition is "to create a 
stable, secure and easy solution. By no means must any Internet services 
be interrupted due to the transition," says Jörg Schweiger. 
The German government – represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic 
Affairs and Energy – and DENIC support and underpin that rules on 
country-code Top-Level Domains – in particular including .de – continue to 
be made solely within the respective country in accordance with relevant 
national rules and legislation. The established and well integrated TLD 
policies that have proven successful for years should be maintained 
unchanged. Rules and regulations by ICANN must be in line with national 
law or allow for special provisions in exceptional cases.

With best regards

Beate Schulz
Public Relations
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Angaben nach § 25a Absatz 1 GenG:
DENIC eG (Sitz: Frankfurt am Main)
Vorstand: Helga Krüger, Andreas Musielak, Carsten Schiefner, Dr. Jörg 
Schweiger
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Thomas Keller
Eingetragen unter Nr. 770 im Genossenschaftsregister, Amtsgericht 
Frankfurt am Main

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