[APAC-Discuss] APNIC Statement on Montevideo Statement

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear APRALO,

APNIC has just released a Statement on the Montevideo Statement, see below:

http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2014/apnic-ec-supports-montevideo-statement

Published on: Tuesday, 28 January 2014

The APNIC EC resolves to adopt the following statement on the Montevideo
Statement and proposed follow-up activities.

APNIC is a signatory to the "Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet
Cooperation", which was issued in October 2013 after a meeting among
Internet technical organizations.

The Montevideo Statement was signed by the heads of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Internet Society (ISOC), and the five
regional Internet address registries (African Network Information Center
(AFRINIC), American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), Asia Pacific
Network Information Centre (APNIC), Latin America and Caribbean Internet
Addresses Registry (LACNIC), and Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination
Centre (RIPE NCC).

At its meeting on 6 December 2013, the APNIC Executive Council (EC)
unanimously resolved to ratify and support APNIC's position, as stated in
the Montevideo Statement.

The Montevideo Statement addresses issues that are important to APNIC and
to the future of Internet operations. These include the future performance
and configuration of IANA, the broader environment of technical
coordination and cooperation of which APNIC is a member, and the deployment
of IPv6.

Regarding the first point, the primary interest of APNIC is in the ongoing
stability and reliability of the global number registry functions, which
are provided by IANA. These registries must continue to be operated in a
manner that complies with the global policy development processes of the
Internet community, and which responds to the concerns of the Internet
technical and broader communities.

APNIC supports the operation of IANA's global number registry functions by
ICANN, as a proven arrangement, which has met the needs of the IP
addressing community very well for some 15 years. We would seek greater
transparency in this arrangement, by establishing an improved agreement
with ICANN under which specific IANA functions will be provided.

APNIC is also interested in ICANN's ongoing development as a robust and
trusted organization that enjoys the support of the broad multistakeholder
Internet community. It should continue its evolution towards a globalized
structure that places no government or other party in a privileged position.

APNIC recognizes and affirms the multistakeholder nature of Internet
coordination, cooperation, and governance, and supports the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) as the agreed venue for these matters to be advanced.

The IGF provides an important platform for outreach and engagement with our
own stakeholders, and also for technical community expertise to be brought
to bear on discussions wherever it is needed. The healthy functioning and
evolution of the IGF is important to us, to ensure that the IGF does remain
the recognized venue for such discussions.

Finally, on the important question of IPv6, the APNIC EC is happy to see
ongoing progress in IPv6 deployment globally, and remains committed to
actively supporting IPv6 until there is no doubt of success in the global
deployment effort.

The APNIC EC hopes to hear from members of the community on these issues;
through the forthcoming APNIC conferences where they will be discussed, and
the next APNIC Member and Stakeholder Survey, which will be launched during
APRICOT 2014. We look forward to engaging with members of the APNIC
community on these issues.