On 7 September 2006, the ICANN Board ratified the Global Policy for
Allocation of IPv6 Address Space. This policy provides for the allocation of
IPv6 address space from ICANN to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
On 13 July 2006, the Secretary of the Address Supporting Organization
Address Council forwarded to ICANN the proposed global policy for allocation
of IPv6 address space. This proposed global policy had been submitted to the
ASO AC by the Executive Council of the Number Resource Organization on 6
June 2006, and adopted by the ASO AC on 12 July 2006. Each RIR community
individually discussed the policy and approved its adoption via their own
policy development processes.
The Global Addressing Policy document is available from the ASO website at:
http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-global-ipv6.pdf
The ICANN announcement is available from the ICANN website at:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11sep06.htm
Raul Echeberria
Chair, NRO Executive Council
