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    Dear BC Members,<br>
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    Please find below an ICANN announcement on the Ratification of
    Global Policy Proposal for Post IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the
    IANA.<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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          lang="EN-US">Ratification of Global Policy Proposal for Post
          Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">15 May 2012</span></span><span
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      <p><span
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          lang="EN-US">The ICANN Board has ratified the Global Policy
          Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the
          IANA as sent by the Address Supporting Organization (ASO)
          Council to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2012. The proposal was
          posted for public comment from 14 March 2012 through 4 April
          2012, during which time no comments were submitted. The Global
          Policy allows the Regional Internet Registries to return IPv4
          address space to an IANA-managed pool from which equal parts
          will be allocated to all five RIRs in a deterministic manner
          on a regular schedule, once triggered. </span><span
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/global-addressing/allocation-ipv4-post-exhaustion">http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/global-addressing/allocation-ipv4-post-exhaustion</a>.
        </span><span
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          lang="EN-US">ICANN staff will be taking all necessary steps to
          implement the Global Policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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