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ICANN

thumb|right|ICANN headquarters in the Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Organization.name: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Organization.abbreviation: ICANN
Organization.logo: Icann logo.svg
Organization.headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States
Organization.type: 501(c)3 organization
Organization.tax_id: 95-4712218
Organization.focus: Manage Internet Protocol numbers and Domain Name System root
Organization.num_employees: 428

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25 sections

Contents

History
Notable events
Structure
Governmental Advisory Committee
Representatives
Observers
Trusted Community Representatives
Democratic input
Activities
Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
Proposed elimination of public DNS whois
Proposals for reform
IBSA proposal (2011)
Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation (2013)
Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (2013)
NetMundial Initiative (2014)
TLD expansion and concerns about specific top-level domains
.sucks domain
.islam, .halal top level domains
.org price cap removal
.amazon gTLD dispute
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|right|ICANN headquarters in the Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) is a global multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization headquartered in the United States responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet while also ensuring the Internet's smooth, secure and stable operation. ICANN performs the actual technical maintenance (work) of the Central Internet Address pools and DNS root zone registries pursuant to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function contract. The contract regarding the IANA stewardship functions between ICANN and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States Department of Commerce ended on October 1, 2016, formally transitioning the functions to the global multistakeholder community.