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About the NRO

The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is a coordinating body for the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that manage the distribution of Internet number resources including IP addresses and Autonomous System Numbers.

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9 May 2013

Lacnic Community elects Jorge Villa to NRO NC / ASO AC

30 April 2013

NRO Executive Council appoints permanent NRO Executive Secretary

19 April 2013

RIRs’ input to the WTPF-13

25 February 2013

NRO pledges continued support for IGF

19 February 2013

NRO and ICANN comment on ITU Secretary General’s WTPF Report

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    Formed by the Regional Internet Registries to formalise their co-operative efforts, the NRO exists to protect the unallocated Number Resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system.

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