There are two types of policies: global and regional.
Global Policies
These policies must first be ratified by the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Each RIR community must ratify an identical version of the proposed policy. The NRO Executive Council (NRO EC) then refers the coordinated proposal to the ASO Address Council (ASO AC), which reviews the process by which the proposal was ratified and, under the terms of the ASO Memorandum of Understanding, passes it to the ICANN Board of Directors for ratification as a global policy.
For current global policy proposals, please visit the ASO Global Policy Proposals page.
| Policy Title and Link | Explanation |
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| Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers | Criteria governing the allocation of ASN Blocks from IANA to RIRs |
| Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space | Criteria governing the allocation of the remaining IPv4 space from IANA to the RIRs |
| Global Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries | Criteria governing the allocation of ASN Blocks from IANA to RIRs |
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ICP-2: Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries |
Criteria governing the creation of new RIRs |
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Criteria governing the allocation of IPv4 address space from the IANA to the RIRs |
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Criteria governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the RIRs |
2. Regional Policies
Each RIR community develops its own policy development process. The links below provide more information on each RIR’s specific processes and policies.