> On 22-Aug-2022, at 14:52, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks Paul for the detailed explanation of the situation and actions taken > in the interest of all the RIR communities. APNIC has been very supportive of > AFRINIC.It is important that AFRINIC stands back on its feet earliest. > Gaurav concerns raised by you are genuine. APNIC has robust risk management > policy and financials in place. The first agenda point, if I remember > correctly, at each EC meeting is to review risk factors and mitigation. Hi Perhar,
My concern was not w.r.t. financial stuff but i am more concerned about legal/regulations issues in the host country. What if, similar account freeze type of situations arises (as it happened in AFRINIC) ? To start with we can look for setting up regional office in one of the member country, to avoid legal/regulation stuff. Regards, Gaurav Kansal > Perhar > > > On Thu, 18 Aug 2022, 14:20 Gaurav Kansal, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Thanks for sharing the clarification on the AFRINIC issue. Most of us do > appreciate APNIC's stand on this issue, but at the same time this raises some > serious concerns on what would be the implications if a similar situations > happens with APNIC. We need to build in appropriate resilience at various > levels of the core institutions of APNIC in order to prevent any major > disruptions to the operations of APNIC. To start with we can explore the > feasibility of setting up a regional office of APNIC in any other member > country and distribute some of the resources of APNIC across different > geographies, So that any legal/regulatory actions of one host country doesn't > bring the operations of APNIC to a standstill. > > Regards, > Gaurav Kansal > >> On 18-Aug-2022, at 11:37, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear friends and colleagues, >> >> I do understand the interest by members of the APNIC community in the letter >> from the NRO to the government of Mauritius, dated on 12 July. Accordingly, >> I provided background and explanation of this action in an APNIC blogpost on >> 22 July: >> >> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/07/22/why-the-nro-is-defending-afrinic/ >> <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/07/22/why-the-nro-is-defending-afrinic/> >> As explained in this blogpost, the primary reason for the NRO’s >> correspondence was to highlight the risks to the global Internet operations >> from unintended consequences of decisions made by the Mauritian courts, in >> the course of recent legal proceedings. The letter was a product of the NRO >> and it expressed the NRO’s commonly held concerns about the potential for >> serious damage to important Internet operations, a matter which is of common >> concern to all RIRs and, we believe, of great importance to all RIR >> communities. >> >> A secondary reason for the correspondence was to express support for >> AFRINIC’s previous requests to Mauritius for recognition of its status as an >> international organisation. Whether such recognition is granted and what >> this process entails under Mauritian law, are matters for the discretion of >> the Mauritian Government and for AFRINIC. However it should be noted that >> LACNIC has held a similar status for many years in its host country of >> Uruguay, as one of numerous organisations in the same category. >> >> Finally, regarding the process for AFRINIC Board appointments, which were >> not mentioned in the NRO letter or my blog post: my understanding is that if >> ANY Mauritian company becomes unable to complete its usual board appointment >> or election process, the Mauritian courts have discretion to appoint board >> members in order to allow the company to function. >> >> In AFRINIC’s case, the court was provided with a list of suggested candidate >> names, which had been solicited from the ATU (African Telecommunications >> Union) as a recognised independent and authoritative body, and along with >> other names from other sources (to my understanding). As the court is >> entirely free to accept or reject any of these candidates, this does not in >> any way represent an appointment BY the ATU. Under the current circumstances >> this appears to be an entirely legitimate process to enable the AFRINIC >> board to function and convene elections in accordance with their by-laws. >> >> I hope that these answers are useful and informative to interested parties. >> >> Paul. >> >> Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.apnic.net <http://www.apnic.net/> @apnicdg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apnic-talk - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ >> <https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > > <https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/> > _______________________________________________ > apnic-talk - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ > <https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>
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