Translation of "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers " (English → French) :

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority | IANA | Internet Address Naming Authority

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

[3] The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which has global responsibility for domain name management.

This process has involved transferring functions previously undertaken by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) under contract with the US Government to a new private organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the merging of the IANA functions within ICANN.

On the basis of the US White Paper issued in June 1998, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was created in October 1998 and incorporated as a non profit public benefit corporation in the County of Los Angeles, California.

I. whereas in March 2014 the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intention to transfer the internet supervision functions of the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) to the global multistakeholder community before the expiry of the current contract between the NTIA and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in September 2015; whereas a balanced solution for this transition has to be found in time and should result in a system that cannot be subject to capture and manipulation, thereby continuing to ensure a stable internet;