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ICANN Seeks Input on GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charter Process

10 September 2025

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Process for Amending Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charters has been posted for Public Comment.

Stakeholder group and constituency charters must be recognized by the ICANN Board, which considers and approves any charter amendments for the bodies. As a best practice, each GNSO stakeholder group and constituency reviews its charter regularly. This document is an update to the Process for Amending GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charters published in 2013.

Recognizing the continuous evolution of the ICANN community and the review roles of the ICANN Board and ICANN organization, the ICANN organization proposed updating the process. The proposed updates to the process would streamline the governance work of GNSO stakeholder groups and constituencies, ensuring their continued focus on policy development.

For more information and to participate in the proceeding, please visit this webpage.

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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.