[ripe-list] RIPE NCC Executive Board Resolution on Provision of Critical Services

Dear members,

At its meeting yesterday, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the 
following resolution:

The RIPE NCC provides critical services to its membership spread across 
a diverse geographical and political region.

The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means to 
communicate should not be affected by domestic political disputes, 
international conflicts or war. This includes the provision of correctly 
registered Internet numbering resources.

The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC is committed to taking all lawful 
steps available to ensure that the RIPE NCC can provide undisrupted 
services to all members across our service region and the global 
Internet community.

The RIPE NCC will publicly document all its efforts to ensure that the 
registry is not negatively affected by laws, regulations or political 
developments.

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It is crucial that the RIPE NCC remains neutral and does not take 
positions with regard to domestic political disputes, international 
conflicts or war.

This guarantees equal treatment for all those responsible for providing 
Internet services. This is a fundamental reason why the RIPE NCC has 
been able to maintain its operations in the way it has for the past 
three decades. It also means that the information and data provided by 
the RIPE NCC can be trusted as authoritative and free from bias or 
political influence. Failure to adhere to this approach would jeopardise 
the very model that has been key to the development of the Internet in 
our service region.

The Executive Board also expresses solidarity with those operators who 
have the difficult task of maintaining Internet access to assist the 
people suffering from the terrible effects of armed conflicts and war.

Kind regards,

Christian Kaufmann
Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board