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<div class="gmail_quote">AfNOG Secretariat noted with interest and a lot of concern, the situation AFRINIC is going through due to the challenges with<span class="im"> one of its members. <br /><br /></span><span>AfNOG and AFRINIC share the same community and leading the Af* which since 1999 contributed to the emergence of many organizations and impacted positively the development of the Internet in Africa.</span><br /><br /><span>We always called for and encouraged all efforts toward a responsible distribution and management of the community Internet Number Resources. As such, AfNOG Secretariat is worried that a dispute on INRs allocation and usage could not be resolved technically, nor through community approved mechanisms or through arbitration and has become a matter of court cases threatening AFRINIC's operations and even its existence. </span><br /><br /><span>AfNOG’s secretariat has been following these developments carefully and express its entire support to AFRINIC. </span><br /><br /><span><span>We are also pleased to share the goodwill in our community in support of AFRINIC.</span></span>
<div class="gmail_quote"><span>AfNOG Secretariat has been with AFRINIC since its inception and call on all to support AFRINIC in these difficult moments.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><span>We hope the court cases would be resolved quickly to enable AFRINIC focus on its core mandate of allocation and management of internet numbers </span>resources for Africa.<br /><br /><span></span></div>
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