Forwarded with permission from Veni Markovski. Veni wrote among other things:

It is worth to notice how the ITU plays the game of occupying more and more space from the I* organizations - starting with ad hoc groups, study groups, dedicated groups, ITRs, and - late next year - with the change in their mandate.

I am afraid that there is no (easy) way out of this labyrinth.

The IPv4 legacy was discussed also at the last Council Working Group on Internet, and is now open for public comments, see here: <http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/consultation.aspx>, namely:

• Issue 2: Consultation on international public policy issues concerning IPv4 addresses.

The Council Working Group on International Internet-Related Public Policy Issues invites all stakeholders to provide input on international public policy issues related to (a) unused legacy IPv4 addresses, and (b) inter-region transfers of IPv4 addresses.

Patrik Fältström