This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) ---------------------------------- The announcements are available on the NRO website NRO EC correspondence to Mauritius government on AFRINIC elections: https://www.nro.net/nro-ec-correspondence-to-mauritius-government-on/ The NRO Statement on the AFRINIC Board Elections: https://www.nro.net/the-nro-statement-on-the-afrinic-board-elections/ ---------------------------------- NRO EC Correspondence to Mauritius Government on AFRINIC Elections ---------------------------------- Dr the Hon Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM, GCSK, FRCP Prime Minister of Mauritius, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands, Treasury Building Intendance Street Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius privateoffice@govmu.org cc: Dr the Hon Avinash RAMTOHUL Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation Level 7, SICOM Tower Wall Street Ebène Cyber City Ebène Republic of Mauritius mtci@govmu.org The Hon Gavin Patrick Cyril GLOVER, SC Attorney-General 2nd to 6th Floor, Renganaden Seeneevassen Building Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius sgo@govmu.org 22 September 2025 Dear Prime Minister, The Number Resource Organization (NRO), the coordinating body for the world’s Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), is pleased to hear of the recent AFRINIC Board elections that concluded on 12 September 2025. We welcome the election of the members of the AFRINIC Board as a positive step forward that brings increased stability and resiliency to the global Internet Number Registry System as AFRINIC works toward full restoration of its governance and activities to serve its membership and community. We are concerned to hear that there may be efforts to restrict and challenge the AFRINIC Board’s ability to act and perform its duties in service to the AFRINIC membership as well as the overall African community. Such a restriction would bring a level of instability to the global Internet Number Registry System that would negatively impact AFRINIC’s ability to fully serve the African continent. Along with other members of the international community, we continue to monitor the AFRINIC situation and hope that AFRINIC will be able to progress forward with a quorate Board for a stable and resilient Internet Number Registry System. Most respectfully, Hans Petter Holen Chair NRO EC Managing Director, RIPE NCC John Curran Vice Chair/Secretary, NRO EC President and CEO, ARIN Jia Rong Low Treasurer, NRO EC Director General, APNIC Ernesto Majo Member, NRO EC Executive Director/CEO, LACNIC Sent on behalf of the NRO EC ---------------------------------- The NRO Statement on the AFRINIC Board Elections ---------------------------------- The NRO welcomes the election of the AFRINIC Board of Directors, following the recent announcement of the election results [1]. With the reinstatement of the Board, we look forward to the full restoration of AFRINIC’s governance and activities to serve its membership and community. We would also like to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of AFRINIC staff over the past three years, who have kept operations running despite challenging circumstances. We look forward to working with the AFRINIC Board for a stable and resilient Internet Number System. Hans Petter Holen Chair Number Resource Organization On behalf of the NRO Executive Council (NRO EC) [1] https://www.afrinic.net/announcement-of-the-afrinic-board-election-results-2... Sent on behalf of the NRO Secretariat -- Regards, Ulka Athale RIPE NCC www.ripe.net