The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICANN

    (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed
to
   assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol
parameter
   assignment and domain name system management.  ICANN operates
   servers for one	the the 13 root DNS server IP addresses.

   According to its 2019-02-25 charter on interaction with governments,
   ICANN	limits itself to providing governments with technical
   information on issues	that impact its mission and does not lobby.

   ICANN Home (http://icann.org/).

   ICANN Organization Engagement with Governments and Standards Bodies

(https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-org-engagement-govt-standards-charter-25feb19-en.pdf).

   (2022-09-11)