Before closing down doors for the meeting at Nairobi, Kenya, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) unanimously agreed to postpone any decision pertaining to creation of .xxx as a top level domain for adult Web sites. The issue is scheduled to be picked up at June meeting in Brussels.

However, board agreed and directed organization’s CEO and general counsel to write upon a report of possible process options within the next two weeks that would be posted online for a 45 day public comment period.

In 2005, the ICANN board voted to negotiate a contract with ICM Registry for the .xxx domain, finding that ICM’s proposal met required criteria. But in 2007, the board rejected the proposal. ICM appealed that decision to the organization’s Independent Review Panel which, last month, ruled that ICM had been treated unfairly. By e-mail from Nairobi, ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley said: “We note the ICANN board’s resolutions and are looking forward to seeing the proposals in the next 14 days for the process to implement the Independent Review Panels decision.”