Julie Hammer, ALAC Liaison to the SSAC and At-Large member from the Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO), composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 444 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and discussion of the topic on the At-Large Mailing Lists.
On 17 August 2012, this Statement was posted on the ALAC Reply to Comments on the Draft Statements of ICANN's Role and Remit in Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the Internet's Unique Identifier System Workspace.
On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested ICANN Policy Staff in Support of ALAC to send a call for comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.
On 23 August 2012, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested that Staff begin an ALAC ratification on the Statement.
On 30 August 2012, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2611I9Mb7aXMdKExXYHKMcBJ.
The Chair then requested that the Statement be transmitted to the Public Comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this Public Comment topic.