No: for a ccTLD it simply assures itself that the instructions it has received are from the organisation entitled to give them. If in doubt it can ask for documentation to show this.

It has no role in making that decision itself.

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On 23 Jun 2016, at 17:43, Mueller, Milton L <milton@gatech.edu> wrote:

I don’t think this is correct, Greg. ICANN is responsible for delegating TLDs to applicants. The criteria and procedures are different for ccTLDs than gTLDs but in both cases ICANN does more than passively update root zone records, it plays a role in deciding which party those root zone records point to.

The point is the powerlessness of ICANN to actually cause (rather than receive, verify and transmit) changes to the root.

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