FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joke Braeken <joke.braeken@icann.org> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:26 AM Dear All, *CWG-UCTN: Progress Report and Draft Interim Report on use of country and territory names as TLDs now available.* In preparation of the Hyderabad meeting, the Cross-Community Working Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (CWG-UCTN: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-unct.htm ) has prepared two reports: a Progress report <https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ctn-progress-25oct16-en.pdf> and its draft Interim report <https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ctn-draft-interim-report-25oct16-...>. Based on the discussions to date, community input and the discussions in Helsinki (ICANN55), the Working Group concluded that for various reasons a harmonised framework for the use of country, territory and other geographic names is not feasible. The CWG will discuss further steps at its f-2-f meeting in Hyderabad <http://sched.co/8czS>. The aforementioned announcement has just been posted on the ccNSO website: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26oct16-en.htm Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org