Dear fellow councilors, We have received an application for membership of the ccNSO from .iq, the ccTLD of Iraq. The application was submitted by Ammar Hussein, representing the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission, the ccTLD's sponsoring organization. See the application attached and IANA's "all clear" below. If you have any objections to .iq's membership, could you please let me know before Saturday 31 December? Cheers, Roelof Meijer SIDN has a new domain! Our new office address is Meander 501, 6825 MD Arnhem, The Netherlands. Our postal address and phone numbers remain unchanged. SIDN | Meander 501 | 6825 MD | P.O. Box 5022 | 6802 EA | ARNHEM T +31 (0)26 352 55 00 | M +31 (0)6 11 39 57 75 | F +31 (0)26 352 55 05 roelof.meijer@sidn.nl | www.sidn.nl ------ Forwarded Message From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:23:07 -0800 To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org> Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.iq) Hi Gabi, There are no outstanding requests for .IQ right now. cheers, kim On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Gabriella Schittek wrote:

Kim,

Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .iq?

Kind regards,

Gabi

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Application for Membership Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

Confirmation E-mail: iq@cmc.iq cctld: .iq

To: ccNSO Membership c/o ICANN Secretary Date: 20/12/2011 Regarding: ccNSO Membership ------------

With this letter, I, Ammar Hussein declare that Communications and Media Commission is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the .iq and wishes to apply for membership of the ccNSO and that I am duly authorized to make and sign this application for membership on behalf of Communications and Media Commission.

Communications and Media Commission hereby recognizes the role of the ccNSO within the ICANN structure, and agrees, for the duration of its membership in the ccNSO to:

(a) adhere to the rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules; and (b) adhere to ICANN Bylaws as they apply to ccTLDs (Article IX and Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws.

Communications and Media Commission understands that:

(i) membership in the ccNSO is independent of any individual relationship a ccTLD manager has with ICANN or the ccTLD manager's receipt of IANA services. (Article IX Section (4)(3)); and

(ii) currently there are no fees payable for ccNSO membership. However, under the ICANN bylaws (Article IX Section (7) (3)), the ccNSO could in the future, subject to members approval, establish membership fees.

Signed by Ammar Hussein for and on behalf of Communications and Media Commission:

Name of ccTLD Manager: Communications and Media Commission Name of Representative: Ammar Hussein Name of Primary Contact: Ammar Hussein Primary Contact Address: P.O Box 2044, Jadreiah, Baghdad, Iraq Primary Contact Telephone Number: 009647904318951 Primary Contact E-Mail: iq@cmc.iq

*DEFINITION:

1) A ccTLD Manager is the person or organisation referred to in the IANA database entry for a ccTLD under the current heading "Sponsoring Organisation".

2) Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an individual person then that person is the Representative. Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an organisation then the Representative is the individual person who is completing the application form for the organisation and is authorised to do so by the organisation.

3) The Primary Contact is the main contact for the member and should be either the Administrative Contact or Technical Contact listed in the IANA database for the ccTLD.

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