Hello, I would like to speak in support of Dr Clement Genty's comment. We should not forget that nowadays ccTLDs are more than just a DNS issue. "Country code Top Level Domain" sounds very technical, but if we use a synonym - "National Internet domain", it becomes obvious that we're talking about a bigger thing. This is a concern that according to the draft of the policy, the triggering event starts an irreversible process of removal of a ccTLD from a Root Zone without reviewing the reasons and conditions for possible preservation of a particular ccTLD. 1) Even after a dissolution of a country, a ccTLD can still be of commercial, cultural, historical or any other relevance for a broad community. 2) Stress testing - situation #13. If there is a clear successor state, as recognized by United Nations, than the government of this state may show willingness and interest to go on with supporting the ccTLD, which otherwise could be retired. This is exactly what happened with .SU Two examples above well demonstrate but do not limit all possible situations, when a deeper review may be required. It seems there must be policy, that will allow on certain conditions, to preserve a ccTLD in a Root Zone after withdrawing a corresponding country code from ISO 3166-1 list. -- Evgeny Kuskevich Russian Institute for Public Networks