.do believes that the technical questions asked by the GNSO Working Group need to be addressed and answered by the SSAC, two-character strings, consisting of one letter and one digit, or two digits, should unequivocally not ever be permitted in future gTLD application rounds because of the conflict with ccTLD allocation policy and ISO two-character codes (which are external to ICANN), as well as the homographic issues discussed above. Hasta luego, Ing. Clara Collado Administradora de Dominios NIC DO - ccTLD .do Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra Av. Abraham Lincoln esq. Romulo Betancourt, La Julia Apartado postal 2748, Santo Domingo, R. D. Tel. 809 535-0111 ext. 2050, Fax 809 534-7060 http://www.nic.do<http://www.nic.do/>