Hi folks, Afnic, the registry operator for .fr (France) maintained a list of "fundamental terms" -- names that are reserved for one reason or another. This policy was later changed due to a court decision, see: http://www.hoganlovells.com/files/Publication/b5f57d37-4db5-4293-84db-64d283faf5b1/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/c2ce961f-1a53-4f4f-a59b-6b73090842d2/Anyone%20may%20now%20apply%20for%20‘fundamental’%20terms%20under%20‘.fr’.pdf That list of names is at: http://www.afnic.fr/fr/ressources/documents-de-reference/chartes/termes-soum... and I find it interesting that only a small set of IGO-related names are on the list: Organismes Internationaux asean, bird, bit, casque-bleu, casque-bleus, casquebleu, casquebleus, casques-bleu, casques-bleus, casquesbleu, casquesbleus, ceca, cee, cij, cjce, cnuced, euratom, fao, gatt, gmi, kafor, kfor, nato, omi, omm, ompi, oms, ong, onu, opep, otan, oua, pnud, tpi, uit, uncitral, unidir, unrwa, wipo, xxunesco (much shorter than the ICANN reserved list, for example) Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/