Dear colleagues,
Following up on Jeff's reference at the end of the WT5 call ended just now to the conclusions of the Cross-Community WG on the Use of Country and Territory Names (CWG-UCTN)-
The conclusion of the CWG-UCTN on 2-character codes, and the rationale for that conclusion, was:
"The CWG recommends that the existing ICANN policy of reserving 2-letter codes for ccTLDs
should be maintained, primarily on the basis of the reliance of this policy, consistent with RFC
1591, on a standard established and maintained independently of and external to ICANN and
widely adopted in contexts outside of the DNS (ISO 3166-1)."
Kind regards,
Heather Forrest