[council] Allocation of an IDN label for a territory designated in the ISO 3166-1 list

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Just to provide a response to a question from Marilyn Cade yesterday -
about whether the current organisation running a ccTLD would be
allocated a corresponding IDN based TLD.

(1) The process of identifying an appropriate IDN string that
corresponds to the name of a territory in the ISO 3166-1 list is
separate from the process of allocating ("delegating") the string to an
organisation ("TLD manager") to operate.

(2) The current expectation is that the allocation process
("delegation") would be consistent with the current process for
allocating a string in the ISO table.

See: http://www.icann.org/icp/icp-1.htm 

Key text includes:

"Delegation of a New Top Level Domain. 

Delegation of a new top level domain requires the completion of a number
of procedures, including the identification of a TLD manager with the
requisite skills and authority to operate the TLD appropriately. 

The desires of the government of a country with regard to delegation of
a ccTLD are taken very seriously. 
The IANA will make them a major consideration in any TLD
delegation/transfer discussions. 

Significantly interested parties in the domain should agree that the
proposed TLD manager is the appropriate party."

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin