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| − | ISO 3166-1 is a list of two-letter codes for existing sovereign nations developed by the International Standard Organization (ISO).
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| | + | '''Elvana Thaçi''' is Administrator at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs for the Information Society, Media & Data Protection Department at the Council of Europe, where she focuses on Internet-related policy. Her interests lie in the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as the freedom of expression, privacy, the freedom of association, and democracy, as they relate to the internet.<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref> |
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| − | ==Background==
| + | She is a [[GAC]] Observer.<ref>[http://gac.icann.org/gac-observers/ms-elvana-tha%C3%A7i-0 GAC]</ref> |
| − | The purpose of the ISO 3166 standard is to define internationally recognized codes of letters and/or numbers that are used to refer to countries and subdivisions within those countries.<ref>[https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html ISO.org - ISO 3166]</ref> The standard defines multiple codes for specific countries, including codes used for historical purposes. For example, SU, once the code for Soviet Union, has been removed to the ISO 3166-1 list and placed on the ISO 3166-3 list with a new four-letter code, SUHH, to indicate that the Soviet Union no longer exists as a country, and was not replaced by a different sovereign entity.<https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SU ISO Online Browsing Platform - SU]</ref> The code ZR, for "Zaire," was removed from the ISO 3166-1 list and placed on the ISO 3166-3 list as ZRCD, indicating that ZR has become CD, the new ISO 3166-1 code for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>[https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:ZR ISO Online Browsing Platform: ZR]</ref>
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| − | ==ISO 3166-1 and ccTLDs== | + | ==References== |
| − | The ISO 3166-1 Alpha-two code was adopted by [[RFC 1591]] as the two-letter [[ccTLD]], delegable to each country's ccTLD registry operator.<ref name="rfc">[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 RFC 1591] at IETF.org</ref> RFC 1591 enshrines a core premise of IANA functions as they relate to ccTLDs - "The IANA is not in the business of deciding what is and what is not a country."<ref name="rfc" /> The ISO 3166-1 list is used because it is maintained by a neutral body that undertakes regular review of the list, and has explicit and transparent standards for decision-making regarding changes to the list.<ref name="rfc" />
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| − | ===Retirement===
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| − | ICANN has not yet adopted a consistent policy for dealing with delegated ccTLDs whose countries "cease to exist," at least in the view of the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency. A [[PDP]] for [[ccNSO Policy Development Process - Retirement|retirement of ccTLDs]] is in the final stages of public comment and consideration by the ICANN Board.
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| − | ===Internationalized ccTLDs===
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| − | Similarly, there is currently no policy for dealing with approved and delegated [[Internationalized Domain Name|internationalized]] country code top-level domains when the related country code is removed from or amended on the ISO-3166 standard. The [[ccNSO]] is also engaged in a [[ccNSO Policy Development Process - IDN Strings|policy development process]] to fill that gap in policy, as well as to provide additional structure and rules for managing variant strings of the same country name.
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Elvana Thaçi is Administrator at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs for the Information Society, Media & Data Protection Department at the Council of Europe, where she focuses on Internet-related policy. Her interests lie in the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as the freedom of expression, privacy, the freedom of association, and democracy, as they relate to the internet.[1]
She is a GAC Observer.[2]
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