Re: [ga-watchdog] Re: Your request for Voting Registry

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

DNSO Secretariat wrote on 01.08.01, 09:37:57:
> Until the Principality of Sealand is listed in the United Nations
> Standard Country or Area Codes, the DNSO cannot accept to register
> you in a Voting Registry with that name.
>
> If you wishes to participate in the Voting Registry,
> please re-apply, and provide an UN Country name.

Fully agreed. Despite Sealandic claims to the contrary, 
the platform is not recognized by the British Home Office 
as a state, nor by any other government in the world.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.07/haven_pr.html
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_778000/778267.stm

Best regards,
/// Alexander

> | From ryan@havenco.com Tue Jul 31 21:23 MET 2001
> | Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:23:17 +0000
> | From: Ryan Lackey <ryan@havenco.com>
> | To: DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>
> | Subject: Re: Your request for Voting Registry
> | Mime-Version: 1.0
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> |
> | Sealand is a platform in the North Sea.  It was constructed and derelicted
> | by the UK government during WWII, and has since been occupied in the 1960s
> | by pirate radio broadcasters.  It maintains that it is a sovereign country,
> | which has been repeatedly supported in legal interactions with the UK,
> | Germany, and other nations.
> |
> | It is not currently in the UN statistical use document.
> | http://www.sealandgov.org/ has information about Sealand.
> |
> | Quoting DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>:
> | >
> | >
> | > Dear Mr Ryan Lackey,
> | >
> | > I would be grateful you could provide the name of country
> | > where Principality of Sealand belongs.
> | >
> | > The United Nations Statistics Division provides information
> | > on Standard Country or Area Codes and Geographical Regions
> | > for Statistical Use http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/methods/m49.htm
> | >
> | > Thank you very much in advance,
> | > DNSO Secretariat
> | > --
> | >
> | >
> | > | From owner-ga-voting@dnso.org  Tue Jul 31 15:54:53 2001
> | > | Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:54:56 +0000
> | > | From: Ryan Lackey <ryan@havenco.com>
> | > | To: ga-voting@dnso.org
> | > | Subject: [ga-voting] template
> | > | Mime-Version: 1.0
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> | > |
> | > | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | > | FirstName         : Ryan
> | > | LastName          : Lackey
> | > | Country           : Principality of Sealand
> | > | City (OPTIONAL)   :
> | > | Company (OPTIONAL): HavenCo, Ltd.
> | > | Constituency (OPT): Sealand
> | > | Email (NOT PUBLIC): ryan@havenco.com
> | > |
> | > | I wish to be registered in the voting registry of the DNSO GA.
> | > | I agree that my name and country of residence, and city, company and
> | > | constituency info, if I supplied it, can be made public.
> | > | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> | >
> | >
> |
> | --
> | Ryan Lackey [RL7618 RL5931-RIPE]	ryan@havenco.com
> | CTO and Co-founder, HavenCo Ltd.	+44 7970 633 277
> | the free world just milliseconds away	http://www.havenco.com/
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