ICANN/DNSO Constituency Groups

ccTLD registries


Names Council members elected by the "ccTLD" Constituency

(*) On 26 June 2002 Peter de Blanc passed away, cf. http://www.dnso.org/inmemoriam.

Web site and mailing lists

ccTLD Position Documents on ICANN Reform, June 2002

Administration Committee


Former Names Council Representation:


Root servers.

The list of 13 current root servers

The map of 13 current root servers

IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root

Domain names registration.

Generic TLDs - gTLDs, each with its charter for registration

Restricted generic TLDs - gTLDs

  • The .gov domain http://www.nic.gov is reserved exclusively for the United States Government.

  • The .mil domain http://www.nic.mil is reserved exclusively for the United States Military.

  • The .edu domain http://www.nsi.com is registered only through Network Solutions.

  • The .int domain http://www.iana.org/int.html is used only for registering organizations established by international treaties between governments or Internet infrastructure databases (for example to do address to name lookups based on NSAPs). If you believe you meet these qualifications and want to apply for a domain name under .int, please send the IANA a description of your organization including a reference to the treaty that established it or click http://www.iana.org/int-reg.html for the online application. Please note that the online application must be supplemented with a reference to the treaty which established it.

Country code TLDs - ccTLDs

IANA Function.

The IANA Function is NOT part to the ICANN mission assigned by the USG in the Memorandun of Understanding dated 28 November 1998.

Since 2000 ICANN/IANA had to state on Delegation/Redelagation/Deletion for ccTLDs:

  1. 11 Feb 2000, IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .pn (Pitcairn) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.icann.org/general/pn-report-11feb00.htm
  2. 22 Mar 2000, IANA Report on Request for Delegation of the .ps (Palestinian Territory) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.icann.org/general/ps-report-22mar00.htm
  3. 01 Dec 2000, IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .ca (Canada) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/ca-report-01dec00.htm
  4. 20 Jun 2001, IANA Report on Deletion of the .zr (Zaire) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/zr-report-20jun01.htm
  5. 31 Aug 2001, IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .au (Australia) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/au-report-31aug01.htm
  6. 19 Nov 2001, Second IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .au (Australia) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/au-report-19nov01.htm
  7. 19 Nov 2001, ICANN Announcement on Redelegation of the .us (Unites States) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19nov01.htm . This redelegation occurred before the completion of the normal IANA requirements.
  8. 08 Feb 2002, IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .jp (Japan) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/jp-report-08feb02.htm .
  9. 16 Jul 2002, IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .bi (Burundi) Top-Level Domain
    http://www.iana.org/reports/bi-report-16jul02.htm .

NOTE, Oct 2001
We note that IANA publishes now list of IANA reports since 2000 in http://www.iana.org/domain-names.htm

  • Please note that ccTLD's policies vary. The list of URLs above is intended to help you to find the following information:

    1. in which country a ccTLD registry is located
    2. in which country a ccTLD registry is incorporated (if private company)
    3. under which country law a ccTLD registry operates
    4. charter of a ccTLD registry
    5. liability of a ccTLD registry
    6. technical capability of a ccTLD registry

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