Workshop on Member States' Experiences with ccTLDs

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Geneva, 3-4 March 2003

The following provide background information that may be of interest:

IETF RFC 1591 "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation" at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt?number=1591, which provides the basic principles and rules that have been used to implement the Internet Domain Name System and to perform delegations to ccTLD operators.
ICANN's web pages containing "ccTLD Resource Materials" at http://www.icann.org/cctlds/
ICANN's ICP-1 "Internet Domain Name System Structure and Delegation (ccTLD Administration and Delegation)" at http://www.icann.org/icp/icp-1.htm
"Principles for Delegation and Administration of ccTLDs" by ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee at http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/gac-cctldprinciples-23feb00.htm
"Respective role of ICANN, Verisign, and the US Government" at http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com2/infodocs/012r1.html
The list of current ccTLD contact information for each country code can be found at http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
Statement made by ccTLD managers at ICANN's Bucharest meeting at http://forum.icann.org/reform-comments/general/msg00135.html
Statement on ICANN Reform by the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) at http://www.centr.org/docs/presentations/ICANN-reform.pdf
"ccTLD Requirements for International Coordination of the Domain Name System" by CENTR at http://www.centr.org/meetings/ga-14/ICANN-response.html
Letter from CENTR to US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nancy Victor at http://www.centr.org/news/CENTR-ICANN-statement.html
Description of status of ccTLD activities in Task 6 of Section 2 of ICANN's Fourth Status Report to the US Department of Commerce at http://www.icann.org/general/status-report-15aug02.htm
ccNSO Assistance Group Update at http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-22oct02.htm
Statement made by the ccTLD managers at ICANN's Shanghai meeting at http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc11/msg00155.html
Shanghai Communique of ccNSO Assistance Group at http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-communique-29oct02.htm
ccNSO Assistance Group Preliminary Recommendation at http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-11nov02.htm
Comments on ccNCO Assistance Group's Preliminary Recommendation on Policy-Development Process at http://forum.icann.org/reform-comments/ccnsoag/
ccNSO Assistance Group Preliminary Recommendation on ccNSO Council http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-24dec02.htm
ccNSO Assistance Group Preliminary Recommendation on ccNSO Structure at http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-28jan03.htm
ccNSO Assistance Group: Status Report and Workplan at http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-29jan03.htm