[AfrICANN-discuss] Mozambique becomes 100th member of ccNSO at ICANN

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

 News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08dec09-en.htm
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 ICANN Welcomes 100th Member to the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization

8 December 2009

On 3 December, ICANN’s Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
welcomed the Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane,
operator of the country code .MZ (Mozambique), as its 100th member.

Since its inception in 2003, the ccNSO <http://ccnso.icann.org/> has
provided country code top-level domain name (ccTLD)
managers<http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm>a unique, global
platform to share information and experiences with other
ccTLD managers and the broader ICANN community, and to develop global policy
recommendations regarding country code top-level domains.

ccNSO membership <http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm> has grown
significantly during recent years. In 2009 alone, the ccNSO added 18
members, including country code operators for .IL (Israel), .DE (Germany)
and .EU (European Union).

The ccNSO <http://ccnso.icann.org/> now provides a worldwide forum for ccTLD
managers to meet and discuss issues that concern them. For example, ccTLD
operators collaborated in the ccNSO to develop a coordinated response to
global Internet security threats, conduct studies on the use of wildcards
and re-direction in ccTLDs, and develop recommendations for the introduction
of internationalised ccTLDs. It is also a forum to nurture consensus,
technical cooperation and skill building among ccTLDs, and facilitates the
development of voluntary best practices for ccTLD managers. Concerted
efforts by the ccNSO (in cooperation with many others) over the last two
years will bring to the Internet in 2010 the first top-level domain names to
operate without using Western-based characters, an initiative referred to as
Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).

ICANN looks forward to continued growth in ccNSO membership, and encourages
all ccTLD operators to join.

*Further Information:*

ccNSO membership trends
(PDF<http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-membership-august-2003-november-2009.pdf>,
41K) and FAQs <http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/faqs.htm>

Alphabetical list of all 100 ccNSO
members<http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm>

Application for
membership<http://www.ccnso.icann.org/applications/form.htm>(ccTLD
managers only)
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