[Info-tech] Wired News : Finally, a Palestinian Homeland (fwd)

[Mentor Cana]

Hello,

How about Kosova domain? Any idea on the status of the request? Has UNMIK
requested ICANN to grant .ks ?

later,
Mentor

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Finally, a Palestinian Homeland  
Wired News Report  

10:55 a.m. 6.Dec.1999 PST 
Palestinians may be having a tough time establishing an independent
state in the Mideast, but soon they'll be officially recognized in
cyberspace. 

The New York Times reported Monday that the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers is expected to grant the Palestinian
National Authority its own domain suffix. On the Web, that's the
practical equivalent to receiving national status. 

Read more Politics -- from Wired News

ICANN's awarding of the domain .ps would enable the authority to
establish its own Web addresses and register them with the Internet's
official governing body. 

Awarding the domain is subject to the approval of the US Commerce
Department, which is overseeing the transition of Internet
administration to ICANN, a private, nonprofit organization. According
to the Times, however, the Commerce Department is not expected to
oppose the application. 

Although .ps hardly creates an official Palestinian state, its
establishment has a tremendous symbolic effect in an area where
symbolism is difficult to escape. 

According to the Times, the Clinton administration is playing down its
significance. ICANN's president, Michael Roberts, told the paper that
there is nothing controversial about the application. 

"The delegation of a country code does not create a political weapon,"
he said. "All it does is create a way for names to be assigned within
that top level domain."  

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