Governments of individual countries should not be left on their own to handle their ccTLD administration, but should be part of an international network, the group said.

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There are 69 ccTLD administrators that are supporting the IATLD, 66 of whom have signed a petition asking ICANN not to change the existing ccTLD policy, IATLD member Bill Semich, president of .

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The exact scope of the project is yet to be defined, but the concrete joint activity will already facilitate the introduction of internationalized domain names at the top level, helping UNESCO Member States to prepare their IDN ccTLD applications.

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