[EURO-Discuss] ICANN Posts Communication from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Regarding its Sponsorship of the .POST Top-Level Domain

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

ICANN Posts Communication from the Universal Postal Union (UPU)  
Regarding its Sponsorship of the .POST Top-Level Domain
ICANN Continues Negotiations with UPU for .POST sTLD
6 September 2007
(Update 7 September with Public Comment Closing Date)
The attached communication from the UPU (http://www.icann.org/ 
correspondence/donohoe-to-pritz-05sep07.pdf)  [PDF, 193K] describes  
aspects of its intended sponsorship of the .POST sponsored top-level  
domain. ICANN and the UPU have entered into negotiations intended to  
result in the delegation of the .POST registry. This outreach by the  
UPU is intended to inform the community about proposed aspects of the  
UPU’s business model and requested contractual agreement. These  
proposals are based upon the UPU’s vision for adding significant  
value to: the DNS, its member states and their designated operators 1  
of postal services, and the recipients of postal services. Certain  
aspects of these terms relate to the UPU’s status as an  
intergovernmental organization (IGO) comprised of member states and  
as specialized agency of the United Nations.

Significantly, this outreach invites public examination and comment  
at an early stage of the negotiation. Negotiations will continue and  
comments made regarding this material will be taken into account as  
they are received.

Comments on the UPU communication may be posted to stld-rfp- 
post at icann.org and viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/stld-rfp- 
post. Comments on this aspect of the negotiations with the UPU will  
close on 6 October 2007.



[1] Designated Operator (DO): any governmental or non-governmental  
entity officially designated by the member country to operate postal  
services and to fulfill the obligations arising out of the Acts of  
the Union on its territory.

For example in the UK it is Royal Mail , in the USA it is US Postal  
Service (USPS), in Brazil it is Empresa Brasileira de Correios e  
Telégrafos, in Kazakhstan it’s Kazpost, in Malaysia it’s Pos Malaysia  
Bhd, in Botswana it’s Botswana Post, and in Ghana it is Ghana Postal  
Services Corporation.


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Nick Ashton-Hart
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ICANN
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