<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Ok, except that as Commonwealths, Puerto Rico and CNMI have attained a voluntary, consented, political status validated by the United Nations. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.anuariocdi.org/anuario3-capitulos-pdf/ACDI_V3_2010_JRua.pdf">http://www.anuariocdi.org/anuario3-capitulos-pdf/ACDI_V3_2010_JRua.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, as per the US State Department's <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_State_Foreign_Affairs_Manual" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">Foreign Affairs Manual</a>, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Commonwealth' when used in connection with areas under the sovereignty of the USA that are not states of the Union, is the term that "broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption".</span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">None of the other territories have adopted their own constitutions.</p></div><div><br><div>Javier Rúa-Jovet<div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1-787-396-6511</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">twitter: @javrua</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">skype: javier.rua1</span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua</a> </font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br>On Jan 17, 2017, at 4:15 PM, John R. Levine <<a href="mailto:johnl@iecc.com">johnl@iecc.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><span>Currently despite our efforts the only locations outside Continental US</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and Canada we don't have a single US territory as a ALS.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Sure we do: Hispanic Educational Technology Services and ISOC Puerto Rico.</span><br><span></span><br><span>It's not surprising that you can't find ALS in the other territories, since they're all very small. There are about 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico. The rest are Guam with 165K, USVI with 104K, American Samoa with 55K, and CNMI with 53K. All the other insular areas are uninhabited other than the occasional scientific or military station.</span><br><span></span><br><span>R's,</span><br><span>John</span><br><span></span><br><span>PS: PR is called a Commonwealth, but that mans that it's an organized unincorporated territory, same as CNMI.</span><br><span>------</span><br><span>NA-Discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Visit the NARALO online at <a href="http://www.naralo.org">http://www.naralo.org</a></span><br><span>------</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>