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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear CCWG-UCTN,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Singapore supports the CCWG-UCTN’s recommendation that ICANN’s existing policy of reserving “two-letter representations of country and territory names in
the ISO 3166-1 alpha2-standard” for ccTLDs should be maintained. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">On 3-letter codes at the top-level, we note that the CCWG-UCTN has been unable to come to a consensus for a recommendation. We note also that the GAC-Helsinki
communique advises the ICANN Board to “keep current protections in place” and appreciate that the Board ensures this advice is kept in mind while this issue is still being discussed.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Lastly, we support the CCWG-UCTN’s recommendation that ICANN consolidate all policy efforts relating to geographic names to enable in-depth analysis on
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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