[governance] Is really Bulgarian Cyrillic .бг (.bg) similar to other Latin ccTLDs?

Tue Nov 1 10:31:59 EDT 2011

Unless visually impaired, anyone should be able to tell *.бг* from *.br*
see attachment.

However, visually normal people can't tell *.lt *(Italy) from *.It*(Lithuania)

The problem is with ICANN, not with Cyrillic.
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 14:21, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear George and others,
>
> The relevance of IDNs to Internet Governance are in the "*multilingualism*"
> policy category that was defined in the WGIG 2005 document.
>
> I was going through the archives and found your email. You may be
> interested in reading the Study Reports on the various variants, they are
> open for comments and submissions, see:
>
> I listened to certain speakers speak about IDN variants which are so very
> exciting and interesting. You can access and view their study reports via
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/ The Cyrillic variant report is
> open for comments until 16th November, 2011. Other variant reports are also
> there (Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Latin etc). If you want to get submissions
> in and quick, now is the time! :)
>
> It is so interesting to see how certain scripts are politically charged,
> the similarity in phonetics or confusingly similar script. Whilst IDNs have
> been around for some time, I am sensing that it will only accelerate in its
> prominence in the not too distant future.
>
> The existing ITU model has closed memberships and this is true even for
> the Dedicated Working Group on International Internet Related Public Policy
> issues. This is a *closed group* I might add. Is there anyone on this
> list that is a member of this group I would be interested to ask some
> policy questions on the subject matter and we can discuss offlist.
>
>  I am on record for asking At Large whether there is some level of
> interface between ICANN and this Dedicated Working Group. This Dedicated
> Working Group was established under Resolution 75. Membership is only
> exclusive for member states and the current chair is Mr Majed Al Mazyed
> from Saudi Arabia.
>
> Resolution 133 deals from the ITU Plenipotentiary deals with the role of
> administrations of member states in the management of internationalized(multilingual)
> domain names. [see
> http://www.itu.int/osg/csd/intgov/resoultions_2010/PP-10/RESOLUTION_133.pdf
> ]
>
> I should also state that the 2009 Council Resolution 1305 [which we are
> denied access unless you are a member state invited Member States to
> recognise the scope of the work of ITU on international Internet-related
> public policy matters.] I will say that the approach of the ITU to close
> discussions on internet policy and limit it to member states is worrying.
> 2012 will be a critical year within the ITU as they will be revising alot
> of resolutions and positions etc to "make it more relevant".
>
> I am not in anyway criticising ITU and have *great respect* for the
> degree of capacity building  and recognise the role that they play but I
> strongly disagree with the policy exclusionary development processes within
> the ITU. The ICC also publicly in 2005 issued a Statement to tell ITU about
> what it thought of ITU's role in the development of global internet
> policies and think that the statement would be available on the ICC website.
>
> There are some who have been vocal of wanting to see more efficient policy
> processes and are debating what enhanced cooperation.
>
> As civil society how can the voice of consumers be represented or at least
> other critical stakeholders within policy development space? I think that
> these are legitimate questions that require consideration.
>
> I would also be interested to learn from other individuals or
> organisations that deal with IDN other than the ITU Dedicated Working Group
> and ICANN. If you can point me to URLs, that would be great.
>
> I am also aware of the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the
> management of the Internet protocol address resources in the public
> interest (see:
> https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1678299&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383
>  )
>
> Tobias Mahler who is on this list had raised issues with s.9 of this
> Declaration on another list.
>
> It will be great to see all those working on these policies to share
> resources and information, so that at the end of the day, consumer
> interests and end users are protected.*
> *
>
> I was wondering whether civil society or individual members would like to
> put in submissions, then they are at liberty to do so.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sala
>
>
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