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argentina
armenia
australia
austria
belgium
burundi
canada
china
christmas island
colombia
czech republic
denmark
el salvador
finland
france
gambia
germany
ghana
guatemala
hong kong
india
indonesia
ireland
israel
italy
japan
korea
liechtenstein
libya
malaysia
malawi
mauritiana
mexico
morocco
netherlands
new zealand
norway
peru
poland
russia
south africa
spain
sweden
switzerland
taiwan
tunisia
tuvalu
ukraine
united arab emirates
united kingdom
united states
Following are tables which highlight the main relationships:

Table 1: countries where the ccTLD is part of the government
Table 2: countries where the ccTLD is private sector
Table 3: countries where the ccTLD is a non-profit corporation
Table 4: countries where the ccTLD is academic


Table 1: countries where the ccTLD is part of the government

Country Code NameGovernment RelationshipGovernment Activity ICANN Agreement
argentina AR MRECIC Formal none none
china CN CNNICFormalnone none
el salvador SV SVNETInformalLogistical centernone
finland FI FICORAFormalLegislation none
india IN NCSTFormalnone none
malawi MW Malawi SDNPFormalnone MOU
malaysia MY MYNICFormalnone none
morocco MA ANRTFormalLegislationnone
norway NO NORIDInformalWorkgroup none
spain ES RED.ESFormalLegislationnone
tunisia TN ATI FormalLegislationnone


Table 2: countries where the ccTLD is private sector

Country Code NameGovernment RelationshipGovernment Activity ICANN Agreement
gambia GM nic.gmnonenone none
ghana GH NCSnonenonenone
indonesia ID IDNICInformalnone none
japan JP JPRS FormalendorsementYes
libya LY Nic.lynonenone none
tuvalu TV .tv corporationnonenonenone
ukraine UA HostmasterInformalAd hoc none
united arab emirates AE UAEnicInformalLegislationnone
united states US Neustar Formalcontractnone

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Table 3: countries where the ccTLD is a non-profit corporation

Country Code NameGovernment RelationshipGovernment Activity ICANN Agreement
armenia am ISOC AMInformalGovernment sits on boardnone
australia AU AUDAFormalLegislationYes
austria AT Internet Foundation AustriaInformalLegislationnone
belgium BE DNS.beInformalnone none
burundi BI CNI SDNPFormalLegislationRedelegation
canada CA CIRAFormalAgreement none
christmas island CX Dot CXFormalEndorsementunder discussion
czech republic cz CZ.NIC Formalinvolved in managementnone
denmark DK . DIFOInformalnonenone
france FR AFNICInformalGovernment reps serve on councilnone
germany DE DENICInformalObserver on Legal Advisory Committeenone
hong kong HK HKIRC FormalMOUredelegation
ireland IE IEDRnoneLegislationnone
israel IL Israeli Internet Association noneAnalysis by Governmentnone
italy ID IDNICInformalnone none
korea KR KRNICFormalapprovalnone
netherlands NL SIDNnoneCabinet Reviewnone
new zealand NZ InternetNZInformalendorsementnone
peru PE Nic.penoneLegislation none
poland PL NASKNoneendorsementnone
russia RU RIPN Informalverbal understandingnone
south africa ZA NamespaceInformalLegislationnone
sweden SE II-StiftelsenInformalGovernment Committee none
taiwan TW TWNICInformalendorsementnone
united kingdom UK NominetInformalGovernment sits on boardnone


Table 4: countries where the ccTLD is academic

Country Code NameGovernment RelationshipGovernment Activity ICANN Agreement
columbia CO University of ColumbiaInformalLegislationNone
guatemala GT Universidad del Valle de GuatemalaNoneattempted takeovernone
mauritiana MR Nic-Mauritanie Nonenone none
mexico MX NIC-MexicoInformalproposed legislationnone
switzerland CH SWITCH FormalLegislationnone

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