Domains in the waiting list - part 1

Domain POST - the summer of 2007, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) has entered into negotiations with an nternational corporation ICANN, administering the Internet address space. The subject of dialogue - the domain of limited use POST. Currently, the joint efforts of ICANN and the UPU on a single instrument to delegate the domain POST coming to an end.
UPU is a specialized agency of the United Nations, sets international standards of postal services, provides technical assistance and promotes cooperation in the field of postal services.

Domain LAT

Domain designed for Latin America, will be marked LAT. This was announced Federation of Internet and e-commerce countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (eCOM-LAC) and the Mexican Network Information Center (NIC Mexico) at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Rio De Janeiro in November 2007.
While Latin American domain name, eCOM-LAC and NIC Mexico had made a serious step towards its establishment. LAT is associated with Latin America, so with the emergence of a new zone of Latin American resources will become more recognizable.
In the near future a proposal to create a new domain will be submitted to the ICANN, which must decide on his fate in the fourth quarter of 2008. Experts note that the domain LAT has all chances to appear on the list of top-level domains. LAT will be the third territorial domain after the EU (Europe) and ASIA (Asia).

XXX domain

The Corporation ICANN, the Internet address space manager, has put forward new proposals for a XXX domain for websites with erotic content. Proposal for the establishment of the special top-level domain, first introduced in 2001, has already twice rejected by ICANN (in 2004 and 2006).
At the outset of the global Internet community was not unanimous, is whether or not to enter a new zone. For the first time, ICANN refused to run a "domain for adult back in 2004, which caused storm of outrage from the conservative American politicians who saw the refusal as ICANN unwillingness" to protect our children from dirt. " According to them specially designed blast zone would facilitate filter out "obscene" websites, which are now scattered all existing domains. In turn, American freedoms Union (ACLU) has expressed concern that some countries have pens in a zone XXX any "dubious" resources.
In 2006, the creation of a new domain-oriented sites for adults, was suspended at the request of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush (letter to ICANN came from Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Michael Gallagher). ICANN has frozen the results of five years and now must try to allay the fears of American politicians that the emergence of a special domain would cause a sharp increase in the number of porn sites.
In January 2007, it was announced that a new consideration of the proposal. ICANN agreed to do so after the potential registrar, the corporation ICM, has pledged to strictly control the content of sites in the new domain, in which access to minors will be closed. In addition, ICM has pledged to prevent the emergence of Internet resources in the zone XXX child pornography.
Remarkably, his fears about the creation of "online red-light quarter" has already made some owners of porn sites. In their view the movement of the domain XXX all sites "for adults" will significantly reduce attendance at existing sites with erotic content. The fact is that much of their traffic comes from corporate computers during working hours and employers have not yet been able to close the staff access to such sites. Introduction XXX domain and moving it all porn sites make such filtering possible.