[db-wg] Recognisition of Kosovo and adding of LIR signup options with Kosovo as well as XK in inet(6)num

To one side of your core concern, which I think is entirely valid.

AP technically "belongs" to the African Fisheries forum, and APNIC
deprecates use of AP in delegated statistics. as I write, only one (asn)
record has AP against it. It may be used in Whois or RDAP.

EU is used more widely but I have always found its use somewhat concerning:
not that RIR delegated is the strong signal of geo, but EU is the weakest
interpretation of Geo, in that context. That said, there are probably good
use cases for both EU and AP, assuming we can convince the African Fishing
industry to release it.

Really? Geo is better solved. by Geofeed. There's an RFC for how to tell
people where a network documents its intended use of resources, we do
better to follow it in my opinion

-G

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 10:10 AM William Weber via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As the Netherlands recognise the Republic of Kosovo as sovereign nation
> (see 1), and the EU does as well (see 2) there should be a way to include
> the proposed 2 letter country code (XK, see 3) as option for inet(6)num
> objects. The EU and other multinational organisation (IMF, SWIFT etc., see
> 4) use this code already since independence in 2008, and it is the
> currently reserved ccTLD for Kosovo as well. Kosovo also has a unique
> phone number prefix assigned (+383) by the ITU (see 5).
>
> It makes no sense that EU and AP is available (which are not countries, AP
> is not even in ISO-3166-2), but XK is not.
>
> I am aware the the X* series of codes is reserved and not permanently
> assigned, however UN Security Council resolution 1244/99 (see 6) mandates
> the use binding to all UN members.
>
> Please let me know how to bring in a draft resolution to adopt the ability
> to use Kosovo as legitimate country option in RIPE database objects, as
> well as the LIR sign up. It is the ONLY country that is recognised by both
> the Netherlands and the EU that cannot be used to sign up as a LIR and my
> client - a Telecoms company in Pristina that wants to stay anonymous at
> this time to avoid issues with Serbia - feels their right is violated by
> having to use either Serbia or Albania as billing location, and sees
> uncertainty in applicable laws and taxation with this.
>
> Thank you,
> William Weber
> (LIR Portal user: william at william.si, multiple LIRs managed)
>
> 1:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080430070042/http://www.minbuza.nl/en/news/newsflashes,2008/03/The-Netherlands-recognises-
> Kosovo.html
> 2:
> https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/kosovo_en
> 3:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#User-assigned_code_elements
> 4:
> https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Country_codes
> 5: https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000FD0001PDFE.pdf
> 6: https://www.nato.int/kosovo/docu/u990610a.htm
>
>
>
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