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Thomas E Dell says:

> the NIC has not been good about identifying
> the country properly. They often list the contact point, which is often
> an obscure university, or a point in another country. 


In the absence of any set policy regarding the registration of
top-level country domains, it has always been the NIC's preference to
have an agency of the country's government request and administer the
domain.  However, if a university or technical institute within the
country applies for the top-level domain and is technically able to
administer it -- and no government agency has come forward -- we have
generally register the domain with that university/institute as the
POC.


Douglas MacGowan
Domain Registrar
NIC

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