| | ICANN | Letter from ITU on Telephony-Related TLDs |
 | | Even if this were considered to be acceptable practice, the ITU would suggest that particularly careful reflection is warranted as to the global long-term benefits to the Internet community in allocating certain TLDs at this timeespecially considering both the irreversibility of such a decision, and that it may preclude, perhaps other, more beneficial, future uses. |
 | | In this regard, the ITU is working with the IETF to progress a careful exploration of these complicated issues in the context of its joint work concerning the ENUM protocol. |
 | | The role of the TSB Director as well as that of ITU Member States with respect to the allocation and management of numbering resources is defined in Resolution 20: Procedures for allocation and management of international numbering resources, adopted by ITU Member States at the World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (Geneva, 1996). |
| www.icann.org /tlds/correspondence/itu-response-01nov00.htm (1200 words) |