Folks, Mau menghubungi ISO MA, silakan saja. -------------------------------------- >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) >Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:48:25 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Gosta Roos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency in Berlin >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by raptor.access.net.id id EAA19177 > >>Robert >>-- >Thank you for your message of 3 February 1999 with a query from Indonesia >regarding the country code for East Timor. My comment is as follows. > >At the time when ISO 3166 was drafted, in the early 1970s, the status of >East (or Portuguese) Timor was far from settled. Discussions took place >within the United Nations on what should become of the former Portuguese >colony. From the point of view of the ISO Working Group responsible for >the preparation of the ISO 3166, and which did not apply any political >considerations in selecting candidates for country codes, this case was >similar to several others, including as an example Macao. > >A separate code was required because of the need to report on past and >current trade and development statistics and programmes. The code element >"TP" therefore was allocated to East Timor and has been used ever since in >all the successive versions of ISO 3166 since 1974. > >When work began on the preparation of ISO 3166 Part 2 Country Subdivisions >Codes, the Indonesian National Standards Body supplied a list of provinces >which included "Timor Timur", with the code ID-TT. This was accepted as an >official contribution and was included in the draft International Standard >(now adopted). Again, this case was similar to those of Hong Kong and >Macao, both figuring in their own right in ISO 3166 as HK and MO, but also >as special regions of China, with subdivision codes CN-91 and CN-92 > >Needless to say, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency has no opinion whatsoever >about any political or other ramifications stemming from the use of codes >in ISO 3166. The codes are available and their use in the context of >Internet has been noted with satisfaction. In the particular case of East >Timor, recent events appear to further justify the retention of a separate >code for that area. > >The address of the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency in Berlin is as follows: > > ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency Secretariat > c/o DIN > Burggrafenstrasse 6 > D-10787 BERLIN Germany > >An appropriate contact person is > > Mr Cord Wischh�fer, whose e-mail address is > > [email protected] > >Please let me know if any further clarification is required. > >With kind regards > >G�sta Roos >Chairman of ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency > > > > Teddy A. Purwadi PT Transmedia Mitra Indonesia Grha Citra Caraka, Mezzanine Fl, Transmedia Suite Jln Jend Gatot Subroto 52, Jakarta 12710 - INDONESIA V:+62-21 526 8777 F:+62-21 526 8789 I:http://www.access.net.id E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- STOP-LANGGANAN: 'unsubscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] START-LANGGANAN: 'subscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
