Using gb for the United Kingdom would possibly be politically
dangerous, which is why UK websites are .co.uk .org.uk etc and
not .co.gb .org.gb etc.
The full name of our country is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain
& Northern Ireland" - using the GB code is offensive to people from
Northern Ireland, because Northern Ireland is a valued part of the
United Kingdom but is NOT part of Great Britain.
As IRC is an internet service, I suggest we stay with UK for the
United Kingdom (to match our websites) and Ukraine should be UA.
Hi Margot:
Fortunately for all concerned, the issues with ISO country codes had
nothing to do politically, it was by agreement by all. Ireland has its
own country code all of its own. ISO agreement are traditionally closely
monitored by the UN membership states.
Marc
