[ih] NIC, InterNIC, and Modelling Administration

[Jaap Akkerhuis]

    Just out of curiosity could some explain how the UN got involved
    with ISO 3316?

    The connection is not obvious to me.

In short, the connection is defined in ISO 3166 itself. For new
country, the Statistical Bureau of the UN in New York asks for it
when they need it for statistical purposes. The ISO 3166 Maintenance
Agency then allocates a two and three alpha code according to the
rules in ISO 3166.

	jaap