Eligibility for a .INT domain

To register in the .int domain, the applicant must be an intergovernmental organization established by international treaties between or among national governments. Only one registration is allowed for each organization. There is no fee for registering an .int domain name.

Eligibility criteria

The following three criteria must be met for a .int registration to be granted:

1. An international treaty between or among national governments must be provided. We should be able to look up the international treaty in the UN online database of treaties, or you should provide us a true certified copy of the treaty. Please be sure what you provide is a treaty, not the constitution or bylaws of the organization. We recognize as organizations qualified for domain names under the .int top-level domain the specialized agencies of the UN, and the organizations having observer status at the UN General Assembly.

2. The treaty submitted must establish the organization applying for the .int domain name. The organization must be established by the treaty itself, not by a council decision or similar.

3. The organization that is established must be widely considered to have independent international legal personality and must be the subject of and governed by international law. The declaration or the treaty must have created the organization. If the organization created is a secretariat, it must have a legal personality. For example, it must be able to enter into contracts and be party to legal proceedings.

Additional considerations

• Only allow one registration is allowed per organization. We recommend using third-level domains within the organization's domain for individual programs and functions (i.e. program.igo.int).

• Registrations for infrastructure purposes and international databases are no longer supported in the .int domain. RFC 3172 designates .arpa as the appropriate home for infrastructure purposes.