A note on the ICANN website states that Yemen has passed the "String Evaluation" phase for an IDN cctld .The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process was approved at ICANN annual meeting in Seoul,South Korea on 30 October 2009 by ICANN Board.
Both the request and evaluation process have three steps :
- Preparation
- String Evaluation
- String Delegation
A total of 27 countries have successfully passed through the String Evaluation .
In order to successfully complete the String Evaluation,IDN ccTLD requester must fulfill some requirements :
the script used to represent the IDN ccTLDs must be non-Latin;
the languages used to express the IDN ccTLDs must be official in the corresponding country or territory; and
a specific set of technical requirements must be met (as evaluated by an external DNS Stability Panel comprised of DNS and IDN experts).