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ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency(ISO 3166/MA)
The agency within the International Organization for Standardization that is tasked with updating, implementing, and maintaining the ISO 3166 standard that defines codes of letters used to refer to countries and subdivisions. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority uses the two-letter names defined in ISO 3166-1 as identifiers for country code top-level domains. ISO 3166/MA is responsible for any updates, for example, when a country code is created or ceases to exist.