Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that
assigns a code to every character and symbol in every language in
the world. Since no other encoding standard supports all languages,
Unicode is the only encoding standard that ensures that you can retrieve
or combine data using any combination of languages.
Note: In order to use Unicode in a z/OS environment, you must add code page 65002 to your configuration. For more information about
configuring National Language services, see Configuring FOCUS for National Language Support Services.