<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">While not a UN Agency, they are allowed to "to participate in the work of the United Nations"</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_consultative_status_to_the_United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_consultative_status_to_the_United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council</a><br>

</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consultative_Status" title="Consultative Status" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">Consultative Status</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council" title="United Nations Economic and Social Council" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">United Nations Economic and Social Council</a> is the highest status granted by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">United Nations</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organizations" title="Non-governmental organizations" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">non-governmental organizations</a>, thereby allowing them to participate in the work of the United Nations. Consultative Status is divided into three categories:</p>

<ul style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px"><i>General Consultative Status</i> (formerly Consultative Status 1), the highest level, which may be granted to organizations that are concerned with most of the activities of the Council, that are making substantive and sustained contributions in many fields, with a considerable membership, and that are broadly representative of major segments of society in a large number of countries. These organizations are entitled to deliver oral presentations during the Council's meetings.</li>

</ul><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:50 PM, CW Mail <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mail@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">mail@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Good evening:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Exceptional_reservations" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Exceptional_reservations</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>There is a rather straightforward way of concluding this debate:</div><div>ISO is not a UN agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>CW</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div><div>

On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:52, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br>____________________________________________________________<br>


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