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| keypeople      = Dr. [[Boris Aleshin]], President  

| keypeople      = * Dr. [[Boris Aleshin]], President<br/>[[Sadao Takeda]],  VP Policy<br/>[[Jacob Holmblad]], VP Technical Management<br/>[[Julien Pitton]], Treasurer<br/>[[Rob Steele]], Secretary General/CEO

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==Structure==

==Structure==

A five-year strategic plan approved by the ISO members serves as a guideline in the operations of the organization.<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/about/governance_and_operations.htm Governance & Operation]</ref>  

A five-year strategic plan approved by the ISO members serves as a guideline in the operations of the organization:<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/about/governance_and_operations.htm Governance & Operation]</ref>

 

The General Assembly is the highest authority of the organization, which is composed of its Principal officers and delegates appointed by the member bodies. Members of the General Assembly meet every year and the President is the Chairman. The membership of the General Assembly is divided into three categories:

The General Assembly is the highest authority of the organization, which is composed of its Principal officers and delegates appointed by the member bodies. Members of the General Assembly meet every year and the President is the Chairman. The membership of the General Assembly is divided into three categories:

* Members Bodies, which are the only members with the right to vote

* Members Bodies, which are the only members with the right to vote

===Development of New ISO Standards===

===Development of New ISO Standards===

New ISO Standards are developed when a proposal is submitted by sectors or stakeholders approved by the majority members of the Technical Committee, which identifies the global relevance of the proposal. In addition, the three policy development committees of the ISO also submits recommendations to develop new international standards for their stakeholder groups.<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/about/how_iso_develops_standards.htm How ISO Decides to Develop Standards]</ref>

New ISO Standards are developed when a proposal is submitted by sectors or stakeholders and then approved by the majority members of the Technical Committee, which identifies the global relevance of the proposal. The three policy development committees of the ISO also submit recommendations to develop new international standards for their stakeholder groups.<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/about/how_iso_develops_standards.htm How ISO Decides to Develop Standards]</ref>

 

ISO publishes around 1100 new standards every year. More than 18,500 international standards was already developed and published by the organization in different subjects.

The development of international standards undergoes six stages:

The Best selling ISO standards include:<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue.htm ISO Standards]</ref>

* '''Stage 1''': Proposal stage. A proposal is submitted indicating that a new international standard is necessary and needs to be approved by majority of the TC or subcommittees. If the proposal is approved, a project leader will be chosen.

* '''ISO 26000:2010'''-Guidance on Social Responsibility

* '''Stage 2''': Preparatory stage. The TC/SC will convene a Working Group for the project to prepare several working drafts until the best technical solution is satisfactorily developed. The first draft will be forwarded to the parent committee to build consensus.

* '''ISO 31000:2009'''-Risk Management - Principles and Guidelines

* '''Stage 3''': Committee stage. The draft is registered with the ISO Central Secretariat and distributed for comments. In this stage, the participating members of the TC may require successive committee drafts until a consensus for the technical content is developed. A Draft International Standard (DIS) will be finalized.

* '''ISO 14001:2004'''-Environmental Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use

* '''Stage 4''': Enquiry stage. The ISO Central Secretariat distributes the DIS to the ISO bodies for comments and voting within five months to be approved as the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS). If it is not approved by the majority (2/3) of the participating members, the DIS it will be returned to the original TC/SC to work on the technical reasons based on the negative feedback and resubmit for reconsideration.

* '''Stage 5''': Approval stage. The ISO Central Secretariat will distribute the FDIS to be approved as an International Standard by 2/3 majority votes from the ISO member bodies.

* '''Stage 6''': Publication stage. If necessary, minor editing will be done on the final text and then it will be sent to ISO Central Secretariat and published as ISO International Standard.<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/about/how_iso_develops_standards.htm Detailed stages of the development of International Standards]</ref>

==ISO Principal Officers==

ISO publishes around 1100 new standards every year. More than 18,500 international standards have already been developed and published by the organization on different subjects. The best selling ISO standards include:

* Dr. [[Boris Aleshin]], President

* '''ISO 26000:2010''' - Guidance on Social Responsibility

* Mr. [[Sadao Takeda]],  Vice-President Policy

* '''ISO 31000:2009''' - Risk Management - Principles and Guidelines

* Mr. [[Jacob Holmblad]], VP Technical Management  

* '''ISO 14001:2004''' - Environmental Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue.htm ISO Standards]</ref>

* Mr. [[Julien Pitton]], Treasurer

* Mr. [[Rob Steele]], Sec. General-CEO

==ISO and ICANN==

==ISO and ICANN==