Standards Developing Organizations Influencing Organizations Treaties 
* ISO - International Organization for Standards 
* IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission 
* ITU - International Telecommunications Union 
* JTC1 - ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee I (Information Technology) 
* JTC1 website maintained by ANSI 

Global organizations directly impinging on the standards making community:
*WTO - World Trade Organization
*WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
*GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
*NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement 

Each country has its own National Standards Body responsible for developing its country's national position to be represented at the international level. Not all of them have a Standards Web Page associated with them, however, most of their mailing addresses can be found on the ISO web page. The following list of National Standards Bodies will link to their home page (if they have one) or to their mailing address maintained by ISO. Those with a mailing address only are indicated by an *.  

Note: These things change all the time. If one becomes invalid please notify me. Another list is maintained by the ASME