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international organization
vr.tr.international-organization · thing-q484652
Let an agent handle international organisations by type, members, mandate, governance and official information, presenting their roles and criticisms neutrally.
Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Organisation Which one.
Identity
Name and type.
Identity
Organisation identity.
- Which organisation is meant, and is it intergovernmental or non-governmental? definition
- What is its founding document? provenance
Mandate
Purpose.
Mandate
Mandate.
- What is its mandate, according to its charter? provenance
- What can it not do? boundary
Membership Members and governance.
Members
Member states.
Members
Members.
- Which countries or organisations are members now? provenance
- Have any joined or left recently? provenance
Governance
Decision making.
Governance
Governance.
- How are decisions made and who leads it? provenance
- Which bodies exist? definition
Information Official sources.
Documents
Resolutions and reports.
Documents
Documents.
- Where are its official documents and data published? provenance
- How can they be cited? action
Scams
Impersonation.
Scams
Impersonation scams.
- Is a message claiming to come from this organisation genuine? boundary
- How can it be verified? action
Debate Critiques.
Effectiveness
Evaluations.
Effectiveness
Effectiveness.
- What do independent evaluations say about its effectiveness? provenance
- Are criticisms attributed? boundary
Reform
Proposals.
Reform
Reform proposals.
- Which reforms are proposed, and by whom? provenance
- Are positions presented neutrally? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia, Euroregion, European grouping of territorial cooperation, Eurometropolis, regional organization, Evropské seskupení pro územní spolupráci, political union, organ of the African Union, juled, continental union, political economic union, fiscal union
What it is Filled
An international organization is an organization established by treaty between governments, with members, a mandate and governance arrangements defined by its founding treaty, including global and regional intergovernmental bodies.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle international organisations by type, members, mandate, governance and official information, presenting their roles and criticisms neutrally.
Distinguishing features Filled
- International membership or scope
- Treaty or statute basis
- Mandates and governance bodies
- Subject of debate
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Impersonate an international organisation or its officials.
- Misrepresent its decisions, voting records or positions.
- Use its name or emblem to give false authority to a fundraising appeal or message.
- Invent reports or statistics attributed to it.
Only with a human decision
- Submitting documents or communications to an international organisation on someone's behalf.
May
- Describe an international organisation's mandate, members and decisions from its official documents.
- Cite resolutions and reports by their official symbols and dates.
Moral aspects Filled
- International bodies coordinate matters of peace, health and rights; misinformation about them erodes trust.
- Fraudsters use their names to deceive people seeking aid or jobs.
Who is affected
- People served by the organisation
- Member states and their citizens
- Staff of the organisation
Owners Filled
Steward
The member states or members under its founding charter or treaty, served by its secretariat.
Master systems
- Treaty depositary records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q43229 - registry parent class
related
- organisation - category
- treaty - basis
- United Nations - example
- national governments - partners
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.international-organization
- Wikidata: Q484652 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484652)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Organizations in this sense are intergovernmental bodies established by treaty.
- International non-governmental organizations fall outside this sense.
- Multinational companies are commercial entities rather than organizations of this kind.
- Headquarters, flags, logos and assemblies.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the type and mandate of an organisation
- find member states and governance
- find official documents and data
- present criticisms and debates with attribution
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Outdated membership lists
- Imitation websites and scams
- One-sided framing
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Founding treaties and charters
- Headquarters agreements
Context of use required Filled
- Coordinating action across countries.
- global intergovernmental organisations
- regional organisations
- international NGOs
- cross-border cooperation bodies such as euroregions
- specialised agencies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q484652: international organization - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: International organization - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each organisation be a separate entry?
- How should membership data be linked?
- How should NGOs and IGOs be distinguished?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q484652/spec.json