Founded in 1947, ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards. Developed through global consensus, they help to break down barriers to international trade. And since its founding the ISO has published more than 19 500 International Standards covering almost all aspects of technology and business. According to ISO International Standards, their developed international standards impact all our lives.

Because of the reason stated above, it is important and imperative for the organization to stay true to its objectives in the business of setting standards and not to succumb to malicious political pressures and misinformation when it comes to developing international standards.

The ISO 3166 country codes lists TW(Taiwan's country code) as "Taiwan, Province of China", not only this makes it seems odd for ISO to list Hong Kong and Macao simply as they are without any "part of China" labels, it is also an evidence that shows ISO is complying to a politicized position solely held by China and not from any credible authority that has capacity to determine the designation of a geographical region.

ISO supposedly abide by The United Nations Bulletin Country Names Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the United Nations Statistics Division ( http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm ) However, the UN source does not indicate in anywhere that Taiwan should be named as "Taiwan, province of China". Furthermore, it is explicitly stated in the UN site that "The designations employed and the presentation of country or area names in this list DO NOT imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. "

For the reasons above, we hereby demand ISO not to compromise its reputation and image as the leader in international standard development. Please stick to the facts and general principles. The fact Taiwan is not a member state of UN does not mean ISO can butcher its right to identify its self, and surrendering to China's will and comply to its imperialistic agenda is not a way to "maintain neutrality". We hope ISO would not surrender to external political pressures and destroy its integrity by not doing what is right. What is right is let Taiwan be just Taiwan. Let TW be TAIWAN.

台灣在國際標準化組織ISO 以「依照聯合國國家名稱公布欄上記載的，因為台灣不是會員國，所以為了維持政治中立，僅以聯合國為基準」這理由為由被矮化為「TAIWAN，PROVINCE OF CHINA」（台灣，中國的一省）。但是仔細研究聯合國國家名稱公布欄就能發現根本沒有列出台灣，並且該聯合國名單下也有披露文說明那名單並不能代表聯合國秘書長的立場也沒有權力決定一個地區的正確名稱應該為何，更不能作為認定主權領土還有範圍的指標。那麼堂堂的ISO可以用這種不可靠的資料來決定台灣的正確名稱嗎？

為什麼ISO名單上香港還有澳門不用像在聯合國國家名稱公布欄上一樣冠上「特區」？而台灣卻要冠上「中國的一省」？這很明顯是向中國屈膝稱臣，有違ISO的經營理念還有專業操守。我們要求ISO重回正途，不要ISO因為來自外界政治力量而違背原則，請回歸事實，尊重台灣地區人民有稱呼自己土地的權力，讓台灣當TAIWAN。