Barrack Otieno writes:

Nick , Information on ISO standards is publicly available in my humble opinion.

Informatio over the iso otganisations are freely available. However, the standards themselves tend not to be. Some parts are avalable but one has t pat for the full standards <https://www.iso.org/store.html>.

Having been involved in ISO Standards development processes i can also attest to the fact that the processes are multi stakeholder

Note that ISO is a membership arganisation.

in nature which grants it credibility and provides the right platform for complex discussions involving Geographic names and territories.

It is not happening in TC 46/WG2, the owner if the ISO 3166 standard. I'mm not aware where in the ISO organisation these discussions are taking place. Regards, jaap