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The 22 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 are: Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ghana, Hong Kong, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, and Viet Nam [REF].