Inscription on the Register is determined by the International Advisory Committee (IAC), a body of 14 leading specialists appointed by the Director-General.

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These collections were approved provisionally by the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme in May 2011 subject to the provision of minor modifications or clarifications for full inscription to proceed.

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It is not going to seriously change the way that Britain's oldest inflation index is calculated, even though that goes against the recommendation of its own Advisory Committee and many international bodies such as the International Monetary Fund.

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The full process and resulting applicant guidebook has taken about five years to develop and includes various advisory committees to help represent third-party interests, such as the the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), which advises ICANN on international and local laws.

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The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is one of the advisory bodies that help the World Heritage Committee decide on the inscription of cultural properties.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is also invited in an advisory capacity, with the presence of key partners which will participate as observers, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Council of Europe (CoE), the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS) and various intergovernmental and international sports organizations.

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