channell.d tbroulhtheI~ternal aelations Unit. 21.WHOI,moreadaptedtotheparticipation inthe..etin.sb,indl,idualstaft .e.~ers, vlthoutreQulrlna theneedofotflcial reply.TheWHO.anual provide. procedures appl,ing totbein'itationl addressed eithertothe Dlrect9r-Oeneral ortoIndividual stattmembera. Th$invitations aresentto headQuarters and/orreaional otflces. However, t~e.ltuatlon 11rather r~~l'l.lnc••e,eralln,ltations .a,bereceived torthesamemeetlnl8 vithin beadQuarter:' .~d/orregional ortlces, buttbeseInvltatlonl arecarefull, co-ordtnate4 andcontroll.d atbeadQuarters toavoidduplication and contlictinl lettersandtoen.uratbattbecriteria laiddownintberulesand relulatlon. are~dheredto. 22.WithreaardtoIn,ltlng oraanlzatlons, tberllure.provided Inthe replieltotbeQue.tionnaire indicate tbatabout40percentofallin,ltations coaefr~tbeUnlt~dNationsI,.te.and60percenttromoraanlzatlons outside tbe.,.teaottheUnitedNation.. Intbeca.eotWHO,InvlevorIts,er, tecbnlcal aature.about20percentofInvitations cometromtbeUnitedNation• •J.t~112percentfromthelnterlo,ernmental andnon-governmental organl­ .atloDsandtbeotber.fromvarlou8International medical, healthandhealth r'l~tedInstitutions. /...- 7 - 23.Accordlns toIr.ternal manuals, rule.,sUldellnes andInstructloas ot orsanllatloas, thelnvltatlons aretlandleddltterently andbydltt.rent u~lts.Inthemajority oforsanllaClon., an.It.rnal relations unitactsa.a c.ntralualtaa4a.thetocalpointottheoraanllatlon Inthefieldof r.presentatlon. In.omeotheroraanllatlon., theinvitations areproc••••d bothbythe.It.rnal relation. uniteandtheproar.....ectors. Inafew oraaailatlons, Invitation. arebandledinparall.l withappropriate ••rvSce. otbeadQuarters and~yr.slonal oftlcesorbyllailonoffice•• 24.ILOhasad.centrallzed mannerot.anaslns overallactivity ofr.pre.en­ tation. Whilea.aerally theOtficetorInter-Oraanllatlon R.1atlon. deal. withtheinvitation. emanatlna fromtheUnitedNation., otber .pe~lalized aaencles, lnteraovernmental oraanllatlon. andlater-asency bodies,ItI.It. realonal oftlcesthathandletheInVitation. tothemeetlnas otaealo~al Bcoaomlc andSocialComml••lon.oftbeUnitedNationsandthereslonal Interaovernmental or:anlzatlons. 25.Inthemajority ofora.nizatlons, theInvitation. arerecord.d bythe centralr'alstry orby.pproprlate unit.,andrelevant.tatletics arealways available. Inthl.re.pect, W10haeaveryuniquemethodcalleda"meetlns fil~",whichke.psInformation onInvitations bothsequentlally .ndchronolo­ Slc'lly. The.otilesarecirculated totechnical departm.nt. '~rrecommen­ dations, thencostedandbudseted for..entualapproval ofthedepartment. I proposals bytheexecutive head.However, therear.someoraanilat\ons which donotrecordorfileInvitation. inareaularandpropermanner. Therefore, Information ODInvltatlo~s I1onl, partlall~ orDotatall avalhble. 26.Similarly totheUnited Natlon~, manyottheinvitfttlons tolh~specla· Hzedaseneles aredelayed(reachins evenafew4ays ~efor9thCl.:.),.Q,l'H.em.nt ofthemeett.os). lIoreov.r, virtually alltheorsanlzatlons ~,)nt:•..o,J'the dlfficuUie. cau••dbythelackofbacltlround documents, wll.."h••<...~Ilnormaily beattached toeacbinvitation. The.ewouldnotpermitthem(Qpro! ~r]J evaluate invitations toeachmeetlns, thu.preventina the.tromproperl, p1annlna thecalendar forparticlpatlou. Theyhavea1.0beenob.taeles toa .ucce••tu1preparation foraneff.ctlve ~.rtlcipatioD inthe..etlns•• 27.TherepliestotheQuestionnaire al.o.howthedlfferenc. lnthe p.rcentase otacceptance oftheinvitation. received (.eetable1,paae8), whichreflect. different policies andcriteria appll.dtoInthe.att.rof repre.entatlon, a.wella.thedlff.rent need.ofparticipation Inme.tlns•. Sincetheinformation i.onlyindicative, e••,plalnod Inparasraph 5,the rat.otacceptance ofeachoraanlzatlon .aybe.ubjecttochanse. I ...Q.' •••-_,._...__.."'-."I.!IHM', ',,.,_ --..," '-11,; ,•.•...,'""' ,.,.•, . - 8 - ~811Jpylt'tloR' r,cllf••/lppro!.d 1985 1986 Or.lnlutlon .,c,lved Approved P,rcent•.,)tR,cllved ApproVld Percent. ot ,cceptlnce ,ccept,nce- 'AO 1350 592..... 1260 661 52... ~CAO11 186 76 41... 171 72 42... trLO~I 516 261 47'" 489 247 46... ~"O 190 80 42... 160 75 47'" ~TU n.l.yn.l. n.l. n••• 277 n.a. ~NBSCOs.l 670 263 39... 606 192 32'1
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the procedures and statistics related to the World Health Organization's (WHO) internal relations unit, which handles invitations to meetings and events. The text mentions various organizations, including international medical and health institutions, and provides statistics on the percentage of invitations received from different sources. The tone is formal and technical, suggesting that the text is part of a report or document.

**Category**
Health, International trade