As a regional organisation, it only holds observer status, relegating it to the end of the speakers' list and denying it a seat.

Several other entities have been granted observer status.

Observer status may be granted to qualified non-governmental organizations.

When accepted as a non-voting member, they receive observer status for two years until their representative status has been conclusively confirmed.

Whilst he was most certainly a second order cybernetician this he achieved simply by placing co-ordinates on a participant rather than claiming non-participant observer status.