Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

===UN specialised agencies===
As a non-member state of the United Nations, by participating as members in one or more [[UN specialized agencies|United Nations Specialised Agencies]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/member-states/about-permanent-observers/index.html|title=About Permanent Observers|publisher=United Nations|date=7 August 2015|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309025911/https://www.un.org/en/sections/member-states/about-permanent-observers/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and operating in a parallel political system with the CCP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=4539|title=Bidding High|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)|date=1 December 1994|website=Taiwan Today|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415202634/http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=4539|url-status=live}}</ref> as in the case of Germany and Korea, the ROC may be granted a [[Observer status|Permanent Observer status]] in organisations such as the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] and [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.allard.ubc.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=fac_pubs|title=Research study|year=2009|website=commons.allard.ubc.ca|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424001043/http://commons.allard.ubc.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=fac_pubs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/WorkWithOthers.aspx|title=OHCHR – How we work with others|website=ohchr.org|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423154711/http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/WorkWithOthers.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Involvement and participation in the Asia Pacific Innovation Conference allows interaction with the Director of Economics and Statistics Division of [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]], who directly reports to the Director-General.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ap-ic.org/apic-board-members/|title=APIC Board Members|website=Asia Pacific Innovation Conference|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021118/http://ap-ic.org/apic-board-members/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/units/econ_stat/index.html|title=Economics and Statistics Division|website=wipo.int|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807112329/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/units/econ_stat/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>