IEEE policy regarding professional relations

IEEE is a nonnational society devoted to the extension and dissemination of technical and scientific knowledge in the science and technology of electricity, electronics, and related fields. Members of IEEE have equal privileges, and the policies of IEEE should reflect this equality of recognition and opportunity. Unlike an international society whose members are represented through national agencies or nationally organized committees, the nonnational membership character of IEEE involves representation through arbitrarily designated “regions” of the world not coinciding with national boundaries, and through directly elected officers and directors. Its activities are world-wide.