Over the years, the subcommittee has established or disbanded WGs in response to changing standardization needs within the field of coded character sets.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 has one active working group (WG), which maintains the standard for the Universal Coded Character Set (ISO/IEC 10646).
[6] ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC.
[7] The 24 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 are: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Viet Nam.
[8] The 26 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 are: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, Iceland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, and Turkey.