The overwhelming majority of participating countries — led by Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico and South Africa, among others — wanted the new rules to be designated as a statistical standard.

以巴西、哥伦比亚、印度、墨西哥和南非等为首的绝大多数参与国希望将新规则指定为统计标准。

The designation of a statistical standard would also have enabled statistics offices to access public and international funding to carry out what would be regarded as a core part of their work, and not something voluntary or non-essential.

统计标准的指定也将使统计办公室能够获得公共和国际资金来开展被视为其工作核心部分的工作，而不是自愿或非必要的工作。