It was suspended in 1942 during World War II, but after the war ISA was approached by the recently formed United Nations Standards Coordinating Committee (UNSCC) with a proposal to form a new global standards body.
它在1942年第二次世界大战停止运作，战后ISA找上初成立的联合国标准协调委员会（United Nations Standards Coordinating Committee，簡稱UNSCC）提议成立一个新的全球标准团体。