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The Standard C++ Foundation and the global C++ community welcome and encourage participation by everyone. Our community is based on mutual respect, tolerance, and encouragement, and we are working to help each other live up to these principles. We want our community to be more diverse: whoever you are, and whatever your background, we welcome you.
Please see also the following, which are regularly linked to from CppCon.org and ISO C++ meeting agendas and other places. Note there are two codes of conduct because there are two authorities: ISO which regulates ISO meetings, and the Foundation which regulates the things it runs (notably this website and CppCon).
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