The union operates through supranational and intergovernmental institutions. The common institutions mix the intergovernmental and supranational (similar to federal) aspects of the EU. Decision-making is partly intergovernmental and partly supranational within the Community areas. The Benelux Union involves an intergovernmental cooperation. International relations deals with the interaction between nation-states as well as intergovernmental and transnational organizations. The Constitution specifically prescribes a set of principles of cooperative governance and intergovernmental relations. Intergovernmental organizations must also be distinguished from treaties. FIDH coordinates and supports collaborations with intergovernmental organisations. A number of international intergovernmental organizations have also been granted observer status to WTO bodies. He was also a policy analyst for the Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. Alongside international and intergovernmental organisations, there are dozens of charitable organisations based in Vienna. In November 2012, he visited Azerbaijan to sign intergovernmental agreements. The definition was used to some extent by some intergovernmental and EU agencies. "Italics"&colon; States with limited recognition from other sovereign states or intergovernmental organizations. The city's intergovernmental relations director is Tammy Embrey.