On the subject of Umbridge and Book VII

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 143774

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at s...> wrote:
> 
> Bart:
> 	And are there any other magical governing bodies? What are they doing 
> about the situation? If not, then why aren't non-British wizards or 
> witches involved in the Ministry of Magic?
> 
> 	Bart
>
Amontillada:

Very good questions! It seems to me that the Ministry of Magic has
been presented as specifically governing the Magical branch of the
United Kingdom. The Minister of/for Magic reports (in times of crisis,
when the WW is seen as inevitably intersecting with the Muggle world)
to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. 

I presume that other nations have comparable officials--Ministers for
Magic, Secretaries of Magic, etc.--and governing bodies which preside
with the magical folk of those various nations.

There is an International Council of Wizardry, which Dumbledore
presided over as Supreme Mugwump. This includes representatives of the
magical governing bodies in various nations, and seems to deal with
magical concerns which cross borderlines. The fact that the
International Council hasn't (to our knowledge) been engaged in the
new Wizarding War suggests to me that Voldemort's attentions have been
focused in Great Britain so far.

Sherry