The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures: establishing standards in the physical sciences

In a vault on the outskirts of Paris, a cylinder of platinum-iridium sits in a safe under three layers of glass. It is the kilogram, kept by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), which is the international home of metrology. Metrology is the science of measurement, and it is of fundamental importance to us all. It is essential for trade, commerce, navigation, transport, communication, surveying, engineering, and construction. It is essential for medical diagnosis and treatment, health and safety, food and consumer protection, and for preserving the environment—e.g., measuring ozone in the atmosphere. Many of these applications are of particular relevance to chemistry and thus to IUPAC. In all these activities we need to make measurements reliably—to an appropriate and known level of uncertainty. The financial implications of metrology are enormous. In the United States, for example, some 15% of the gross domestic product is spent on healthcare, involving reliable quantitative measurements for both diagnosis and treatment.

Resolución 441(XIX): Apoyo al Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento Ambiental = Resolution 441(XIX): Support for the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade = Résolution 441(XIX): Mesures d'appui à la Décennie internationale de l'eau potable et de l'assainissement

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Resolución 442(XIX): Medidas para promover el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento Ambiental en América Latina = Resolution 442(XIX): Measures to promote the achievement of the objectives of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade in Latin America = Résolution 442(XIX): Mesures destinées à faciliter la réalisation des objectifs de la Décennie internationale de l'eau potable et de l'assainissement

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Reseña de medidas de reforma adoptadas recientemente por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe = Review of recent reforms adopted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean = Mesures de réforme récemment adoptées par la Commission Economique pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes

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