International Bureau of Weights and Measures | ||
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Location | Saint-Clound | |
Founder | Metre Convention (59 states) | |
CEO | Martin Milton | |
Founded | 20 May 1875 | |
Members | 61 countries | |
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Mission | act together on matters related to measurement science and measurement standards (de-facto) |
International Bureau of Weights and Measures is an international standards organisation, one of three such organisations established to maintain the International System of Units (SI) under the terms of the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre). The organisation is usually referred to by its French initialism, BIPM.