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General Conference on Weights and Measures
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Summary
Participation at the General Conference
22nd CGPM (2003): Presentations by CC Presidents
23rd CGPM (2007): Presentations by CC Presidents
Proceedings of the CGPM
Resolutions of the CGPM
Chain of responsibility
The benefits of participating in the BIPM
Procedure for a State to join the BIPM
Procedure for a State or Economy to become an Associate of the General Conference
Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade, Industry and Society, and the Role of the BIPM
Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade, Industry and Society, and the Role of the BIPM
National and International Needs Relating to Metrology
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  The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures, CGPM) is made up of representatives of the governments of the Member States and observers from the Associates of the CGPM.

The General Conference receives the report of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) on work accomplished; it discusses and examines the arrangements required to ensure the propagation and improvement of the International System of Units (SI); it endorses the results of new fundamental metrological determinations and various scientific resolutions of international scope; and it decides all major issues concerning the organization and development of the BIPM, including the dotation of the BIPM for the next four-year period.

The CGPM currently meets in Paris once every four years; the 23rd CGPM was held in November 2007, and the 24th CGPM will be held in 2011.

     
Summary

Participation at the General Conference
22nd CGPM (2003): Presentations by CC Presidents
  >   CCAUV | CCEM | CCL | CCM | CCPR | CCQM | CCRI | CCTF |

23rd CGPM (2007): Presentations by CC Presidents
  >   CCAUV | CCEM | CCL | CCM | CCPR | CCQM | CCRI | CCT | CCTF | CCU


Proceedings of the CGPM (Comptes Rendus)
Resolutions of the CGPM
Chain of responsibility (the organizational structure of the BIPM)
The benefits of participating in the BIPM (open letter from the Director of the BIPM)
Procedure for a State to join the BIPM
Procedure for a State or Economy to become an Associate of the General Conference
Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade, Industry and Society, and the Role of the BIPM: CIPM report ("Kaarls report", 2003) for the governments of the Member States  (zipped PDF)
Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade, Industry and Society, and the Role of the BIPM: CIPM report ("Kaarls report", 2007) for the governments of the Member States  (PDF)
National and International Needs Relating to Metrology: CIPM report ("Blevin report", 1998) for the governments of the Member States  (zipped PDF )