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General Conference on Weights and Measures
The
General Conference on Weights and Measures
( -
CGPM
) is the senior of the three
Inter-governmental organizations
established in 1875 under the terms of the
Metre Convention
to represent the interests of member states. The treaty, which also set up two further bodies, the
International Committee for Weights and Measures
(- CIPM) and the
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
( - BIPM), was drawn up to coordinate international
metrology
and to coordinate the development of the
metric system
.
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