The Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology (french: Organisation arabe de normalisation et de métrologie, es, Organización Arabe de Unificación de Normas y Metrologia), also known as Arab Organization for Standardization and Measures, was founded in 1965 as a specialized agency under the
Arab League by the
Council of Arab Economic Unity
The Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) (Arabic: ) was founded by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen on May 30, 1964, following an agreement in 1957 ...
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The organization's functions included offering technical advice to Arab states on systems of weights and measures; providing professional training and research on industrial production quality, metrology, test and inspection methods; and seeking standardization of technical terms and product specifications between member nations. Their first general committee was held on March 25, 1968.
The organization was merged in the 1990s with other organizations to form the
Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
Arabic Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO)( ar, المنظمة العربية للتنمية الصناعية والتعدين)
History
In a summit in Kuwait in 1966 the Arab League decided to establish an organization to impro ...
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Standards
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ASMO 449
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ASMO 708
References
External links
Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology on WorldCat partial list of publications by the organization.
ISO member bodies
Scientific organizations established in 1965
Metrology organizations
Scientific organizations disestablished in 1989
Arab League
Arab organizations
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