International Bureau of Weights and Measures

International Bureau of Weights and Measures
	Metre Convention signatories
Abbreviation	BIPM (from French name)
Formation	20 May 1875
Type	Intergovernmental
Location	Saint-Cloud, France;
Coordinates	48°49′45.55″N 2°13′12.64″E
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	63 countries Argentina ; Australia ; Austria ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Brazil ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Chile ; Colombia ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Czechia ; Denmark ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ; Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Lithuania ; Malaysia ; Mexico ; Montenegro ; Morocco ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Norway ; Pakistan ; People's Republic of China ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Russia ; Saudi Arabia ; Serbia ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; South Korea ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Thailand ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom ; United States ; Uruguay ;
Official language	French and English
Director	Martin Milton
Website	www.bipm.org

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (French: Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through which its 59 member-states act on measurement standards in four areas: chemistry, ionising radiation, physical metrology, as well as Coordinated Universal Time. It is based in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France. The organisation has been referred to as IBWM (from its name in English) in older literature.

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