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GLOBAL EVENT TURNS THE WORLD UN BLUE TO MARK
70 th
ANNIVERSARY OF UNITED NATIONS
(New York, 20 October 2015) – On 24 October, more than 200 iconic monuments, buildings,
museums, bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will be lit up
blue – the official color of the United Nations, as part of a global campaign to commemorate
UN Day and the 70 th
anniversary of the United Nations.
World famous landmarks from Australia’s Sydney Opera House to the Great Pyramids of
Giza in Egypt, from the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro to the Empire State
Building in New York, will be lit blue. Other participants include the Great Wall of China,
Russia’s Hermitage Museum, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the Leaning Tower of Pisa
in Italy, Edinburgh Castle and Central Hall Westminster in the United Kingdom, Japan’s
SkyTree Tower and the Alhambra in Spain, among many others.
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Furthermore, once pollution affects our common atmosphere
these pollutants should also be our common.concern.
Draft guideline 5 lit. (a):
Finally, we also welcome the fact that draft guideline 5 lit.
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Other uses of the territory are currently booming tourist services sector (accommodation, catering and guides), and others such as hiking, mountain running, cycling, climbing and numerous water sports such as scuba diving or snorkeling. In this environment numerous festivities are celebrated in the island, mostly religious ones, where a saint is venerated; and/or derived from rituals of the old Canaries, mainly related to the rain and the food.
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These methods were applied by the scientific team in parallel with the community teams for a comparison between scuba and snorkelling and for standardisation across sites.
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LETTER DATED 8 JANUARY 1971 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES OFJORDAN AND THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSEDTO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
For $14 a night one can get an air- conditioned room in an
eighty-bed motel, watcn movies and go scuba diving. Already along another
road to Sharm el Sheikh through the Mitla Pass, holiday-makers from Tel Aviv
can take a five-day "See tne Sinai Battlefields" tour for $')8.60.
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World turns UN blue on 70 th anniversary of United Nations
On 24 October, more than 200 iconic monuments, buildings, museums, bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will be lit up in UN blue – the official color of the United Nations, as part of a global campaign to commemorate UN Day and the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.
World famous landmarks from Australia’s Sydney Opera House to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, from the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro to the Empire State Building in New York, will be lit blue. Other participants include the Great Wall of China, Russia’s Hermitage Museum, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, Edinburgh Castle and Central Hall Westminster in the United Kingdom, Japan’s SkyTree Tower and the Alhambra in Spain, among many others.
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International Organization of Legal Metrology Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale
1
Update on OIML activities
Ian Dunmill Assistant Director, BIML
Membership
62 Member States
(No change since la st yea r )
65 Cor r esponding Member s
(Net decr ea se of one since la st yea r )
DCMAS Network
OIML chaired network in 2016 and 2017
Agr eed common definit ion of t he t er ms “Qua lit y I nfr a st r uct ur e” and “Na t iona l Qua lit y Policy”
DCMAS Network “Quality Infrastructure” definition
The system comprising the organizations (public and private) together with the policies, r elevant legal and r egulat or y fr amewor k, and pr act ices needed t o suppor t and enhance t he qualit y, safet y and envir onment al soundness of goods, ser vices and pr ocesses. (...) DCMAS Network “National Quality Policy” definition
The policy adopt ed a t na t iona l level t o develop and sust a in an efficient and effect ive qua lit y infr a st r uct ur e.
DCMAS Network
Changing name to
International Network on Quality Infrastructure
“ INetQI ”
World Bank and WTO joining Network
Chair transferring to ILAC / ISO CASCO at meeting in November 2018
Activities in aid of Countries and Economies with Emerging Metrology Systems (CEEMS)
CEEMS Advisory Group oversees activities
Pr oject for t he r evision of D 1:2012 Considerations for a law on metrology under way under the responsibility of the CEEMS AG
Projects for the revision of – D 14:2004 Training and qualification of legal metrology personnel – D 19:1988 Pattern evaluation and pattern approval
now approved, to be run by the CEEMS AG
Database of experts available for consultancy being compiled
OIML training events
Nairobi, Kenya, December 2017 – OI ML syst ems, OI ML-CS, lega l me t r ology cont r ol in t he pe t r oleum indust r y
Havana , Cuba , June 2018 - pr epackaged goods
Tr a ining for conveners of OI ML Pr oject Gr oups and secr e t a r ia t s of OI ML Technica l Commit t ees and Subcommit t ees – (Par is × 2, Sydney, Br a t islava , Tokyo, Beijing, Johannesbur g)
Hope t o keep ongoing t r a ining pr ogr amme for t hose involved in OI ML t echnica l wor k t o ma int a in and upda t e exper t ise
OIML Certification System (OIML-CS)
System for issuing, r egist er ing and using OI ML Cer t ifica t es and a ssocia t ed t ype eva lua t ion r epor t s ba sed on r equir ement s of OI ML Recommenda t ions
Aims t o facilit a t e , a cceler a t e and ha r monize wor k of na t iona l and r egiona l bodies r esponsible for t ype eva lua t ion and t ype appr ova l of measur ing inst r ument s subject t o lega l met r ologica l cont r ol
Came int o oper a t ion 1 Janua r y 2018
Replaced pr evious OI ML Basic Cer t ifica t e Syst em and MAA
OIML Technical work
Revision of B 6 Directives for OIML technical work approved by the CIML in October 2017
Many dormant projects reactivated or cancelled Reviews now started for out -of-date
Recommendations which are in the OIML -CS Will then move on to other Recommendations Will need more volunteers from Member States to
take on convenerships of new Projects
Conformity to type
Paul Dixon reported to the 16th UNECE MARS meet ing in June 2018 on OI ML pr oject on CTT
Cur r ent ly 4t h Commit t ee Dr a ft open for vot ing
I ncludes annex on r ela t ionship bet ween CTT and mar ket sur veillance
Document should be appr oved in Oct ober 2019
e-learning platform
Developed with ACP EU TBT Programme
Open access for a ll, subject t o r egist r a t ion
Uses s t anda r d Moodle e- lea r ning soft wa r e pla t for m
Possibilit y of cour se t est s and cer t ifica t es
Cur r ent ly in English, Fr ench and Spanish t r ansla t ions complet ed
lms.oiml.org
LMS – Courses
Thank you
www.oiml.org
ian.dunmill@oiml.org
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Membership
DCMAS Network
DCMAS Network“Quality Infrastructure” definition
DCMAS Network“National Quality Policy” definition
DCMAS Network
Activities in aid of Countries and Economies with Emerging Metrology Systems (CEEMS)
OIML training events
OIML Certification System (OIML-CS)
OIML Technical work
Conformity to type
e-learning platform
LMS – Courses
Slide Number 14
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