The motto of World Metrology Day 1400 is Metrology for Health. This issue has been selected to raise awareness of the important and effective role of measurement on health and therefore in the well-being of each of us. Indeed, more broadly, metrology plays a key role in scientific exploration and innovation, industrial production, international trade, improving the quality of life, and protecting the global environment. World Metrology Day is the annual celebration of the signing of the Meter Convention on May 20, 1875 by representatives of seventeen countries. The Convention provides a framework for global cooperation in metrology and its industrial, commercial and social applications. The main purpose of the Meter Convention (uniformity of measurement worldwide) is as important today as it was in 1875. World Metrology Day is jointly recognized and celebrated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the International Organization for Legal Metrology
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