The International Committee for Weights and Measures's the English name of the Comité international des poids et mesures (CIPM, sometimes written in English Comité International des Poids et Mesures). It consists of eighteen persons from Member States of the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre). Its principal task's to ensure world-wide uniformity in units of measurement and it does this by direct action or by submitting proposals to the General Conference on Weights and Measure… (More on Cipm)