ISO Takes Part in Annual General Meeting of the IEC

Doha, November 06 (QNA) - Qatar General Organization for Standardization (ISO) participated in the Annual General Meeting of the IEC that was convened in San Francisco of the United States of America and continued for five days. ISO delegation was headed by Director of Standards and Metrology Qatar General Organization for Standardization (QS) Eng. Nawaf Ibrahim Al-Hamad Al-Mana, where the agenda of the meeting included several side meetings of technical committees for standards, administrative and advisory entities in addition to the regular session of the General Assembly of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The meeting reviewed the periodic reports of the Secretary-General and president of IEC on the activities and works of IEC during the past period, in addition to discussing the reports submitted by Chairman of the Administrative Council for Standardization and the Administrative Council for Conformity Assessment, where the budget of IEC for the year 2023 was approved, including the future plan for the years 2024-2025. It is worth mentioning that the State of Qatar has been an active member since it joined IEC in 2008, which currently includes 173 members, as Qatar also participates in several committees specialized in preparing nationally important electrotechnical standards. (QNA)