ISO International Standards
According to ISO’s first-ever Annual Review in 1972, the underlying causes of the acceleration of the pace of international standardization included “an explosive growth in international trade” caused by a “revolution in transportation methods”. By the mid-sixties a demand, not only a desire, for International Standards had developed. The sources of this demand included multinational companies, standards institutions in developing countries and government regulatory authorities.
What had laid the foundation for the growth of the output of ISO during the seventies was the turn in emphasis from national to International Standards which took place in the late 1960s.
This change of emphasis was underlined by the decision in 1971 to begin publishing the results of ISO’s technical work as International Standards rather then Recommendations.
- The expansion of ISO, Olle Sturen, Secretary-General Emeritus of ISO (from: Friendship among equals
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