ISO Focus - October 2004

Global relevance and strategy

ISO Focus, October 2004

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Alan Bryden, ISO Secretary-General
Fair winds

Guest View

Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

"Without a strong multilateral trading system, the consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis could have been unimaginably worse. Today, the developing Asian region is one of the brightest spots on the global economic map."

Main Focus

ISO 27th General Assembly

• ISO traces a five-year roadmap to globally relevant standards
• The global relevance of ISO work
• ISO Strategic Plan 2005-2010, Standards for a sustainable world
• Global security is a shared problem: a role for ISO standards
• Pilot programme - ISO initiative to enhance intermodal and maritime security
• World Standards Day, 14 October 2004

Developments and initiatives

• Social responsibility - the way forward in business
• The growth of e-services at ISO
• Preparing and protecting steel structures
• ISO guidelines assist industry for maritime port security

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• Historical record of ISO membership

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