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News 2002

28 November 2002	New ISO technical report will help fuse business and environmental goals
22 November 2002	Alan Bryden appointed Secretary-General of ISO
20 November 2002	Methods for happy marriages between people and computers
14 November 2002	ISO/IEC and The Open Group announce international approval of the joint revision to POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification
16 October 2002	New ISO specification to help establish environmentally sustainable products
9 October 2002	New ISO standard will improve understanding of environmental management vocabulary
2 October 2002	Joint auditing standard for quality and environmental management systems now available
24 September 2002	New ISO and IEC guide to risk management terminology
12 September 2002	33rd World Standards Day, 14 October 2002. One standard, one test - Accepted everywhere.
19 August 2002	ISO updates ISO 14000 brochure for World Summit on Sustainable Development
19 July 2002	ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certifications reach record levels in 2001
17 July 2002	Standards to address child injury control and safety
11 July 2002	New ISO standard will improve text quality of translations
8 July 2002	ISO publishes advice for the SME on implementing ISO 9001:2000
19 June 2002	Consumers call for the development of International Standards for Corporate social responsibility
27 May 2002	ISO Central Secretariat achieves ISO 9001:2000 certification
17 May 2002	Swiss named as Acting Secretary-General of ISO
8 May 2002	New ISO standard will reduce used vehicle junk
6 May 2002	ISO and IAF to pool information on ISO 9000 complaints
30 April 2002	New ISO standard for worldwide identification of musical works
29 April 2002	Guide to address the needs of the elderly and disabled now available in Braille
25 March 2002	Lawrence D. Eicher, ISO Secretary-General dies, aged 63
21 March 2002	New version of ISO 9000 requirements for automotive industry rolls out
28 February 2002	ISO Central Secretariat takes over the maintenance of the international country coding system
15 February 2002	ISO launches online message board on corporate social responsibility
6 February 2002	Suite of over 100 Information Technology standards available online at reduced price
5 February 2002	ISO publishes new, improved edition of environmental management manual
5 February 2002	New ISO standard for managing business records
31 January 2002	ISO prevails in international arbitration over domain name use on Internet
31 January 2002	New ISO guide for writers of management system standards
30 January 2002	Sixth edition of ISO directory of accreditation and certification bodies now available

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