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To support the activities of product certification, BIS has a chain of 8 laboratories. These laboratories have established testing facilities for products of chemical, food, electrical and mechanical disciplines. Approximately, 25000 samples are being tested in the BIS laboratories every year.
A BIS Representative Office for the Americas was established in 2002 in Mexico City. The BIS was originally owned by both central banks and private individuals, since the United States, Belgium and France had decided to sell all or some of the shares allocated to their central banks to private investors.
The main focus of the bureau is the security of the United States, which includes its national security, economic security, cyber security, and homeland security.For example, in the area of dual-use export controls, BIS administers and enforces such controls to stem the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them, to halt the spread of weapons to terrorists or ...
The BIS, formed in 1930, was originally primarily intended to facilitate settling financial obligations arising from the peace treaties that concluded the First World War. During the Second World War, it helped the Germans transfer assets from occupied countries. Moreover, now that IMF was to be established, the BIS seemed to be superfluous.
BIS was the founding school of SAIMUN (HCMC Model United Nations). [4] SAIMUN is the only MUN conference held in Vietnam, and was established in 2009. [5] In addition, BIS established and hosted the 1st Annual FOBISIA MUN 2010. BIS is also the host of the annual ABRSM High Scorers' Concerts in Ho Chi Minh City, which feature the top 25 scoring ...
The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by architect Martin Burckhardt and built between 1972 and 1977, the tower is a landmark of the Central Railway Station and the city of Basel.
British Information Services (BIS) was an overt propaganda organization [1] that was part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the government of the United Kingdom. [ 2 ] BIS was initially formed in 1941 as an organization to promote British interests in the United States. [ 3 ]
When the "Investigation and Statistics Bureau" was established under the Military Commission, the "Special Works Department" was incorporated into the Bureau and renamed the "Second Division", and is responsible for intelligence collection and personnel training. All of the bureau's affairs were under the direct command of Chiang Kai-shek.