Note the following abbreviations:

BIPM - International Bureau of Weights and Measures
CODEX - CODEX Alimentarius Commission
        (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization/
        U.N. World Health Organisation)
IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
IOCU - International Organization of Consumer Unions
ILAC - International Laboratory Accreditation Conference
IPPC - International Plant Protection Convention
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
OIE - International Office of Epizootics
OIML - International Organization of Legal Metrology

Antigua & Barbuda
CODEX - membership held by the ABBS (Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards)
ISO - membership held by the ABBS

Argentina
BIPM - membership held by INTI (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial)
CODEX - membership held by Secretaria de Comercio e Inversiones
IEC - membership held by Asociación Electrotécnica Argentina (currently suspended)
ISO - membership held by IRAM (Instituto Argentino de Racionalización de Materiales)

Bahamas
CODEX - membership held by the Bahamas Government

Barbados
ISO - membership held by the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI)
OIML - membership held by BNSI

Belize
CODEX - membership held by the Belize Bureau of Standards (BBS)

Bolivia
CODEX - IBNORCA serves as the secretariat of the Committee in Bolivia
ISO - membership held by IBNORCA (Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad: Bolivian Institute for Standardization and Quality)

Brazil
BIPM - membership held by INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality)
CODEX - membership held by INMETRO
IEC - membership held by ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas)
IOCU - membership held by IDEC
IPPC - membership held by Ministry of Agriculture
ISO - membership held by ABNT
ITU - membership held by Ministry of Communications
OIML - membership held by INMETRO

Canada
BIPM - membership held by National Research Council of Canada
CODEX - membership held by Agriculture Canada.
IEC - membership held by the Canadian National Committee for IEC (a committee sponsored by the Standards Council of Canada)
ILAC - membership held by the Standards Council of Canada
ISO- membership held by the Standards Council of Canada
OIML - membership held by Legal Metrology Branch, Industry Canada

Chile
CODEX - membership held by the INN.
ISO - membership held by the INN (National Institute for Standardization, which is also a member of the Board of the ISO for 1995-1996)

Colombia
ISO - Active Member

IEC - Observer Member
Representative entity:

Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación
Carrera 37 No. 52-95
Telephone: 315-0377, Fax: 221-3788
Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.

Costa Rica
CODEX - membership held by the ONNUM (National Office of Standards and Units of Measure) of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce
ISO - membership held by the INTECO (Instituto de Normas Técnicas: Technical Standards Institute) of Costa Rica
OIML - membership held by the ONNUM

Dominica
The Commonwealth of Dominica does not at present have a national standards bureau and does not maintain any voluntary or mandatory standards.

Dominican Republic

Ecuador
CODEX - membership held by the Ecuadoran Standards Institute (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización - INEN)
IOCU - membership held by the INEN
ISO - membership held by INEN
OIML - membership held by the INEN

El Salvador
CODEX - the focal point in El Salvador is the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología - CONACYT (National Council for Science and Technology)

Grenada
ISO - membership held by the GBS (Grenada Bureau of Standards)

Guatemala
CODEX - the principal member is the Ministry of Agriculture. The focal point for this Commission is the General Bureau of Livestock Services in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food.

Guyana
ISO - membership is held by Guyana National Bureau

Haiti
CODEX - membership held by the Ministere du Commerce et de l'Industrie/DCOPC
OIML - membership held by the Ministere du Commerce et de l'Industrie/DCOPC

Honduras

Jamaica
CODEX - membership held by the JBS (Jamaica Bureau of Standards)
ISO - membership held by the JBS
ITU - membership held by the MPUT (Ministry of Public Utilities and Transport)

Mexico
BIPM - membership held by the General Bureau of Standards (DGN, Dirección General de Normas), Secretariat for Commerce and Industrial Development (SECOFI)
CODEX - membership held by DNG
IEC - membership held by DNG
ILAC - membership held by the DGN
ISO - membership held by the DGN
OIML - membership held by the DGN

Panama
CODEX - General Bureau of Standards and Technology of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry ISO - through CONANIT Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards, an agency under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
OIML - General Bureau of Standards and Technology, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Paraguay
ISO - the INTN (National Institute for Technology and Standardization) belonged to the ISO in 1963-1964. At present initiatives are under way for the INTN to again become a subscriber member of the ISO.

Peru
CODEX - membership held by the INDECOPI (National Institute for the Defense of Competence and of Intellectual Property)
ISO - observer membership held by the INDECOPI
IPPC - membership held by the Ministry of Agriculture
OIE - membership held by the Ministry of Agriculture
OIML

Saint Lucia
ISO - membership held by the SLBS (Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards)

Trinidad & Tobago
CODEX - membership held by Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division, Ministry of Health
IEC - membership held byTrinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS)
ILAC - membership held by TTBS
IOCU - membership held by Consumer Affairs Division, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Consumer Affairs
ISO - membership held by TTBS
OIML - membership held by TTBS

United States
BIPM - membership held by U.S. Government
CODEX - membership held by U.S. Government
IEC - membership held by ANSI
IOCU - membership held by Consumers Union
ILAC - membership held by U.S. Government
IPPC - membership held by U.S. Government
ISO - membership held by ANSI ITU - membership held by U.S. Government
OIE - membership held by U.S. Government
OIML - membership held by U.S. Government

In general the U.S. Government is the member of treaty organizations, while the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the member body of the ISO/IEC and coordinates U.S. representation in non-government regional fora.

A recent U.S. Government survey entitled Directory of International and Regional Organizations Conducting Standards-Related Activities (U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, 1989) identifies 189 international or regional organizations and the corresponding U.S. member.

Uruguay
BIPM - membership held by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining
CODEX - focal piont is the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU)
ISO/IEC -membership held by the UNIT (Uruguayan Institute for Technical Standards)
OIE - membership held by the Ministry of Agriculture
OIML - membership held by the UNIT

Venezuela
CODEX - membership held by the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance (MSAS) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAC)
ISO - membership held by COVENIN (Venezuelan Commission on Industrial Standards)
IOCU - membership held by the Institute for Consumer and User Defense and Education (INDECU)
ITU - membership held by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MTC)
OIE - membership held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
OIML - membership held by the National Autonomous Metrology Service (SANAMET)