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28 July 1919 Founding of the International Astronomical Union 0 cit. no story Astronomers found the IAU at a constitutive assembly in Brussels to coordinate astronomy worldwide. It is the recognized authority for naming celestial bodies. diplomacy / science ●●
23 February 1947 Founding of the International Organization for Standardization 0 cit. no story ISO begins operations in Geneva after delegates from 25 countries agreed in London in 1946 to create a new body to unify industrial standards worldwide. diplomacy / science / technology ●●●
23 March 1950 Founding of the World Meteorological Organization 0 cit. no story The WMO Convention enters into force, turning the old International Meteorological Organization into an intergovernmental UN agency for weather, climate and water. The date is marked as World Meteorological Day. diplomacy / science ●●
29 September 1954 Founding of CERN 0 cit. no story The convention of the European Organization for Nuclear Research enters into force, creating a shared physics laboratory near Geneva. CERN became the world's leading particle physics center and the birthplace of the World Wide Web. diplomacy / science ●●●
30 May 1975 Founding of the European Space Agency 0 cit. no story Ten European states merge the earlier ESRO and ELDO organizations into the European Space Agency, headquartered in Paris, pooling Europe's civilian space programs. diplomacy / exploration / science ●●●
November 1988 Founding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 0 cit. no story The WMO and UNEP establish the IPCC, which holds its first session in Geneva in November 1988, to assess the science of climate change for governments. It shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. diplomacy / environment / science ●●●
10 November 1999 Founding of the World Anti-Doping Agency 0 cit. no story The IOC and governments establish WADA in Lausanne after the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal, creating a single world authority for anti-doping rules in sport. Its headquarters moved to Montreal in 2002. diplomacy / science / society ●●