47th report: WHO TRS N°878: 1996

Overview

The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 7 to 11 October 1996. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr. F.S. Antezana, Assistant Director-General. Dr. Antezana explained that the shorter meeting that year followed the pattern established for other WHO Expert Committees. As recommended by the Committee in 1995, progress and development reports had been combined into a single agenda item so that attention could be directed to requirements and guidelines, reports of consultations and proposals for establishment and discontinuation of international reference materials.