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The Comité International des Poids et Mesures,
considering
the task entrusted to it by Resolution 6 of the 9th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) concerning the establishment of a practical system of units of measurement suitable for adoption by all countries adhering to the Metre Convention,
the documents received from twenty-one countries in reply to the enquiry requested by the 9th CGPM,
Resolution 6 of the 10th CGPM, fixing the base units of the system to be established,
recommends
- that the name "Système International d'Unités" be given to the system founded on the base units adopted by the 10th CGPM, viz.:
[This is followed by the list of the six base units with their symbols, reproduced in Resolution 12 of the 11th CGPM (1960)].
- that the units listed in the table below be used, without excluding others which might be added later:
[This is followed by the table of units reproduced in paragraph 4 of Resolution 12 of the 11th CGPM (1960)].
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