European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| note |
| acronym retained from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire |
| established |
| 1 July 1953; effective - 29 September 1954 |
| aim |
| to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only |
| members |
| (20) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK |
| observers |
| (8) EC, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Turkey, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), US |
| official site or link |
| http://public.web.cern.ch/ |
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |