Mission Statement
IUPAC's mission is to advance the worldwide aspects of the chemical
sciences* and to contribute to the application
of chemistry in the service of Mankind. In so doing, IUPAC promotes
the norms, values, standards and ethics of science and advocates the
free exchange of scientific information and unimpeded access of scientists
to participation in activities related to the chemical sciences.
* In recognition of the role of chemistry as a central
science in a wide range of fields, the term "chemical sciences"
is used here to refer to chemistry, broadly defined, and to those disciplines
and technologies that make significant use of chemistry.
