History
 
The specialized institutions in the United Nations together with other organizations should promote and encourage the creation of international centres to study the role of trace elements in man."
W.H.O. Technical Report No. 532 - 1973
1982 Creation of a Library on Trace Elements by the Lyon UNESCO Club and LABCATAL-Research.
Lyon (France)
1986 First Conference of the ISTERH (International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans).
Palm Springs California (USA)
1987 Conference : "Environmental Aspects of Trace Elements".

"International cooperation in this field is of the essence. There is no doubt that increased knowledge of the occurrence, availability and biological use of trace elements can help improve human health and provide a clearer understanding of their roles in biochemistry, human and animal physiology and, more broadly, in the environment as a whole."
Federico Mayor
Unesco Head Office
Paris (France)
1992 Under the guidance of the City of Lyons and the ADERLY, the Director-General of UNESCO laid the foundation stone for "Trace Element - Institute for UNESCO".
Lyon (France)
1996 Official opening of Trace Element - Institute for UNESCO by Federico Mayor, the Director-General of UNESCO.
Lyon (France)
1998 Establishment of the first three satellite centres (Russian Federation, Senegal, Turkey) to Trace Element – Institute for UNESCO in the presence of Dr A. Pokrovsky (UNESCO, Paris).
Paris (France)
1998 Organisation of the Vth Conference of ISTERH with 400 participants from over 40 countries.
Lyon (France)
1999 Establishment of new satellite centres in : Czech Republic, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Morocco, Mozambique, Tunisia.
 
2000-2002 Establishment of new satellite centres in : Hungary, Japan, Mali, India, West Indies (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago).