The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, or ICZN, is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". It was founded in 1895 and currently comprises 28 members from 20 countries, primarily practicing zoological taxonomists. Members are elected by zoologists attending General Assemblies of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) or other International Congresses. The work of the Commission is supported by a small Secretariat based at the Natural History Museum in London, and funded by the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (ITZN), a charitable organization. The Commission assists the zoological community "through generation and dissemination of information on the correct use of the scientific names o