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World Meteorological Organization
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specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology
The World Meteorological Organization is a United Nations agency that specializes in weather and atmospheric science. It matters because it helps coordinate weather monitoring and forecasting across countries, which is important for understanding and preparing for weather-related events that affect people worldwide.
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- Type
- Funder, Government
- Founded
- 1950
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Also known as
- OMM
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.426193.b · ISNI 0000 0000 9791 0836
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- international organization
- Field of work
- hydrology
- Country
- Switzerland
- Official language
- Arabic
- Headquarters
- Geneva
- Parent organization
- United Nations
- Official website
- wmo.int
- Image
- World Meteorological Organization (32807705467).jpg
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- Commons category
- World Meteorological Organization
- topic's main category
- Category:World Meteorological Organization
- inception
- 1950-03-23
- official observer status in organization
- SPRFMO
- general secretary
- Celeste Saulo
- short name
- ВМО
- social media followers
- 27800
- partnership with
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- external data available at URL
- oscar.wmo.int/arcgis/rest/services
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Encyclopedic overview
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
The WMO originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), a nongovernmental organization founded in 1873 as a forum for exchanging weather data and research. Proposals to reform the status and structure of the IMO culminated in the World Meteorological Convention of 1947, which formally established the World Meteorological Organization. The Convention entered into force on 23 March 1950, and the following year the WMO began operations as an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations System.
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