Warld Meteorological Organisation

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Warld Meteorological Organisation
World Meteorological Organization (Inglis)
المنظمة العالمية للأرصاد الجوية (Arabic)
世界气象组织 (Cheenese)
Organisation météorologique mondiale  (French)
Всемирная Метеорологическая Организация (Roushie)
Organización Meteorológica Mundial  (Spaingie)
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AbbreviationWMO
OMM
Formation23 Mairch 1950; 73 years ago (1950-03-23)
TeepUN agency
Legal statusActive
HeidquartersGeneva, Swisserland
Heid
Petteri Taalas
 Finland
(Secretar-General)
Gerhard Adrian[1]
 Germany
(Preses)
Wabsteidwww.wmo.int

The Warld Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is an intergovrenmental organisation wi a membership o 191 Member States an Territories. It oreeginatit frae the Internaitional Meteorological Organisation (IMO), which wis foondit in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO acame the specialised agency o the Unitit Naitions for meteorology (wather an climate), operational hydrology an relatit geopheesical sciences. It haes its heidquarters in Geneva, Swisserland, an is a member o the Unitit Naitions Development Group.[2] The current Secretar-General is Petteri Taalas.[3] The current preses is Gerhard Adrian.[4]

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  1. https://public.wmo.int/en/about-us/governance Archived 2019-07-22 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 19.06.2019
  2. "UNDG Members". United Nations Development Group. Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. "Secretary-General". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  4. https://public.wmo.int/en/about-us/governance Archived 2019-07-22 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 19.06.2019