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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Abbreviation | WMO OMM |
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Formation | 23 Mairch 1950 |
Teep | UN agency |
Legal status | Active |
Heidquarters | Geneva, Swisserland |
Heid | Petteri Taalas Finland (Secretar-General) Gerhard Adrian[1] Germany (Preses) |
Wabsteid | www |
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]