World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM)
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM)
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Founded
1947-10-11 Washington DC USA
History
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Facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for the making of meteorological observations as well as hydrological and other geophysical observations related to meteorology; promote the establishment and maintenance of centres charged with the provision of meteorological and related services; promote the establishment and maintenance of systems for rapid exchange of meteorological and related information; promote standardization of meteorological and related observations and ensure the uniform publication of observations and statistics; further the application of meteorology to aviation, shipping, water problems, agriculture and other human activities; promote activities in operational hydrology and further close cooperation amongst national meteorological and hydrological services; encourage research and training in meteorology and, as appropriate, in related fields and assist in coordinating the international aspects of such research and training.
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Permanent observer status with: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Member of: E-XF2724 - Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP); H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD); E-XE4205 - United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG); E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS); E-XJ5752 - UN-OCEANS; E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Represented on: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Instrumental in setting up: E-XE8645 - Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). Cooperation agreement with: E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Memorandum of Understanding with: D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO); F-XF0820 - South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP). Participates in: F-XM0470 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
'Working Arrangements' with:
- D-XE4873 - Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar;
- E-XE5527 - Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD);
- D-XD4163 - Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO);
- D-XD5526 - Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
- E-XD0107 - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM);
- C-XC1440 - Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM);
- D-XD5659 - Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO);
- D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- E-XD0464 - Commission du Danube (CD);
- F-XF5828 - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- E-XE4022 - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF);
- E-XD7305 - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- J-XM2731 - Interstate Council on Hydrometeorology of the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (ICH);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- D-XD4526 - Niger Basin Authority (NBA);
- E-XE8771 - Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters (PJTC);
- E-XE3237 - Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO);
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- United Nations;
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism.
Links with:
- F-XF2002 - Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region (EAS);
- F-XF1831 - Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas in the South East Pacific (SE/PCF);
- E-XE4596 - African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW);
- E-XE2429 - AGRHYMET Regional Centre;
- F-XF0711 - Antarctic Treaty (AT);
- E-XE2315 - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP);
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF5942 - Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT);
- E-XM3389 - Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO);
- U-XF5143 - Black Sea Action Plan (BSAP);
- F-XF1971 - Caribbean Action Plan (CAR);
- D-XD4499 - Comité Intergubernamental Coordinador de los Paises de la Cuenca del Plata (CIC);
- E-XE9680 - Comité Regional de Recursos Hidraulicos del Istmo Centroamericano (CRRH);
- E-XE3241 - Committee on Sustainable Energy;
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XD9557 - Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution;
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- U-XK0872 - Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP);
- U-XF2047 - Eastern African Action Plan (EAF);
- F-XF2419 - European Environment Agency (EEA);
- D-XD0544 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
- K-XK0967 - Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND);
- K-XK1776 - FRIEND / Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH-FRIEND);
- K-XK1259 - FRIEND/Northern European;
- K-XF4248 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA);
- H-XK1524 - Inter-Agency Task Force on Enabling Environment for Economic and Social Development;
- E-XE1921 - Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- E-XE0888 - Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS);
- E-XE0128 - International Civil Service Commission (ICSC);
- D-XD8313 - International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin;
- E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC);
- C-XJ0824 - International Emergency Management Organization (IEMO);
- B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO);
- F-XC4643 - International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO);
- F-XF3178 - International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO);
- F-XF5816 - International Nuclear Information System (INIS);
- F-XE6957 - International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE);
- H-XE2183 - International Research Programme on Health, Solar UV Radiation and Environmental Change (INTERSUN);
- F-XF2563 - International Seabed Authority (ISA);
- E-XE5376 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE);
- E-XE4186 - Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP);
- E-XE9922 - Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations (JIU);
- U-XF2445 - Kuwait Action Plan (KAP);
- F-XF1881 - Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP);
- D-XD1542 - The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM);
- E-XE2491 - Mekong River Commission (MRC);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- U-XF1949 - Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project (PCDPPP);
- F-XE4356 - Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB);
- E-XE5479 - Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC);
- E-XK1276 - Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Ozone Secretariat);
- H-XD3294 - Southern African Transport and Communications Commission (SATCC);
- E-XE8148 - Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- U-XF4843 - UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- H-XE0455 - UNDP Drylands Development Centre;
- E-XE9595 - UNESCO Office, Montevideo - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- F-XF3808 - United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF);
- E-XK0972 - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- H-XF1927 - West and Central African Action Plan (WACAF);
- H-XE0968 - WHO Pan African Emergency Training Centre (PTC-Addis);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- E-XE4317 - World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP).
Links indicated by: E-XJ7326 - Global Soil Partnership (GSP).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
In 1953 (Resolution 2 EC-IV), the Executive Council created a 'consultative status' for international non-governmental organizations, in application of Article 26b of the WMO Convention. The following 17 nongovernmental organizations have been granted this status:
- D-XJ4034 - Association of Hydro-Meteorological and Environmental Industry (HMEI);
- C-XC2239 - Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM);
- C-XN8771 - International Association of Broadcast Meteorology (IABM);
- C-XD4478 - International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP);
- C-XC1381 - International Astronautical Federation (IAF);
- B-XC1382 - International Astronomical Union (IAU);
- B-XB1562 - International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID);
- B-XB1851 - International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA);
- H-XB1823 - International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID);
- B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO);
- B-XB2531 - International Society of Biometeorology (ISB);
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- B-XB2568 - International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS);
- C-XC2770 - Union radio-scientifique internationale (URSI);
- E-XE3539 - World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA).
'Working Arrangements' with:
- B-XB1723 - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB);
- D-XC4518 - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
- C-XC4603 - International Seismological Centre (ISC);
- A-XA2722 - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
In liaison with: B-XB2531 - International Society of Biometeorology (ISB); technical committees of D-XD0631 - Comité européen de normalisation (CEN). Reciprocal consultation and representation with: B-XB1149 - International Air Transport Association (IATA). Observer to: B-XB2907 - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; E-XE2445 - International Water-Related Associations' Liaison Committee (IWALC). Liaison member of: E-XJ4407 - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). Member of: C-XJ1927 - International Society for Agricultural Meteorology (INSAM). Observer member of: F-XJ3776 - Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM). Together with Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia (Spain), provides secretariat for: E-XJ1602 - Conference of Directors of the West African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (AFRIMET). Instrumental in setting up: U-XG7209 - Centre régional de formation professionnelle en météorologie (CRFPM); F-XF2549 - Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP); G-XK1479 - Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC). In addition, links with the following bodies:
- D-XD1020 - African Physical Society (AfPS);
- B-XB0031 - Airports Council International (ACI);
- E-XE2061 - ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Centre (ASMC);
- E-XF0542 - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC);
- E-XE4260 - Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC);
- F-XD3151 - Association coopérative financière des fonctionnaires internationaux (AMFIE);
- C-XC1267 - International Association of Conference Translators (AITC);
- G-XN7004 - Climate Institute;
- E-XE1457 - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS);
- E-XE0323 - Committee on Space Research (COSPAR);
- U-XF1238 - Consortium on Science, Technology and Innovation for the South (COSTIS);
- U-XF7155 - Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC);
- F-XF5405 - Ecomet;
- H-XD0985 - European Association for the Science of Air Pollution (EURASAP);
- U-XM1723 - European Climate Support Network (ECSN);
- H-XD8716 - European Federation of Marine Science and Technology Societies (EFMS);
- D-XD9190 - European Geosciences Union (EGU);
- E-XE2709 - European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS);
- D-XD7924 - European Meteorological Society (EMS);
- F-XF5164 - European Network of Experimental and Representative Basins (ERB);
- D-XD8153 - European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention (EUROSKIN);
- D-XD2166 - European Society for Soil Conservation (ESSC);
- C-XC0946 - Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA);
- F-XF3907 - Fondation pour l'économie et le développement durable des régions d'Europe (FEDRE);
- C-XD4357 - Geneva Association;
- G-XM2278 - Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN);
- E-XK1089 - START International (START);
- G-XJ9122 - Global Environment and Natural Resources Institute (GENRI);
- E-XE3651 - Global Warming International Center (GWIC);
- G-XG4377 - Globetree Foundation;
- E-XE3965 - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education;
- U-XK2201 - Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction (IATF);
- B-XB1193 - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR);
- B-XB1340 - International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS);
- B-XB1312 - International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS);
- D-XD9331 - International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC);
- G-XM0164 - International Centre on Research El Niño;
- C-XC1492 - International Chamber of Shipping (ICS);
- E-XE3841 - International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP);
- F-XM3097 - International Consortium on Landslides (ICL);
- D-XD4090 - International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS);
- C-XC1733 - International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA);
- B-XB1766 - International Council on Archives (ICA);
- C-XC1800 - International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC);
- E-XJ4336 - International Flood Initiative (IFI);
- F-XF6918 - International Flood Network (IFNet);
- B-XB2079 - International Geographical Union (IGU);
- U-XF3403 - International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP);
- E-XG9069 - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC);
- F-XE1042 - International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC);
- B-XA2303 - International Olympic Committee (IOC);
- E-XE3836 - International Ozone Commission (IO3C);
- F-XF4629 - International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA);
- E-XE3835 - International Radiation Commission (IRC);
- G-XG7454 - International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI);
- U-XE7796 - International School of Meteorology of the Mediterranean;
- H-XD9451 - International Sustainable Energy Organization (ISEO);
- F-XF3653 - Mountain Forum (MF);
- F-XM0471 - Network of European Meteorological Services (EUMETNET);
- C-XC2323 - Organisation internationale des experts (ORDINEX);
- C-XD3044 - Pacific Science Association (PSA);
- E-XK0793 - Past Global Changes (PAGES);
- E-XE3209 - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR);
- E-XE3210 - Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR);
- E-XE3018 - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI);
- E-XE1981 - United Nations Staff Mutual Insurance Society Against Sickness and Accident (UNSMIS);
- E-XM1096 - United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS);
- E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF);
- E-XJ5543 - Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA).
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