The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
German meteorologist Gerhard Adrian, president of the World Meteorological Organization, in 2019
WMO headquarters in Geneva, shared with the IPCC and the Group on Earth Observations
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The United Nations is an international intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining intern
World Meteorological Organization
…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…
Dag Hammarskjöld was a particularly active secretary-general from 1953 until his death in 1961.
Kofi Annan, secretary-general from 1997 to 2006
Flags of member nations at the United Nations Headquarters, pictured in 2007
Marking of the UN's 70th anniversary – Budapest, 2015