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World Meteorological Organization

Also known as: Organisation Météoroligique Mondiale, WMO
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Author of Essentials of International Relations. Coauthor of The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era.
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) created to promote the establishment of a worldwide meteorological observation system, the application of meteorology to other fields, and the development of national meteorological services in less-developed countries. The WMO was preceded by the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), a nongovernmental organization of the heads of various national weather services founded in 1873. The WMO was created by the World Meteorological Convention, which was adopted...

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