The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates international cooperation in weather, climate and water sciences. It came into being on 23 March 1950, when its founding convention entered into force, and it became a UN specialized agency in 1951. It succeeded the International Meteorological Organization, which had been set up in 1873 by national weather services. The WMO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and is made up of the national meteorological services of its member states. It promotes the standardized exchange of observations and forecasts, and it coordinates programs such as the World Weather Watch, and, with the UN Environment Programme, it set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 1988.
Before and after
- 21 January 1950Death of George Orwell
- 26 January 1950Constitution of India
- 15 February 1950Release of Cinderella
- 21 March 1950Birth of Sergey Lavrov
- 23 March 1950Founding of World Meteorological Organization
- 16 June 1950Construction of Maracanã Stadium
- from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953Korean War
- 28 June 1950Seoul National University Hospital Massacre
- 9 July 1950Birth of Viktor Yanukovych
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The era
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