World Meteorological Day
on March 23 each year, the birth of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is celebrated, the objective of which is to ensure the safety of people, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment.
However, precisely, the theme chosen for this March 23 of 1966 is “World weather monitoring”. At the end of a first concrete attempt to create an organization capable of observing variations and the establishment of a system of exchanges and transmissions on an international scale, the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) was created during the International Conference of Utrecht (Netherlands) in 1878.
It was in 1947 in Washington that the constitutive act of the meteorological organization was adopted by the 12th Conference of Directors.
Having entered into activity in 1950, the IMO was replaced a year later by the WMO, which granted the latter the status of specialized agency of the United Nations.
As a scientific spokesperson, the WMO aims, among other things, to guarantee the publication of observational data and statistics for aviation, maritime navigation and the water and agriculture sectors.
However, precisely, the theme chosen for this March 23 of 1966 is “World weather monitoring”. At the end of a first concrete attempt to create an organization capable of observing variations and the establishment of a system of exchanges and transmissions on an international scale, the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) was created during the International Conference of Utrecht (Netherlands) in 1878.
It was in 1947 in Washington that the constitutive act of the meteorological organization was adopted by the 12th Conference of Directors.
Having entered into activity in 1950, the IMO was replaced a year later by the WMO, which granted the latter the status of specialized agency of the United Nations.
As a scientific spokesperson, the WMO aims, among other things, to guarantee the publication of observational data and statistics for aviation, maritime navigation and the water and agriculture sectors.