Laura Paterson
WMO Representative and Coordinator to the United Nations & other International Orgs in N. America at World Meteorological Organization - Australia Square, NSW, AU
Laura Paterson's Colleagues at World Meteorological Organization
Andrew Johnson
Permanent Representative of Australia and Member of the WMO Executive Council
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World Meteorological Organization
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World Meteorological Organization
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.WMO has a membership of 191 Member States and Territories (on 1 January 2013). It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations in 1951 for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.As weather, climate and the water cycle know no national boundaries, international cooperation at a global scale is essential for the development of meteorology and operational hydrology as well as to reap the benefits from their application. WMO provides the framework for such international cooperation.