WMO General Regulations
E191672
The WMO General Regulations are the foundational rules and procedures that govern the structure, functions, and operations of the World Meteorological Organization and its constituent bodies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WMO General Regulations canonical | 1 |
| prepare draft regulations and resolutions for the World Meteorological Congress | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1701766 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WMO General Regulations Context triple: [WMO regional associations, governedBy, WMO General Regulations]
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A.
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
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B.
World Meteorological Convention
The World Meteorological Convention is the international treaty that created the World Meteorological Organization, establishing the framework for global cooperation in meteorology, climatology, and related geophysical sciences.
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C.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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D.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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E.
WMO technical commissions
The WMO technical commissions are specialized expert bodies within the World Meteorological Organization that develop global standards, guidance, and best practices for meteorology, hydrology, climate, and related environmental services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WMO General Regulations Target entity description: The WMO General Regulations are the foundational rules and procedures that govern the structure, functions, and operations of the World Meteorological Organization and its constituent bodies.
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A.
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems
The WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems is a specialized body of the World Meteorological Organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating global meteorological observing, data processing, and information exchange systems.
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B.
World Meteorological Convention
The World Meteorological Convention is the international treaty that created the World Meteorological Organization, establishing the framework for global cooperation in meteorology, climatology, and related geophysical sciences.
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C.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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D.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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E.
WMO technical commissions
The WMO technical commissions are specialized expert bodies within the World Meteorological Organization that develop global standards, guidance, and best practices for meteorology, hydrology, climate, and related environmental services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governance framework
ⓘ
international organizational regulations ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | World Meteorological Congress ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
WMO Executive Council
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WMO Member States ⓘ
surface form:
WMO Members
WMO regional associations ⓘ WMO technical commissions ⓘ World Meteorological Congress ⓘ |
| basedOn |
World Meteorological Convention
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surface form:
Convention of the World Meteorological Organization
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| defines |
election procedures for WMO officers
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financial governance procedures of WMO ⓘ functions of WMO regional associations ⓘ functions of WMO technical commissions ⓘ functions of the WMO Executive Council ⓘ functions of the World Meteorological Congress ⓘ procedures for WMO documentation and records ⓘ procedures for WMO membership and withdrawal ⓘ procedures for WMO sessions ⓘ procedures for WMO working groups and subsidiary bodies ⓘ procedures for adoption of WMO technical regulations ⓘ procedures for adoption of resolutions and decisions ⓘ procedures for amendment of the General Regulations ⓘ procedures for liaison with other international organizations ⓘ rules of procedure for WMO meetings ⓘ rules on conduct of debates in WMO bodies ⓘ rules on credentials of delegates ⓘ rules on official and working languages of WMO ⓘ rules on quorum for WMO meetings ⓘ status and role of the WMO Secretary-General ⓘ voting procedures in WMO bodies ⓘ |
| governs |
WMO constituent bodies
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World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
WMO Basic Documents
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WMO regulatory framework ⓘ |
| publisher | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| regulates |
administrative procedures of WMO
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decision-making processes of WMO ⓘ organizational structure of WMO ⓘ relations between WMO constituent bodies ⓘ |
| subject |
climate services governance
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hydrology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WMO General Regulations Description of subject: The WMO General Regulations are the foundational rules and procedures that govern the structure, functions, and operations of the World Meteorological Organization and its constituent bodies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
prepare draft regulations and resolutions for the World Meteorological Congress