WMO regional associations

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organizational subdivision of the World Meteorological Organization regional body of an international organization

WMO regional associations are geographically based groups within the World Meteorological Organization that coordinate and support meteorological and hydrological activities among member states in their respective regions.

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Surface form Occurrences
World Meteorological Organization regional committee 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organizational subdivision of the World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
regional body of an international organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Polar regions ⓘ
South America ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: South-West Pacific
authorizedBy World Meteorological Congress ⓘ
basedOn geographical distribution of WMO Members ⓘ
collaboratesWith WMO Executive Council ⓘ
WMO technical commissions ⓘ
coordinates regional capacity development activities ⓘ
regional climate services activities ⓘ
regional data exchange and telecommunications ⓘ
regional disaster risk reduction activities related to weather, climate and water ⓘ
regional observing systems ⓘ
field climatology ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
operational hydrology ⓘ
governedBy World Meteorological Convention ⓘ
surface form: WMO Convention

WMO General Regulations ⓘ
governs regional implementation of WMO technical programmes ⓘ
hasBody regional association management group ⓘ
regional association session ⓘ
regional task teams ⓘ
regional working groups ⓘ
hasParentOrganization World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
hasPart Regional Association I (Africa) ⓘ
Regional Association II (Asia) ⓘ
Regional Association III (South America) ⓘ
Regional Association IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) ⓘ
Regional Association V (South-West Pacific) ⓘ
Regional Association VI (Europe) ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
numberOfParts 6 ⓘ
operatedBy WMO Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: World Meteorological Organization Secretariat
partOf World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
purpose to coordinate meteorological and hydrological activities among WMO Members in specific geographic regions ⓘ
to facilitate implementation of WMO programmes at the regional level ⓘ
to promote regional cooperation in weather, climate and water services ⓘ
reportsTo World Meteorological Congress ⓘ
supports National Meteorological and Hydrological Services in their regions ⓘ

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Executive Council → hasSubordinateBody → WMO regional associations ⓘ
subject surface form: Executive Council (World Meteorological Organization)
Atlantic hurricanes → namedBy → WMO regional associations ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Meteorological Organization regional committee