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The World Meteorological Convention formally established the World Meteorological Organization on the 23rd of March 1950. The treaty entered into force on that date, and the organization began operations as an intergovernmental entity within the United Nations System in 1951.
The World Meteorological Organization maintains its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This location serves as the base for the eight-department Secretariat which manages daily operations with a staff of 200.
As of August 2023, the World Meteorological Organization has a membership of 193 member states and territories. Eight United Nations member states are not members of WMO, including Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and San Marino.
The World Meteorological Organization mandates that the International System of Units should be used for evaluating meteorological elements globally. Degrees Celsius measure temperature while metres per second track wind speed, hectopascals quantify atmospheric pressure, and millimetres record precipitation levels.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. This body was a joint creation of the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to coordinate scientific assessment on anthropogenic climate change.