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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

GENEVA, 14 APRIL - 13 MAY 1955

Final Report : Volume I

ABRIDGED REPORT WITH RESOLUTIONS

PRICE: Sw. fro 10.-

I WMO - No. 48. Re. 91

. Secrelaloiat of the W Ol'ld Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland 1955

CONTENTS

i. List of persons attending the session 2. Final agenda with relevant documents 3. General summary of the work of the session. 4. Resolutions adopted by the second session of the Congress

Resolutions Final Session

No, No,

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2 3 4

5

6

7 S 9

10

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L.2

L.l1 L. :I L.S

L.9

L.10

L.4 L.6 L.5

L.3

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L.12 A.3 A.4 A.8 P.5 1'.6 P.7

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21

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23 24 25 26

P.s

P.15

P.i7

P.16

P.13

P.9 P.2 P.1 P.3

Discrepancy between English and French texts of Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention Amendment of Article 13 (c) of the Convention. Approval of the agreement with the host country Agreement between the United Nations and the' World Meteorological Organization Convention on the privileges and immunities of the Specialized Agencies Relationship hetween the World :Meteorological Organization and other Specialized Agencies and international organizations Admission of Portugal to Regional Association II Admission of China to Regional Association II. Admission of tho Federal Republic of Germany to Regional Association VI General Regulations of the World MetcOl'ological Organization Study of General Regulation 101 Review of the Financial Regu1~1;.ions J~plementation 6f the '}i'inancial Regulations. Review of the Staff Regulations Structure of the Technical Commissions Technical Commissions and their terms of reference Definitions of the Technical Regulations of the 'Varld Meteorological Organization. . . Definition of the guides of the World rVleLeorologlcal Organization Technical Regulations of tho World Meteorological Organization Notification of deviations from standard meteorolog­ical practices and procedures ("standards") Disposal of the resolutions of the International Meteorological Organization. Technical programme of the World Meteorological Organization for the second financial period International Geophysical Year Water resource development Humid tropics research. Preparation of clima tological atlases.

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42 42 43

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45 46 46

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47 47 48 50 50 52 52

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60 62 63 63 64

IV CONTENTS

Resolutions Final Session

,iYo. ,-Yo.

27 P.4 Publication of the <lMOl}.thly climatic data for the World"

28 P .11 Units used III coded messages for international exchange

29

30

31

32 - 33

34 35 36

37

-... 38

39

40 ~41

42 43. 44

P .10

A.5

P.12

P.14 A.15

A.9 A.12 A.l

A.2

A.6

A.7

A.1:l A.13

A.14 11..10 L.7

5. Appendices

Qualifications and training of meteorological per­sonnel employed in the application of meteorology to aeronautics Review of general policy concerning the publications of the '''arid :i\fcteorological Organization . . Participation by the Worlel .Meteorological Organiz­ation in the United Nations -Expanded Progf'amme of Technical Assistance for economic developmenL of under-developed countries Operational and technical development fund. M_IO!~imum ... expell.c:litUl·e during the second financial period Wor1>:ing Capit~J Ji'und Ass'essmcn-t--o-C proportional contributions. Confirmation of assessment of proportional contribu­tions of new and prospective Members during the first financial period Outstanqing contributions to the International Meteorolog~cl!-l Organization. Utilizatjplt._~! __ ~llr.pl!J.s funds .of the International Met,eorological Organization. Additional' retirement pcnsidn for the fIrst Secretary­General. Appointment oi Secretary-General. Establishment of Secretariat for second financial pe.ridd Salary scales of staff of Secretariat Permanent headquarters building' Revision of resolutions 0'£ the First Congress

Agre~ment, Plan of Execution and Protocol concluded between the S'wiss Federal Council and the \Vorld Meteorological Organization to govern the legal status of this Organization in Switzerland [Appen-

1'age

65

65

66

67

68 69

69 70 70

74

75

76

77 78

80 81 81 83

dix to Resolution 3(Cg-lIl] . 87 General Regulations of the vVorld Meteorological Organization [Appendix to Resolution 10(Cg-lIl] . 100

-....., Summary of revenue and lllaximum expenditure for the second financial period' . . '. 142 Resolutions of the First Congress retained in force after the closure of the Second Congress [Appendix to Resolution 44(Cg-lI)] 148

6. List of documents 153 7. Subject index 162

LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION

Member Stale or Terri/ofl'

Argentina

Australia

Au.<;tria

Belgian Congo

Belgium

BolifJia

Brazil

British Caribbean TeJ'J'itOJ'ies

British East African Territories and Indian Ocean Islands

British Malaya/Borneo 'l'erritories

British West African T eJ'l'itories

A. Members of WMO

~Yame8

Mr. E. Antueno

Mr. L. J. Dwyer Mr. R. L. Harry

. Miss J. F. Crichton

Professor Dr. F. Steinhauser

Mr. N. Vander Elst

Professor E. Lahaye Dr. L. J. Dufour Mr. O. Godart, Director Aviation Meteorological Service

:NIl'. M. Barrau, Ambassador in Great Britain

Engineer F. X. R. de Souza Engineer L. R. Ratisbona Mr. A. Teixeira Valladao

Mr. \V. A. Grinsted

Mr. D. A. Davies Mr. E. G. Davy, Director of Observatory Mauritius

Mr. L G. John

Mr. J. R. Clackson Mr. H. O. Walker

Legend .­HMS lIS PDG

Director Meteorological Service .!lember oJ Meteorolouical SeJ'!'ice Permanent Delegation Genel'u

PDG

DMS PDG PDG

DMS

DMS

DMS MS

DMS MS PDG

DMS

DMS

DMS

DMS MS

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Adviser Adviser

Principal delegate

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Delegate Delegate

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Delegate Delegate

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Delegate

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Delegate

2 LIST OF PERSONS ATTK"WING THE SRSSIO~

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Member State lYrunes Capacity or Territory

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Bulgaria Professor L. R. Krastanov DMS Principal delegate Mr. S. Y. Stephanov MS Delegate

Burma Dr. M. Po E DMS Principal delegate U Ba Kyi MS Alternate

Byelol'ussian S.S.R. Mr. A. A. Glomozda DMS Principal delegate Mr. A. G. Boulavko, Director Delegate Geophysical Observatory Mrs. T. DourI(ina Secretary~

Interpreter

Canada Mr. A. Thoms[)n DMS Principal delegate Mr. R. C. Graham MS Delegate Mr. F. W. Benum MS Delegate Mr. R. E. Reynolds PDG Adviser

Ceylon Dr. D. T. E. Dassanayake DMS Principal delegate Mr. L. A. D. I. Ekanayaka MS Alternate

China Dr. T. C. Cheng DMS Principal delegate Dr. H. F. Tchen, Embassy ALternate of China, Paris Mr. C. Lung, Embassy of Secretary China, Paris

Cuba Mr. J. A. Pumariega, Principal delegale Consul of Cuba, Bern

Czechoslwali.ia Dr, J, Zitek DMS Principal delegate Dr. A. Vesecky MS Delegate Dr. J. Jilek MS Delegate Dr. S. Petrovic MS Delegate Mr. J, Strnad PDG Delegate

Denmark Mr. H. Petersen DMS Principal delegate Mr. 1-1, Thomsen MS Alternate Mr. G. Crone-Levin MS Alternate

Dominican Republic Mr. ], Moline DMS Principal delegate

Ecuador Mr. H. Vasconez PDG Delegate

Egypt Mr. M. F. Taha DMS Principal delegate Mr. R. S. Mikhall MS Alternate Mr. M. H. Gidamy MS Delegate Mr. K. A. F. Khalil MS Delegate

LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 3

Member State Names (Japacity or Territorv

Federation of Rhodesia Colonel N. P. Sellick DMS Principal delegate and Nyasaland

Finland Dr. M. Franssila DMS Principal delegate

France Mr. A. Viaut DMS Principal delegate Mr. P. de Martin de Vivies MS Alternate Mr. A. Perlat MS Adviser (President CIMO) Mr. M. Mezin (President CBP) MS Adviser Mr. P. Leclercq MS Adviser Mr. J. Bcssemolllin MS Adviser Mr. E. de Curton PDG Adviser Mrs. C. Labeyrie MenahemJ Adviser Ministry of Foreign Affairs Miss A. Lissac PDG Secretary Mr. Foessel Adviser

French Cameroons Mr. P. Picq DMS Principal delegate

French Equatorial Africa Mr. E. Bruzon MS Principal delegate

French Ocea,nia Mr. G. Mourou MS Principal delegate

French Somal£land Mr. J. M. A. Girard WIS Principal delegate

French Togohmd Mr. F. Kart oval MS Principal delegate

French 'JiVcst Africa Mr. J. Thomas DMS Principal delegate

Germany J F cderal Dr. R. Bcnkendorff DMS Principal delegate Republic of Dr. G. Bell, IVlinistry of _Alternate

Transport Dr. K. Keil MS Delegate Dr. H. Sebastian MS Delegate Mr. G. Feine PDG Adviser Mr. R. Steg PDG Adviser NIl'. W. Gassert Adviser and Inter~

preterRSecretary

Greece Brigadier General DMS Principal delegate E. Vourlakis Mr. J. Papayaullis PDG Alternate

Gltatemala Mr. A. Dupont-Willemill, Principal delegate Consul of Guatemala

4 LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION

Member Stale _Names CupffCily or Territory

Haiti tdr. S. L. Defly, Embassy of Principal delegate Haiti, Paris Mr. A. Addor PDG Delegate

Hong Kong Mr. G. S. P. Heywood DMS Principal delegato (i·etired) Mr. G. Tucker MS Alternate

Hungary Professor Dr. F. -Desl DMS Principal delegato Dr. B. Bm MS Delegate Mr. I. Bodolai MS Delegate

Iceland Mrs. T. Gudmwldsson DMS Principal delegate

India Dr. S. Basu DMS Principal delegate Mr. P. R. Krishna Rae.. MS Alternate Dr. S. N. Sen MS Delegate

Indonesia Professor Dr. R. Goenarso DMS Principal delegate lvIl'. yv. W. Simon, Chief Delegate

. Meteorological Department Captain D. Madjid Alternate

Iraq Mr. T. Fal:tah DMS Principal delegate

Ireland Dr. M. Doporto DMS Principal delegate Mr. S. L. Tierney !Vis Alternate

Israel Mr. M. Gilead DMS Principal delegate Mr. N. Rosenan MS Delegate Mr. M. Kahany . PDG Delegate

Italy Colonel D. Libri DMS Principal delegate Captain A. Mastrangeli MS Alternate

Japan Dr. K. Wadati DMS Principal delegate Mr. K. Arita PDG Delegate Mr. T. Muto PDG Alternate

Lebanon Mr. A. Toshat DMS Principal delegate Mr. A. Kotaite MS Alternate Mr. S. Khattah, Civil. Delegate Aviation ~epartment

NI adagascar Mr. M. Pittavino MS Principal delegate

LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 5

.J[ember State Names Oapacity or Territory

l11exico Mr. E. Calderon~Puig PDG Principal delegate Mr. J. A. 1I1erigo-Aza PDG Alternate

lYI Ol'OCCO, French Mr. J. Randet DMS Principal delegate Protectorate Mr. G. Bidault MS Delegate

1Y etherlands Mr. C. J. Warners DMS Principal delegate Professor \fl.'. Bleeker MS Delegate (President CSM) Jill W. H. J. van Aseh van Wijck PDG Delegate Vice-Admiral MS Delegate J. W. Termijtelen Dr. K. R. Postma MS Delegate Mr. C. G. C. Schutte 1I1S Delegate and

Secretary of delegation

Netherlands New Guinea Mr. M. W. F. Sehregardus DMS Principal deleg(}te

New Caledonia Mr. J. L. Giovanneni DMS Principal delegate

New Zealand Dr. M. A.-F. Barnett DMS Principal delegate Mr. M. Norrish, Ncw Zealand Delegate Legation, Paris

Norway Dr. Th. Hesselberg DMS Principal delegate Mr. P. Thrane 1I1S Delegate

Pakistan Mr. S. N. Naqvi DMS Principal delegate Mr. M. S. Hidayetulla MS Alternate

Paraguay Mr. R. Rccalde de Vargas, Principal delegate Ambassador in Rome

Peru Mr. M. de la Fuente L., Principal delegate General Consul of Peru

Philippines Dr. C. del Rosario DMS Principal delegate

Poland : Professor Dr. W. Okolowic.z DMS Principal delegatc Engineer C. Cetkiewicz MS Delegate Engineer L. Lokkaj MS Delegat.e

Portugal Professor H. Amorim Ferreira DMS Principal delegate Mr. A. Silva de Sousa MS Alternate Mr. H. Pinto de Lima Delegate

6 LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION

jJIember State or Territory

Portuguese East Africa

Portuguese West Africa

Romania

Spain

Spanish Territories at Guinea

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Names

Mr. J. Alberto Soares

Mr. A. Silva de Sousa

Mr. N. Topor Mr. C. Ranga

Mr. L. de Azcarraga y Perez Caballero Mr. J. S. de Erice y O'Shea Mr. L. de Villegas y Virzais

Mr. F, del Junco y Reyes

Mr. A. A. Wahab lVIr. A. W. Ireland

Dr. A. Nyberg Mr. O. Lonnqvist

Professor Dr. J. Lugcon

Mr. M. H. Gidamy

Territories oj- the Spanish -Mr. P. Rodrigues Franco Protectorate oj Morocco

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukrainian S.S.R.

Union of South Africa

. Rear-Admiral C. V. Bunnag

1\11'. M. Perusset

Dr. F. Adali lVIr. T. Aykulu Mr. N. Dural MI'. S. Ansen

Mr. T. K. Bogatyr Mr. G. F. Prihotko Mr. V. Krepkogorski

Dr. T. E. W. Schumann lVIr. D. J. Lombard Mr. D. B. Sale, Embassy of Union of South Africa, Paris

DlVIS

MS

DMS MS

DMS

PDC PDC

DiVIS

DiVIS MS

DlVIS lVIS

DMS

CapacUy

Principal delegate

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Delegate

Principal delegate

Alternate Delegate and Secretary of delegation

Principal delegate

Principal delegate Adviser

Principal delegate Delegate

Principal delegate

MS Principal delegate (Egypt)

DMS Principal delegate

DlVIS

DMS

DMS MS MS MS

DiVIS MS iVIS

DMS lVIS

Principal delegate

Principal delegate

Principal'delegate Delegate Delegate Delegate

Principal .delegate Delegate Secretary­Interpreter

Principal delegate Alternate Delegate

LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 7

.1fember State .Names (!alJucity or'l'erritory

Union of Soyiet Socialist Mr. A. Solotoukhine DMS Principal delegate Republics Mr. C. T. Logvinov MS Alternate

Mr. V. P. Zigun MS Delegate Mr. N. G. Syssoev MS Delegate Miss T. Denissova MS Secrctary~

Interpreter

United Kingd01n of Great Sir Graham Sutton DMS Principal delegate Britain and N orthe1'n Mr. J. Durward MS Alternate Ireland Mr. G. Tucker MS Delegatc

Captain P. BraceliTl, Delegate Director Naval ',,"cather Service Dr. P. G. F. Caton MS Adviser Miss M. 1. Mackie, Foreign Adviser Office Cmdr. C. E. N. Frankcom MS Adviser (President CMM) Miss S. A. Buckley MS Assistant

United States of America Dr. F. W. Reichelderfer DMS Principal delegate Mr. P. H. Kutschenreuter MS Alternate Maj or J. R. Abbott, Air Adviser Weather Service Mr. A. W. Johnson PDG/MS Adviser Mr. N. A. Matson MS Adviser Mr. A. H. Nagle (President !VIS Adviser CAeM) Mr. P. B. Taylor, Adviser Department of State Professor C.W. Thornth"\vaite Adviser (President CCI), Director Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Climatology Mr. H. F. Nichol PDG Secretary 0 r

delegation

Uruguay Captain Y. D. MogllOni DMS Principal delegate

Venezuela Lieutenailt~Coloncl Dilrs Principal delegate M. V. Vcjar Gordn Dr. A. W. Goldbrunner !VIS Delegate Engineer A. Michelangeli Delegate Mr. J. Sanchez Carillo Delegate

8 LIST OF PERSON'S A'l'TENDING THE SESSION

~l[embeJ' Stale or 'l'erri'ory

l1'iet Narn

Yugoslapia

Non-Member SIQ,lf1 or 'l'erritor!!

Cambodia

Chile

Colombia

IIashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Iran

Libei'ia

Somaliland (under Italian Trusteeship)

.'-)Tames

Mr. Do-Dinh-Cuong Mr. Ha-Vinh-Phuong, Secretary, Embassy, Paris

-Engineer M. Peruvi6 Mr. M. Radosevi6 Mr. B. Vojnovic, Director of Meteorological -and Hydro-

, logical Service of Serbia

B. Non,Member. of WMO

}lames

Mr. Phlek Chhat

Mr. H. Mauduit, Chief Royal Meteorological Service

Miss L. Kracht

Colonel J. Cervantes, Counsellor, Legation Colombia, Bern

Mr. Abdellah Alaedin, Director of Civil Aviation

Mr. F. Movassaghi

Mr. J. Mansoor

Mr. L. Whisnant, Liberia Consul, Accra, Gold Coast

Professor A. Fantoli

DMS

DMS MS

DMS

PDC

DMS

PDC

PDC

DMS

CapacUy

Principal delegate Adviser

Principal delegate Delegate Delegate

(Japacity

Principal Observer Alternate Observer

Observer

Observer

Observer

Principal Observer Alternate Observer

Observer

Observer

LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION

c. Intel'national orgRIrlzations invited

. Organizution Names

United Nations Organization l\'lr. A. Pelt

vl'orld Health Organizcttion

Food and Agriculture Organization 01 the United Nations

Intcrnationa.l Cipil Apiation Organization

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

International Air Transport Association

World Power Conterence

World Federation at United N[ttions 01'g(tnization Associations

International Federation tor DOCll1ncnlation

Pacific Science Association

lvIr. G. Pal they Mr. L. Dclanney

-Mr. t. Gros IVIr. M .. IVIilhaud lvIr. P. Coidan Mr. J. Szapiro Mr. A. J. Dilloway

Dr. I-I. S. Gear

Mr. P. Sartorius

. Dr. E. Warner Dr. J. H. Heierman

Mr. J. Persin lvIr. W. Stud_cr

Mr. P. A. Varughese

lvIr. R. S. Roda

Mr. E. H. Etienne

Mr. J. A. F. Ennals

Professor Dr. J. Lugeon

Dr. C. del Rosario Mi'. A. Thomson

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FINAL AGENDA WITH RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Agenda ~·lem8

1. Organization of the session

1.1 Establishment of a Credentials Com~ mittee

1.2

1.3

1.4

Establishment of other committees of Congress

Consideration of tho report of the Credentials Committee

Approval or the agenda

1.5 Internal rules of the Second Congress

1.6

1.7

Applications for membership of the Organization

A pplications for membership of the Regional Associations

2. Reports

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

Report by the President of the Or­ganization on the activities of the Executive Committee and the Secre­tariat

Reports by Presidents of Regional Associations, with resolutions and recommendations

Reports by Presidents of Technical Commissions, with resolutions and recommendations

Financial report by the Secretary­General and approval of the accounts for the expiring financial period

9

Relevant doeumenls

16, 98, 114, 127

95

100, 102

50, 105, 107, 139

69

28, 32, 33, 35, 63, 84, 88, 142

34, 39, 48; 53, 67, 71, 82, 87

43,64,142

RelfollltiOll1f adopted

7,8,9

13

FINAL AGENDA

Agenda items

3. Basic Documents

3.1 Discrepancies between the English and the French texts of Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention

3.2 Review of the General Regulations

3.3 Review of the Financial Regulations

3.4 Review of the Staff Regulations

3.5 Adoption of Technical Regulations

3.6 Revision of resolutions of the First Congress

3.7 Amendment of Article 13 of the Convenlion (Composition of the Exe­cutive Committee)

4. External relations

-i.1 Agreements with other international organiza.tions

Relevallt doc(tments

12, 130

21, 56, 78, 91 99, 101, 104, 131

23,89, 106

42, 110, 142

6, 70, 85, 86, 90, 92, 93, 96, 108, 113,'4+

76

123

11,68

4.2 Relations with non-Member countries 8

4.3 Agreement with the host country

5. Pl'ogramme for the second financial period

5.1 Examination of policy conccrmng the technical programme

62

14) 29) 40) -i1) 55, 65, 66, 75, 94, 115, 116, 126

11

Resol1ltim!s adopted.

1

10,11

12

14

17,19,20, 21

4,5,6,44

2

4,5,6

3

22,32

12

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

FINAL AGENDA

Agel/da items

Consideration of the terms of refer~ once of the Technical Commissions

Participation of the WMO in th_c United Nations Expanded Pro­gramme of Technical Assistance

Regular technica.l assistance pro­gramme of the WMO

Arid Zone programme

International Meteorological Insti­tute

5.7 vVMO technical publications

"5.7.1 Review of general policy

llelemnt docl/mellM

24, 29, 72, 94, 115, 116, 128

4, 141

5,57

30

25, 122

38

5.7.2 C.ompendium on physics of clouds 15 and hydro meteors

5.7.3 Publication of world meteorological data

5.7.4 Entries III "\VMO publications

5.7.5 International meteorological guides

5.7.6 'VorId climatological atlas

5.7.7 World meteorological bibliography

5.8

5.9

Units used in coded messages for international exchange

FllllCtions of the technical library of the Secretariat

5.10 "Water resource development

26, 58, 128

19, 128

54

17,44,109'

60, 74, 140

22, 61

45

49

ResolutiollS adopted

15,16

31

30

27

18, 22

26

22

28

24

FINAL AGENDA

Agenda items

5.11 Humid tropics

5.12 International Geophysical Year 1957-1958

5.13 Meteorological films - Production of films - Central loan service

6. Adminish'ative questions

6.1 Review or the establishment of the Secretariat

6.2 Review of grades and salary scales of the Secretariat staff

6.3 Maximum expenditure for the second financial period

6 . .4 Review of scale of contributions

6.5 Utilisation of IMO funds

6.6 Terms of appointment of the Secre­tary-General

6.7 Secretariat building

6.8

6.9

Pattern of meetings of the constit­uent bodies and their working groups

Assistance by the Secretariat during and between sf'-ssions of the constit­uent bodies

6.10 Retirement pension for the Acting Secretary-General at present in office

20

Relevant documents

83,97

27,31,128

3

52,81

2, 51, 80, 118

1, 36, 37, 46, 47, 59, 103, 119, 125, 136

73,120,137

18

124

13

79, 112

77, 142

ResolutirJ1/S adopted

25

23

41,42

13

33, 41, 42

33

34, 35, 36, 37

38

40

43

38, 39

14 FINAL AGENDA

Relevant Resolutions d()cuments adopted Agedda items

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7. Nominations, elections and appoint-ments

7.1 Election of President; and Vice- 129 Presidents of the Organization

7.2 Election of members of the Executive 7,134 Committee

7.3 Appointment of a Secretary-General 10,133, 135

8. Place and date of next Congress

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GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION

1. The second session of the Congress of the World Meteorological Organization was held in the Palais des Nations in Geneva from the 14th of April 1955 to the 13th of May 1955 inclusive under the chairmanship of the President of the Organization, Dr, F. W. Reichelderfer.

Agenda item I - Organization of the session

1.1 - Estahlishment of a Credentials Committee

2. A Credentials Committee was established during the first meeting of the Congress. The following list of nominations, based on a. broad geographic dis­tribution and a fair representation throughout the world, was submitted by the officers of the Organization and agreed upon:

Australia Turkey Brazil Union of South Africa France India Netherlands

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United States of America

1.2 - Establishment of other committees of the Congress

3. The Congress established three working committees:

Administrative and Financial Committee Programme Committee Legal Committee.

The terms of reference of these committees were determined by the items of the agenda referred to each of them:

Administrative and Financial Committee: Items 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, 6.1 to 6.10, 2.2 and 2.3 as regards administrative questions j

Programme Committee: Items 3.5, 5.1 to 5.13, 2.2 "and 2.3 as regards technical questions;

Legal Committee: Items 1.5,1.7,3.1,3.2,3.6,4.1,4.2,4.3,2.2 and 2.3 as regards questions of procedure.

4. Following the current practice of the Organization, any delegation was entitled to take part in the discussion and vote in any committee during the examination of any item even if the delegation had not requested to be repre­sented permanently on this committee.

1.6 GENERAL SUi\Ii\IA RY

5. A Nominations Committee was also established. It was composed so that there should be broad geographic distribution on the committee and that mem­bers of the committee should be those who have broad acquaintance with meteorologists through attendance at meetings and other working arrangements.

In accordance with Regulation 22 of the General Regulations, the com­mittee comprised the twelve principal delegates of:

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland } RA I French 'Vest Africa.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. } RA II Burma.

Brazil } RAIII Venezuela

Canada RA IV

Australia. RAV

Norway

} Ukrainian 8.S.R. HA VI Ireland. Turkey.

1.3 - Consideration of the repol'l of the Credentials Committee

6. The Credentials Committee presented three reports on the credentials of delegates of Members, representatives of non~Members and of international organizations. The credentials were unanimously adopted.

7. As regards the adoption of the credentials of the representatives of China, thc Congress decided first that the vote on the question should be limited to Member States, according to -Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention. The motion put to the vote was as follows:

"The Congress decides not to consider, for the duration of its second session, any proposals to exclude the representatives of the Government of the Republic of China or to seat representatives of the Central Peoples' Govorn~ ment of the Peoples' Republic of China."

8. A number of delegates expressed the views of their governments on this question and the Congress decided that the vote would be by secret ballot. The result of the ballot was as follows:

For the motion . . Against the motion

40 12

The two~thirds majority required being reached, the motion was adopted.

GENERAL SUMilIARY 17

9. The delegate of the U.S.S.R. requested that the following statement be included in the proceedings of the Congress:

"The delegation of the U.S.S.R. considers the decision of the Second Con­gress of the vVorld Meteorological Organization, admitting the participation of the Republic of Kuomintang of Chiang Ka'i-shek in the work of Congress, illegal, and not contributing to a successful fulfilment of the purpose of WMO as laid down in the Convention. This decision does not facilitate international co-operation in the fIeld of meteorology but makes it more difficult. The delegation of the Soviet Union considering that the Chinese Peoples' Republic is a Member of the Organization with full rights, consi· del's that the legal representatives of China on the Second CongTcss of WMO can and must be only the representatives empowered by the Central Govern­ment of the Chinese Peoples' Republic."

10. The Credentials Committee considered also a communication from the Democratic Republic of Germany announcing that they had sent representatives to the Congress. In connection with this matter, discussion occurred as to what interpretation should be given to Resolution 9(1) (a) of the First Congress.

11. The Congress approved the action of the Executive Committee in submit­ting the question of invitations to the Second Congress to a postal vote of :Mem­bel'S. The majority decision taken by Members not to extend an invitation to the Congress to certain countries and amongst them the Democratic Republic of Germany was confirmed.

12. The credentials of the Viet-Nam delegation were also accepted after a vote by secret ballot with a reservation from the U.S.S.R. delegate.

1.4 - Approval of the agemla

13. The provisional agenda was adopted with the following additions:

Item 3.6 Revision of resolutions of the First Congress Item 6.10 - :Retirement pension for the Acting Secretary-General ~t

present in office.

Later during the course of the Congress, a ne,y item 3.7 - Amendment of Article 13 of the Convention (Composition of the "Executive Committee) - pro­posed by the delegations of Spain and Brazil was adopted.

1.5 - Intel'nal rules of the Second Congress

14. Upon recommendation from the Legal Committee, the Congress agreed that the rules of procedure appearing in the General Regulations were adequate for the conduct of business of the Congress and that there was no need for any sup­plementary rules of procedure.

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1.6 - Application for membership of the Organization

15. Two applications for. membership of the Organization were received at the beginning of the Congress from the United Kingdom of Libya and from the Hashemite IGngdom of Jordan. These applications were submitted to the Congress during one of th~ last meetings and approved by more than two-thirds of the Members of the Organization. These two countries will become Members of the Organization thirty days after the deposit of an instrument of accession to the World Meteorological Convention with the State Department in Washington.

16. When the Congress opened, applications for membership from the Kingdom of Laos, the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of KOl'ea had been sub­mitted to Members for voting by correspondence.

Members represented at the Congress whieh had not already replied w-ere requested to express their opinion on those applications during the Congress. As a result of the replies thus received, the Kingdom of Laos, the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea were admitted to membership of the Organization. These three countries will also become Members of the Organiza­tion thirty days after the deposit of an instrument of accession to the Convention with the State Department in 'Vashington.

1.7 - Applications for membership of the Regional Associations

17. Three Members of the Organization whose applications for membership to a Regional Association had been objected to, presented their case to the Congress.

By secret ballot the Congress decided on the admission of Portugal and China to Regional Association II and of the Federal Republic of Germany to Regional Association VI - see Resolutions 7(Cg-II), 8(Cg-II) and 9(Cg-II).

Reservations by the U.S.S.R. and India as regards the admission of China to Regional Association II were recorded. Similarly, reservations by the U.S.S.R. and Poland as regards the admission of the Federal Republic of Germany were recorded.

Agenda item 2 - Reports

2.1 - Report by the President of the Ol'ganization on the activities of the Executive Committee and the Secretariat

18. The report was noted and matters requiring action ,vcre taken: up under other items of the agenda.

2.2 - Repol'lS by Presidents of Regional Associations, with l'esolutions and recommendations

19. These reports were considered by the Programme Committee, the Legal Committee and the Administrative and Financial Committee, after having been studied by a sub-committee.

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It was found that practically all points raised in these reports were either being considered by the appropriate bodies of WMO as a result of previous action by the Executive Committee, or were more extensively documented in other papers prepared for the second session of the Congress.

After having studied the remaining items in these reports, the Congress was satisfied that all matters which required consideration by the Congress had been adequately covered under other items of the agenda,

20. The resolutions and recommendations of the first session of Regional Asso­ciation II were referred to the Executive Committee for action in the normal way. Some of the recommendations of Regional Association II were also noted in appropriate resolutiolls of the Congress.

2.3 - Reports hy Presidents of Technical Commissions, with resolutions and recomDlendations

21. \,oVhen introducing this item the President of the Organization expressed deep appreciation to the Presidents of Technical Commissions for their devotion to the aims of technical and scientific progress.

The Presidents of the following Technical Commissions presented their reports to a plenary meeting of the Congress:

Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology Commission for Bibliography and Publications Commission for Climatology Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation Commission for Maritime Meteorology Commission for Synoptic Meteorology.

There was no detailed discussion in plenary of the above reports, nor of the reports submitted to the Congress by the Presidents of the Commission for Aerology and the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

All these reports were dealt with in the same way as explained under agcnda it.em 2..2. above.

2.4 - Financial l'eport hy the Secl·etary .. General and approval of the accounts for the expiring financial period

22. The report was noted. With respect to the approval of the aceounts for the expiring financial period, the Congress noted that the procedure to be followed in respect of the accounts for the period, was alrcady specified in the Financial Regulations and that no action by the Congress was necessary. Discussion took plaee on the form in which the final accounts for any financial period should be submitted to Members and it was decided that the form adopted should be such 'as to enable a direct comparison to be made between the accounts and the budget as adopted by the Congress.

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23. The Cougress noted that a surplus resulting from the maintenance of the unit value of contrihutions at the same level during the first financial period ,vas likely to arise by the end of the first financial p"eriod. The considerations which had led the Executive Committee to take this action were discussed and :r:eference was made to paragraph 8.2 of the Financial Regulations. It was sug­gested by some delegates that in preparing the annual appropriations, the Exe­cutive Committee had deviated somewhat from this regulation, although the difficulties which arose in the first financial period, and which had led the Exe­cutive Committee to adopt this course of action, were fully realized and accepted. The Congress therefore adopted Resolution 13(Cg-II) giving post factum approval of the deviations by the Executive Committee from the strict interpretation of the Financial Regulations.

24. A proposal to utilize the surplus anticipated at the end of the financial period to establish a building fund was not adopted. The Congress decided that in respect of any surplus which would be available, the provisions of Financial Regulation 7.5 should be applied.

25. Whilst the Congress noted with satisfaction the high proportion of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund which had been received from Members, its attention .vas drawn to the fact that a small number of Members were seriously in arrears with regard to the payment of their contri­butions to the Organization. It decided that action under Article 31 of the Convention should not be taken at present but that the Secretary-General should continue to press these Members for payment of their arrears of contributions, and should report on the matter to each session of the Executive Committee.

Agenda item 3 - Basic Documents

3.1 - Discrepancies between the English and the Fl'ench texts of Article 10 (al (2) of the Convention

26. The interpretation of Article to (a) (2) of the Convention gave rise to long discussions and some delegates held the view that the English text expresses the will and intent_ of the Contracting States, but there was no agree:r;nent as to its meaning. The French text was also subject to different interpre.tations, some Members considering that this article refers only to the admission of Members in the Organization, others expressing the view that it applies to the admission, the exclusion and the suspension of Members. Other delegations were in favour of the French text, with the meaning that it was applicable to any question of a political nature which arises from the _ quality of Member of the Orga-nization.

27. The Congress decided to invite Members which are States to transmit their views on this question to the Secretary-General and requested the Executive Comnrittee to report to the Third Congress - se.e Resolution 1(Cg-I1).

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3.2 - Review of the General Regulations

28. After a thorough exami~ation of the General Regulations established by the First Congress and of all proposed amendments and comments, the Congress passed Resolution 10(Cg-II) by which it adopted the revised and amended ver­sion of the General Regulations of the vVMO. The new General Regulations came into force, and the former General Regulations ceased to be effective, on 13 May 1955, date of the closure of the Second Congress.

29. The Regulations which were most debated were Regulation 17 {new num­ber)-invitations to non-Member countries to send observers to sessions of consti­tuent bodies; Regulation 101 (new number) - declaration of purtenance to Regions for the purposes of elections to the Executive Committee; Regulation 114 of the former General Regulations concerning admission to Regional Associations which it was decided to delete, and Regulation 139 of the former General Regula­tions relating to the age-limit of the Secretary-General which it was also decided not to include in the new Regulations.

30. Notes concern.1ng the practical implications of Regulations 2, 77, 78, 79 and 87 (new numbers) were inserted in the Minutes of the Congress.

31. In view of the discussions concerning Regulation J01, the Congress adopted Resolution 11(Cg-II) which instructs the Executive Committee to make a legal study of this matter in connection with Article 13 (c) of the Convention on the composition of the Executive Committee.

32. Further, considering the difficulties experienced during the Second Congress with the application of Article 10 (b) of the COIlvention which requires a two­thirds majority for decisions of the Congress, it was decided to request the Exe­cutive Committee to study the subject and to attempt to find a suitable solution or recommendation. This statement was inserted in the :Minutes of the Congress.

3.3 - Review of the Financial Regulations

33. The CongI'ess reviewed the Financial Regulations established by the First Congress and adopted Resolution 1.2(Cg-II), in which the amendments effected to the appropriate parts of Articles 1, 7,8,14 and 16 of the Financial Regulations as from 1 January 1956 are detailed.

3.4 - Review of the Staff Regulations

34. The Congress rcviewed the Staff Regulations established by the First Con­gress and adopted Resolution 14(Cg-II), in which the amendments eITected to the appropriate parts of Articles 1, 6, 9 and 11 of t11e- Staff Regulations as from 1 January 1956 are detailed.

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3.5 - Adoption of Technical Regulations

35. A working group) with a variable membership of about 12 delegates, was set up under the chairmanship of Mr. J. R. Clackson (British West African Terri.­tories). The working group carried out a detailed review of the Draft Technical Regulations (Chapters 1 to 11), and prepared a revised draft in the light of all ·wriLten comments received and verbal comments made by members of the group, and by the Presidents of the Technical Commissions attending the Congress.

36. There were individual differences of opinion about many of the paragraphs in the Regulations, h~lt the principle was adopted that no obligatory regulation should be included unless it was supported by a strong majority.

37. Proposals concerning the contents of Chapter 12 "Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation" were approved during a separate plenary meeting of the Congress. After considerable discussion, the Congress agreed that Chapter 12 of the Technical Regulations should be composed as follows:

PART 1 Basic obligations for meteorological service for international air navi­gation (corresponding to Annex 3 of ICAO Convention).

PART 2 Specifications for meteorological service for international air navigation (with the status of J'ecommended practices and therefore not subject to Article 8 (b) of the WMO Convention).

PAIn' 3 Briefing and documentation practices (with the status of recommended practices) .

PART 4 Aeronautical climatological summaries and aeronautical descriptive climatological memoranda (with the status of recommended pmctices).

38. The Congress further agreed that the question of publication of Chapter 12 as a separate volume of the Technical Regulations and the question of including the vV:MO aeronautical figure codes in Part 1 of Chapter 12 should he referred to the Executive Committee for appropriate action.

39. In the time available during the Second Congress, it was not possible to complete the fmal editing of the Technical Regulations submitted as an annex to Resolution 19(Cg-II). Under the circumstances, the Congress accepted the annex as containing the substance of the Technical Regulations and authorized the ~ecrctary-General to complete the necessary editorial work before pub­lication.

40. The Congress further agreed that the English text of the Technical Regula­tions should be regarded as the authentic text and the Secretariat was made res­ponsible for establishing adequate texts in the other official languages.

41. In spite of the time which has been devoted to the work at each of the different stages in the preparation of the Technical Regulations, the Congress was well aware that further improvements could be made. It is for this reason

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that in Resolution 19(Cg-II) the Executive Committee was directed to review the Technical Regulations during the second financial period. The Congress eon~ sidered that the following aims should he kept in mind when proposing amend~ ments for consideration by the Third Congress:

(1) To fill the gaps in the Technical Regulations; (2) To transfer certain regulations to guides or manuals; (3) To obtain a better balance between the various chapters j

(4) To improve the style and gcncral appearance of the regulations.

42. The datc of implementation of Chapter 12 of the Technical Regulations was set at 1 January 1956 to coincide with the corresponding action being taken by ICAO. Thc date of implementation of Chapters 1 to tl has heen made six mOJlths later in order to give :Members adequate time to study the new regulations before they come into force.

The decision of the Congress is contained in Resolution 19{Cg-U).

Disposal of IMO resolutions

43. The Technical Regulations, whcn they come jnto force, will supersede many of the INfO resolutions which were taken over by the 'VMO under Resolution 4(1) of the First Congress.

It will be n.ceessary therefore to take appropriate action to suspend the IMO resolutions which have been superseded and to have the substance of the resolutions which are still valid incorporated in rclevant publications of the WMO.

Resolution 21(Cg-IT) was adopted by the Congress to cover this require~ ment.

Notification of deviations from standard meteorological I)ractices and pro­cedures (standards)

44. In terms of Article 8 of the Convention and of Resolution 17(Cg-II) of the Second Congress, the introduction of 'l'eehT\ical Regulations will require the notification of deviations from standard practices. It was considered desirable that a suitable procedure for this action should be defined and this ,vas done in Resolution 20(Cg-1I).

3.6 - Revision of l'esolntions of the. First Congress

45. The Congress decided to review the resolutions adopted by the First Con~ gress and asked the Secretariat to prepare a document giving information on the present status of these resolutions. All resolutions of the First Congress were reviewed either by the Legal Committee, the Administrative Committee or the Programme Committee. The results of this review were consolidated by the Legal Committee in Resolution 44{Cg-II) which was adopted by the Congress.

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46. The Legal Committee recognized that it was important not to maintain in force resolutions from various Congresses, some of which would have become redundant, while others would have been replaced by new decisions. Therefore, it considered that after each Congress a list of resolutions in force should he published.

47. Some resolutions of the First Congress were re-drafted in order to take into account the present situation of -the matters dealt with in those resolutions ~ see Resolutions 4(Cg-II), 5(Cg-II) and 6(Cg-II).

3.7 - Amendment of Article 13 of the Convention (Composition of the Exc<:utive Committee)

48, The delegations of Spain and Brazil presented a proposal to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee and this question was approved as new item 3.7 of the agenda. It was felt by the delegate from Spain that no other United Nations Specialized Agency had as fcw as 15 members in, its Exe­cutive Committee. Reference was made to the analogous executive bodies of other Specialized Agencies: FAO with 24 members; UNESCO 'with 22 members; \VHO with 1,8 members and with the possibility of increasing the membership to 24 members; ECOSOC had one-third of the membership of the Organization on its Executive Committee.

The increasing activities of the Organization were also presented as a jus­tification for an increase up to 18 in the number of members in the Executive Committee. The question of a revision of Artic1e 13 of the Convention relating to the number of Inembers in the Executive Committee was agreed upon and referred to the Executive Committee with the understanding that the principle of the ~aximum number of one-third of the members from One Region would be maintained - see Resolution 2(Cg-II).

Agenda item 4 - External Relations

4.1 - Agreements with other international Ol'ganizations

49. The Congress took note, of the working arrangements concluded with the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, the World Health Orga­nization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Unitcd Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Union of Geodesy and Geo­physics.

50. The Congress noted also the granting of consultative status to the following organizations; International Society of Soil Science, International Organization for Standardization, International Radio Maritime Committee, International Federation of Agricultural Producers, International Scientific Radio Union, International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations, \-Vorld Federation of

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United Nations Associations, International Federation for Documentation, Paci­fic Science Association, International Astronomical Union and 'Vorld Power Conference.

51. As regards the application to the WMO of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations, it was agreed to record:

"(a) That since the vVMO became a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, ten Members of the ''''MO have agreed to apply the Conven­tion on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations to the vVMO j

(b) That the attention of the other Members of the WiVIO should be drawn to the desirability of ratification of the Convention referred to above."

4.2 - Relations with non-Member counh'ies

52. The question of the co-operation with non-Member countries was examincd by the Legal Committee and the Congress, upon recommendation of this com­mittee, included in the General Regulations provisions for the invitation of nOll-Member countries. Furthermore, the Programme Committee discussed the practical steps for the participation of these countries in the technical work of the Organization.

4.3 - Agreement with the host counb'Y

53. The Congress approved the text of the agreement concluded between the Swiss Federal Council and the 'VorId Meteorological Organization, including the plan of execution and the protocol appended to the agreement - see Resolution 3(Cg-II).

Agenda item 5 - Pl'ogramme for the second financial period

5.1 - Examination of policy concel'ning the technical l)rog.·amme

54. The Congress examined the various technical projects proposed for inclu­sion in the programme of the Organization for the second financial period. It was considered that among the technical projects to be undertaken during the second financial period by the Regional Associations, the Technical Commissions, the working groups and the Secretariat, certain projects should be given parti­cular attention.

These projects are listed in the annex to Resolution 22(Cg-II).

55. Several of the most important projects mentioned in that resolution were discussed under the relevant agenda items but in addition the following questions were givcn special attention:

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(a) Operational and technical development fund

As explained in the summary of agenda item 5.4. the Congress decided that a -VVMO regular technical assistance programme should not be established during the second financial period. On the other hand) during the discussion on agenda item 5 .1, the Congress agreed that an operational and technical dcvclopement fund should be set up. Resolution 32(Cg-II) contains the decision of the Congress on this matter.

In making this decision due consideration was given to Resolution 4(I-RA II).

(b) Recording on pUllch cards 0/ marine meteorological data

The Congress decided that this proj ect should not be recommended for inclusion as an additional item in the technical programme requiring bud­getary provision during the second financial period. It was, !lOWCVer, agreed that the document submitted by the Netherlands delegation be referred to the Executive Committee for further study.

(c) Meteorological telecommw~iccttions

By Resolution 5(EC-VI) the Executive Committee recommended that the Congress should give favourable consideration to strengtheniJ;lg the esta­blishment of the Secretariat by one telecommunications technologist to look after the interests of meteorology in telecommunications. The Con­gress decided to endorse this resolution and this decision was noted in the IvIinutes of the Congress.

(d) Comparison of instruments

Considering the proposals made for financial support to carry but the second world comparison of radiosondes and for intensifying international comparisons of barometers, the CongJ,'ess agreed to make budgetary pro­vision for these purposes in the budget for the second financial period.

5.2 - Consideration of the terms of reference of the Technical Commissions

56. It was generally agreed that some radical changes might have to be made in the present structure, but difficulty was experienced in judging the real situa­tion, especially in view of the considerable differences in the proposals made by the various Presidents of Technical Commissions. The need for a certain continuity in the work of the WMO was also expressed. Before a satisfactory solution could be found, it was essential for the problem to be clearly formulated and it was felt that there was insufficient time during the Congress to do this adequately.

The Congress generally agreed that in view of the limited experience so far gained, it was too early to introduce any drastic modifications in the present scheme. The problem could best be handled on a long-term basis by asking the Executive Committee to consider carefully the various proposals made to the Congress, taking account of the opinions expressed during the discussion in the

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Programme Committee. The Executive Committee should submit proposals for a modification of the structure of functions of the Technical Commissions to Members for comment and should subsequently prepare a plan for submission to the Third Congress in the light of these comments. To this effect, the Congress adopted Resolution i5(Cg-II}.

57. Having decided that the existing structure of the Technical Commissions should continue for the- second financial period, the Congress considered that only the most necessary changes should be made to the present terms of reference or that only those revised terms of reference of Technical Commissions, to which the Presidents of the other Technical Commissions had generally agreed, should be adopted.

The revised terms of reference of the Technical Commissions as adopted by the Congress are containEld in Resolution 16(Cg-TI).

5.3 - Participation of the WMO in the United Nations Expamled Pro~ gramme of Technical Assistance

58. The value of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance "yas generally recognized by the Congress. The opinion was expressed that the funda­mental requirement was to assist countries which possessed no Meteorological Service or only a very poorly-developed Service. If requests for technical assist­ance were not forthcoming from the governments of such countries, steps should be taken to stimulate requests.

To ensure that the technical assistance programme achieved the greatest measure of success, it was suggested that a first essential was that the country should know precisely what technical assistance it required j it was equally important that the whole technical assistance programme in meteorology in each country should be adequately planned from the beginning. Another requi­site was that the programme in each country should be complete; in other words, the technical assistance should be continued until the country was ready to take over without any further assistance; if this was not done, much money would be wasted.

59. vVith regard to the problem of discovering where the greatest meteorologi­cal deficiencies existed, it was pointed out that Rcgional Associations and other Specialized Agencies could assist considerably. In endeavouring to establish their own programmes in technical assistance, such organizations as F AO and WHO would find that a meteorological survey was one of the basic necessities.

60. There was some discussion on a proposal that the Regional Associations and the Executive Committee should excl'ci~e more control over the technical assistance programme but a draft resolution to this effect did not obtain sufficient support.

61.. Finally the Congress adopted Resolution 31(Cg-II) confirming the necessity fpr a working arrangemenl; between the vVMO and the United Nations in the field of technical assistance.

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5.4, - Regular techn:ical assistance programme of the WMO

62. During the discussion of this agenda item it was stressed that the many factors involved in obtaining funds from the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance did not necessarily result in the development of programmes to' which the WlVJO might itself have attributed the highest priority. There would thus be considerable advantage in having a programme of technical assistance con­trolled directly by the vVMO from funds at its u-wn disposal. The requests for Lechnical assistance showed that, while the total. demand would involve fund-s of 494,000 US dollars for 1956, the prospective allocation from the Expanded Programme was only 150,000 US dollars.

There was general support in the Congress for the proposal in principle that the VVMO should operate a fund for carrying out projects which could not be covered within the Expanded Programme. It was also agreed that the Executive Committee should co-ordinate and examine the proposals and that in no circum­stances should the WMO compete with the Expanded Programme. To give emphasis to the distinction between the \VMO programme and the Expanded Programme, it was felt that the term "regular programme of technical assistance" should be avoided; a term like "operational and tcehnical development fund" would be morc appropriate. Whilst it had been recommended that a sum of 50,000 US dollars should be provided in the budget for the second financial period to cover expenditure from this fund, it was only found possible to make an app~opriation of 10,000 US dollars in the budget finally adopted by the Congress.

Further discussion on this proposal took place under agenda item 5.1.

5.5 - Al·id zone programme

63. The discussion on this subj ect ranged OVer many different aspects of the progr,amme, including artificial precipitation, wind and solar energy, and the handbook on the collection of basic data. There was general agreement that the WMO should continue to participate in the programme for developing the arid and semi-arid regions of the world, and the Congress decided to re-affirm Resolu­tion 13(1) of the First Congress and to note with approval the action taken by the Executive Committee in setting up the Arid Zone Panel.

5.6 - International Meteorological Institute

64. In view of the suggestion by the Executive Committee that some of the aims of the proposed International Meteorological Institute could be achieved by other means, the Congress endorsed the recommendation in Resolution 7(EC-VI) that the Second Congress should not establish an International Meteorological Institute,

65. Under this item, the Congress also considered Resolution 8(EC-VI) concern­ing the development of the T~chnical Division of the Secretariat.

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It was considered that the Secretariat should be regarded as a body of repute by the scientific world. vVhile it would 110t be possible -for the Technical Division to include experts in all branches of meteorology, the working groups, composed of experts, could be greatly assisted by the Technical Division if the scientific staff could marshal the facts and present them in a preliminary document prior to consideration by the working group. Another important task for the Technical Division was to help enquirers to find out precisely what they needed.

66. These considerations were supported by the Congress which decided to endorse Resolution 8(EC-VI) on the understanding that paragraph (3) under "Recommends" should be understood to imply that the Secretary-General is authorized to increase the proportion of technical staff subordinate to P staff in the Technical Division within the approved establishment, and to establish a staff category intermediate between P and G categories.

5.7 - WMO technical publications

5.7.1 - Review of general policy conceJ'ning 'W MO publications

67. The Congress considered the recommendations submitted by the Secretary­General with respect to the production. of 'VMO publications during the second financjal period. Decisions reached concerning the various publications are sum­marized in the annex to Resolution 30(Cg-II), which was adopted by the Congress.

5.7.2 - C01npendium on physics of clouds and hydl'ometeol's

68. The Congress expressed its warm interest in a compendium on physics of clouds and hydrometeorsJ but agreed that the preparation of such a publication could more appropriately be left to learned societies or private institutes.

5.7.3 - Publication of world m.eteorological data

69. After considerable discussion, the Congress agreed that the essential point -..vas that -Meteorological Services should store carefully the results of observa­tions and be prepared to make them available on request either in published form or by other means, such as micro-films and that the Secretary-General should assist Members, as necessary, to obtain such material.

70. With regard to the publication of climatological statIstIcs, the maj ority view in the Congress was that the generous offer of the Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau to continue publishing the "Monthly climatic data of the world" should be accepted. It was agreed that the WMO should officially sponSOR this publica­tion and that the Secretary-General should assist, as necessary, in collecting the data for the publication.

71. There was a strongly expressed minority view in the Congress that the WMO should follow the same general principle for all publications and should

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-not adopt a different solution for each particular case. The publication of world climatological data was essentially a task for the ,;ViVIO Secretariat.

The decision of the Congress is given in Resolution 27(Cg-I-I).

5.7.4 - Entries in H'MO publications

72. In considering the inclusion of information in publications such as Fasci­cule III of Publication No.9, the Congress was of the opinion that information relating to any facilities within the territory of a Member should not be published without the approval of that Member. The Congress decided that the Secretary­General should follow this principle and should, when necessary, negotiate with the Members concerned with a view to making the information contained in WMO Publication No.9 as complete as possible.

This decision was recorded in t~e Minutes of -the Congress.

5.7.5 -- International meteorological guides

73. The Congress decided to include the preparation of international meteorolo­gical guides relating to climatological practices, to agricultural meteorology, to synoptic meteorology and to aeronautical meteorology in the programme of the WMO for the second financial period.

74. Furthermore, the Congress agreed that the present Guide to International Meteorological Instrument and Observing Practice (WMO Publication No.8) meets the need for guides in this field. Provision has already been made in Resolution 47(EC-IV) for keeping this publication up to date and adding new chapters when necessary.

The decision of the Congress on this agenda item has been incorporated in Resolutions 18 and 22(Cg-II).

5.7.6 - VT'orld climatological atlus

75. During the discussion of tIns item, it was pointed out that the need for a world climatological atlas had been expressed by many different bodies including some of the Specialized Agencies, especially FAO. It was generally agreed that there was indeed such a requirement, but some doubt was expressed whether the need was really urgent and whether in any case it would be.possible to meet all the different needs in one conveniently-sized atlas. There was general agreement that the 'VMO was the most suitable body to sponsor the preparation of a world climatological atlas, although the actual work need not necessarily be done by the WMO.

76. It was considered that there was a more urgent need for national and regio­nal atlases and it was felt that the vVMO should do everything to encourage their preparation. \¥hile it was recognized that these atlases could not act as a substi­tute for a world climatological atlas, there was no doubt that if they were pre­pared to some standard specification, they would be of great use subsequently in preparing a world climatological atlas.

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77. The Congre3s agreed that there was an urgent need for a specification which could be used for preparing national, sub-regional and regional atlases and for guidance material as -to how these specifications could be met. It was felt that this work could best be entrusted to a small working group responsible to the Executive Committee; the working group should also be charged with examining in more detail the ways and means by which the 'V:MO might sponsor the pre­paration of a world climatological atlas.

The measures adopted by the Congress are contained in Resolution 26(Cg-II).

5.7.7 - liJT Ol'ld metem'ological bibliog1'Uphy

78. There was considerable discussion on the advisability of the WMO under­taking a world meteorological bibliography. It was felt that this type of work was eminently suitable for an international organization and that the money would be well invested. Meteorology is probably the most international of the sciences and a good international bibliography would render a very valuable service. The existing bibliographies were not considered sufficiently complete.

79. The Congress decided that a world meteorological bibliography should be included in the programme of the Organization for the second financial period, although the delegates of the United Kingdom and Canada wished to have recorded that their countries were not in favour of any sort of bibliography being undertaken by WMO.

Furthermore, it was agreed that the bibliography should only contain articles of technical or scientific interest and that it should contain abstracts of the articles.

80. The preparation of a world meteorological bibliography was included as one of the items in the technical programme of the vVMO for the second financial period and the Congress agreed that the detailed plan for implementing the deci­sion should be left to the Executive Committee. An outlined plan for guidance of the Executive Committee was approved by the Congress - see Resolution 22(Cg-II).

5.8 - Units used in coded messages fOl' international exchange

81. There was considerable discussion of this important item.

The majority of the Congress expressed preference for the metric system.

82. The difficulties caused by the lack of a uniform system of units used in synoptic meteorology was stressed and attention was drawn to the fact that important tasks like a world climatological atlas and the International Geo­physical Year would be greatly facilitated if one system of units were used all over the world.

Reference was made to the fact that the millibar pressure unit had been generally introduced without serious difficulties and that it therefore should be

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possible to make a change for other meteorological elements where the instru­ments are less expensive. It was mentioned that a large country like India""vith 370 million inhabitants was prepared to introduce gradually the metric system.

The arguments against a change over to the metric system were mainly -basod upon economic considerations, problems of telecommunications and on the public relations aspects. It was asked whether the advantages obtained by changing the system of units would justify the enormous costs involved.

83, The Congress agreed unanimously that the adoption) with the least possible delay, of a common system of meteorological units by all countries is desirable.

By Resolution 28(Cg-II), the Congress decided unanimously to adopt in principle the Celsius degree and the metric system of units for the evaluation of meteorological elements included in reports for international exchange.

5.9 - Functions of the technical liln'al'Y of the Secretariat

84. The Congress was of the opinion that no attcmpt should be made to collect all published climatological data on a regular basis in the WMO library.

85. The preliminary report of the CCI \Vorking Group on Historical \Vcather Data was noted and it was agreed that no action on thc report appeared to be required by the Congress except on the.rccommendation on the handling of the basic meteorological data produced in connection with the International Geo­physical Year. This question was dealt ·with during the consideration of agenda item 5.12.

86. In view of the earlier decision by the Congress concerning the preparation by WMO of a world meteorological bibliography, thc Congress agreed that the project relative to the development of the WMO library into a rcference centre for meteorological publications was no longer relevant. This project had iil fact been presented as an alternative to the world meteorological bibliography.

5.10 - Water resorn'ce development

87. This item was discussed in considerable detail. It was realized that vVMO had already been taking an active ·part in certain aspects of water resource development and it was agreed that this work should continue. In the absence of any other Specialized Agency dealing with the technical aspects of hydrology, it w:as the duty of the WMO to do as much as possible to fill the gap.

88. The Congress decided that the policy of the WMO should be to accept the responsibility of being recognized as the Specialized Agency responsible fDr those aspects of the water resource development progl'amme of the United Nations which fall within the common ground between meteorology and hydro­logy. Within this field, the WMO should be prepared to meet specific needs at the request of the United Nations or other Specialized Agencies. On any aspects

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of hydrology which are normally regarded as being outside the field of meteoro~ logy, advice should be sought from an appropriate expert, collaborating as necessary with the International Association of Hydrology.

The decision of the Congress is embodied in Resolution 24(Cg-II).

S.Il - Humid u'opics

89. It ,vas envisaged that an Advisory Committee on Humid Tropics Research, similar to the Advisory Committee on Arid Zone Research, might be set up by UNESCO and the representative of that organization stated that UNESCO would welcome the full co~operation of the WIvIO in this work.

90. The importance of the programme in connection with such projects as the colonization of regions within the humid tropics, for example in Venezuela and Brazil, was stressed. It was suggested, however, that not too much energy should be "devoted to preparing maps delineating the humid tropics; a fairly general mapping was all that was required.

The decision of the CongTess is contained in Resolution 25{Cg-II).

5.12 - International Geophysical Year

91. During the discussion of tIns item, attention was drawn to the importance of the International Geophysical Year. This project represents a major inter~ national undertaking and Meteorological Services of both Member and non­Member countries should be encouraged to take part. The data obtained would undoubtedly lead to considerable progress in the science of meteorology.

92. 'iVith regard to the standardization of records and forms on which the Sllr~ face and upper air data should be entered, it was pointed out that, so far as the WMO was concerned, action should be limited to meteorological data. It was unanimously agreed that the vVMO should prepare such standard forms as a matter of urgency, and that these forms should be rigorously adopted for use during the International Geophysical Year. It was also agreed that in publishing the meteorological data for the International Geophysical Year, codes should not be used and the scales and units should always be dearly specified.

93. There was considerable discussion about the establishment of an interna~ tional centre for observational data.

The Congress decided that the WMO should accept the responsibility. of becoming the collecting centre for essential meteorological records of the Inter­national Geophysical Year. Copies of the data should be available on a cost basis. The Executive Committee should be directed to take steps for working out detailed arrangements whereby the WM:O Secretariat could aet as such a col~

lecting centre.

94. The establishment of an international centre for bibliography and docu~ mentation was also discussed. So far as meteorological literature was concerned,

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it was agreed that this function should be undertaken by the \VMO Secretariat. The work would be related to the proposed international meLeorological biblio­graphy, but it was stressed that, whereas this bibliography would be limited to articles of scientific importanec, there should be no such limitation with regard to articles and literatuTc concerning the International Geophysical Year.

95. The importance of adequate publicity for the International Geophysical Year was stressed. While it was recognized that the CSAG! had set up a special working group to handle this matter, it was felt that the Secretariat could also help by preparing materIal concerning the meteorological aspects of the Inter­national Geophysical Year, and promulgate it through the 'VIvIO Bulletin and by other means.

96. By Resolution 23(Cg-II), the Congress unanimously stressed the f,J"l'eat significance of the International Geophysical Year and invited Members and the Metcorol9gical Services of non-Members to do their utmost to implement theu share of the programme.

97. It was recogni7.ed that it would be essential for the Executive Committee to Te-establish the "Vork-jng Group on the International Geophysical Year. In view of the importance of the work, it was decided that financial provision should be made for the group to hold a meeting at which a member of the WMO Secretariat should also be present. The attention of the worlung group is to be drawn to the suggestion that an additional zone, 250 to 300 N, should be included in paragraph 2 (b) of the meteorological programme proposed by the Belgian delegate for the International Geophysical Year. *

5.13 - Meteorological films

98. The Congress agreed that the Secretariat should keep an up to date list of meteorological films and include further details, for example prices fol' the purchase and loan of the films, languages t{sed, etc.

99. Furthermore, the Congress decided that an international meteorological film loan service should be established in the WMO Secretariat arid that an appropriate sum for tlus purpose should be included in the budget for the second financial period.

Agenda item 6 - Administl'ative questions

6.1 - Review of the establishment of the Secretariat

100. The Congress when studying the proposals submitted -by the Secretary­General on the e.stablishment of the 'VMO Secretariat during the second financial

* See Resolution 2(EC-VI).

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period together with the comments made by the Fifth Session of the-Executive Committee on these proposals also took into account the report of the Working Group on the Development of the Technical Division - Resolutions 6(EC-V), 7(EC-VI) and 8(EC-VI).

101. Consideration was also given to the increased staffing necessary to imple~ ment priority 1 programme projects recommended by the Programme Com~ mittee. The establishment for the second financial period, which was eventually approved is that given in the annex to Resolution ~l(Cg-II) which was adopted by the Congress.

102. vVith respect to the salary of the Sccrctary~General and the Deputy Secre­tary~General it was decided that a salary of 1_2,000 US dollars should be paid to the Sccrctary~General and 10,000 US dollars to the Deputy Secretary-General. After reviewing the salary scales of Secretariat staff, approval was given by the Congress to the salary scales detailed in the annex to Resolution 42(Cg-II), which was adopted by the Congress.

Dependency allowance

t03. Approval was given by the Congress for tho payment to eligible WMO staff members, as from 1. January 1956, of a dependency allowance similar to that granteel to UN staff members. Provision for the annual expenditure of approxi~ mately 2,620 US do]lars in respect of such payments was made under Part II. C. (3) of the estimates of maximum expenditure for the second fmaneial period.

6.2 - Review of grades and salary scalcs of the Secretariat staff

104. When reviewing the grades and salary scales of the Secretariat staff, the Congress adopted the principle that the grades of posts within the WMO Secre~ tanat should conform as closely as possihle to the equivalent UN grades. It con­sidered the recommendations of the Secretary~GeJleral and of the Executive Committee and decided that these recommendations should be accepted in respect of all positions, with the exception of the bilingual typist (Linguistic Section) in respect of which it was decided that the grade should be retained at G-2 during the second financial period.

105. The new gradings agreed by the Congress form the basis of the estimates under Part II (Personal services) of the budget for the second financial period - see annex to Resolution 33(Cg-II). However during the discussions on the Secretariat establishment and the re~grading of positions, the point was -emphas~ ized by several delegates that the establishment given in the annex to Resolu~ tion 41(Cg-Il) must be regarded as a maximum establishment to b~ achieved during the second financial period. Approval of the establishment did not imply that all posts included therein should be filled immediately or that upgrading in respect of an posts should take immediate effect. This expression of opinions has been incorporated in the decision taken by the Congress in Resolution 41(Cg-Jl).

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6.3 - Maximum expendittn'e for the second financial period

106. A maximum expenditure of 1,700,000 US dollars for the second financial period was approved by the Congress which adopted Resolution 33(Cg-II).

6.4 - Review of scale of contributions

107. During initial discussions on this matter, it became evident that there were two distinct viewpoints, one favouring a system based on the United Nation~ scale and the other a continuation of the present vVMO system -.."ith perhaps some adjustments. During further discussions, a compromise system ,vas put forward and at the same time it was suggested that the vVThiO might ad"opt a voluntary scheme of contrilmtions similar in principle to that used by tho Inter­national Tclecommu.:nieation Union (lTV). These four main viewpoints may be summarized as follows:

(1) A sysLem based on the present scale with some adjustments in indi-vidual cases j

(2) A system based On the VN scale of contributions j

(3) A compromise system between (1) and (2) ; (4) A voluntary system similar in principle to lTV.

108. Two compromise systems were proposed, one in which the existing assess­ments would he adjusted upwards or downwards by an amount equal to one­half of the difference between the present assessments and those which would correspond to the United Nations system and the other in which the existing assessments would be adjusted upwards or downwards by an amount equal to one-quarter of the difference between the existing assessments and the United Nations scale. These compromise systems were referred to as the 50 per cent proposal and 25 per cent proposal respectively.

109. After considerable debate on the matter, the Congress decided to adopt the 25 percent proposal. Details of this decision are given in Resolution 35(Cg-II) adopted by the Congress. The assessments detailed in the anncx to Resolu­ti~n 35(Cg-II) have taken into account the reduced contributions approved for the first financial period in respect of the following Members: Guatemala -1 unit instead of 2; Laos -1 unit instead of 2 j Pakistan -16 units· jnstead of 20 ; Portugal - 14 units instead of 15 ; Viet Nam - 3 units instead of 4.

110. In a,ddition to the above Members, appeals against assessments in respect of the first financial period were also received from the rolIowing Members: Belgium, Bolivia, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands. However, after scrutinizing all the evidence presented, no reduction of assess­ments for the first financial period in respect of these Members was recom­mended.

Ad9(tnces to the W ol'h'ing Capital Fund

111, The Congress gave consideration to the necessity for further advances to the Working Capital Fund during the second financial period. After noting that

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by the end of the first financial period the fund would stand at approximately 97)000 US dollars) it agreed that a sum of this magnitude was adequate for the purposes for which the fund had been established, and it decided that whilst no further advances to the Working Capital Fund would be necessary during the second financial period, the Executive Committee should keep this fund under review. This decision is incorporated in Resolution 34(Cg-II) which was adopted by the Congress.

Assessm.ents of proportional contributions of new J.Vl embers admitted during the first financial period

112. The Congress adopted Resolution 36(Cg-II) approving the action taken by the Executive Committee in respect of the assessments of the proportional contributions of new Members admitted to the Organization during the first financial period and of countrics which arc not Mcmbers but which may become Members of the Organization.

Arrears of contributions and unpaid publications accounts of the Intel'­ncttional JlIleteorological Organization

113. It was dccidcd that the contributions due to the 11\,10 in respect of three Members (non-Members of the WMO) should be written off together with-a small outstanding debt for publications of the INIO. This decision is incorpo­rated in Resolution 37(Cg-II) which was adopted by the Congress.

Repenue deficit on the 1955 budget caused by the -transfers of sOfJel'eignty in Indo-China

114. It was decided that the incomc dcficit caused by the non-receipt of the 1955 contributions assessed in respect of Indo-China should be entered in tho accounts of the Organization as a debit on the surplus.

With regard to the repayment of the amount standing to the credit of Indo-China in the Working Capital Fund, it was agrecd to accept the kind offer of tho delegation of France to transfer the sum in question (735 US dollars) as a free gift to the General Fund of tho Organization undor paragraph 10.2 of the Financial Regulations.

115. It was also dccided that the 1955 contributions in respect of the ncw countries - Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia - should be regarded as normal unanticipated contributions to the General Fund.

6.5 - Utilization of IMO flmds

116. The Congress noted that at 31 December 1954 the actual surplus in the IMO fund was 77,672 US dollars and it was agreed that of this amount the sum of 50,000 US dollars should be set aside to form the capital of an IMO scientific fund administered by the Executive Committee. It agreed that no part of the capital could be utilized -without the consent of the Members of

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the W:~dO and that of the yearly income 10 pCI' cent should revert to Lhe capital of the fund. The remainder of the yearly income would be used either:

(i) To subsidize important research work performed by weU known meteorological scientists;

(2) To award an IWIO pr.ize for outstanding work in the field of meteor­ology ;

(3) To any other measure for the advance of important meteorological research work;

(4) To be held in reserve for later use.

The Congress also decided that the remaining sum of 27,672 US dollars should be used as a contingency fund to he utilized in any manner prescribed by the Congress. These decisions are incorporated in Resolution 38(Cg-II) which was adopted hy the Congress.

6.6 - Terms of appointment of the Secretary-Genel'al

117. The Congress reviewed the draft contract for the Secretary-General which was adopted hy Resolution 36(1) of the First Congress and agreed upon modi­fications to paragraphs 4 (a), 4 (c), 5 (a), 5 (b) and 7 of the draft contract anncxed to Resolution 36(1). These amendments are incorporated in the draft contract for the Secretary-General of the \Vorid Meteorological Organization annexed to Resolution -iO{Cg-II), ..,,,hich was adopted by the Congress.

6.7 _. Secl'etru'iat building

118. The Congress considered the proposals submitted by the United Nations Organization and the Hepuhlic and_ Canton of Geneva for the erection of a .permanent headquarters huilding for the Secretariat of the VirMO. During the discussions on this question liaison was effected with the authorities of the European Headquarters of the United Nations and the lTD. It was finally agreed that no firm decision could be taken by the Congress on this matter, which it was decided should be referred to the Executive Committee for further study. It was agreed that in the study the Executive Committee should take into account the possibility of purchasing a building for the WMO as well as Lhe renting of a building on a long-term basis, as was suggested in the proposals of the United Nations and the Republic and Canton of Geneva now under dis­cussion. In the light of consideration of this question, the Executive Committee should, in due course, communicate with the Members of the WMO by cor­respondence with a view to obtaining their approval of the best course of action. It was stressed that there was an urgent need for new accommodation for thc Secretariat, and it was agreed that in the meantime budgetary provision should he made for the renting of accommodation additional to that already occupied to provide for the expansion of the Secretariat. An amount of 8,000 US dollars has therefore been included in the budget for the second financial period. These decisions of the Congress are incorporated in Resolution 43(Cg-II) which was adopted.

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119. During the discussions on the Secretariat building mention was made of the possibility of using the vVorking Capital Fund during the second financial period to enable the financing of a permanent building to proceed, and it was agreed that this point should also be kept under review by the Executive Committee.

6.8 - Pattel'n of meetings of the constituent hodies and their working groups

120. Follo\ving ·the receipt of several invitations from delegations for sessions of constituent bodies to be held in their country, it was decided that all the available information on the invitations of host countries should he forwarded to the Secretary-General v.rith a request that he should prepare a draft pattern of meetings for the second financial period. This draft pattern of meetings would contain the approximate dates of sessions as well as the places at which they would be held and would be circulated to all Members as soon as it was available.

6.9 - Assistauce by tlte Secl'etatiat dm'ing and between sessions of the constituent bodies

121. The Congress approved in principle the expenditure of a sum of approxi­mately 100,000 US dollars for assistance to constituent hodies during the second financial period. TIlls estimated expenditure was required in rcspect of the following ilems :

(1) Salaries and travelling expenses of part of the staff needed for six sessions of Regional Associations j

(2) Salaries and travelling expenses of part of thc staff needed for the eight sessions of 'Lh.e Technical Commissions, these sessions being held either in the host country or in Geneva j

(3) Cost of shorthand-typist secretaries for the Presidents of the eight Techui.cal Commissions j

(4) Financing of working groups, excluding the CSM. Working Group On

Telecommunications j

(5) Financing of travelling expenses of Presidents of Technical Commis-sions and CSM \i\lorking Group on Telecommunications.

122. Aftcr consideration of this estimated toLal expenditurc of 100,000 US dollars in relation to the maximum expenditure approved for the second financial period, the sum allocated for assistance by the Secretariat during and bctween sessions of constituent bodies was reduced to 49,050 US dollars, and this reduced sum has been included in the budget for the second financial period.

6.10 - Retirement pension for the Acting Secl'etal·y.Genel'al at Ill'csent in office

123. The Congress reviewed the previous action taknn t9 establish penSIOn rights for the Acting Secretary-General and noted that under the existing

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arrangements a pension of approximately 2,384 US dollars· would he payable to him upon retirement from the United Natioll.s Joint Staff Pension Fund. After long discussion it was unanimously agreed that in view of the valuable services rendered by Dr. Swoboda, the Congress should make a further gesture towards a financial benefit upon bis retirement. It was final1y decided to approve of a lump-sum payment of 20,000 US dollars from the contingency fund established by Resolution 38(Cg-II) and that of this sum approximately 16,250 US dollars should be utilized to purchase from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund a further pension of 1,000 US dollars with widow's benefit. The remainder of the SUIll, i.c. approximately 3,750 US dollars, should be paid to Dr. Swoboda. This decision is incorporated in Resolution 39(Cg-Il) which was adopted by the Congress.

Agenda item 7 - Nominations," elections and appointments

7.1 - Election of President and Vice-Pl'csidents of the Organization

12-1. During its tenth meeting, the Congress elected by secret ballot and at the first ballot, Mr. A. Fiaut, Director of the French National Meteorological Service, as President of the Organization to take office up to the end of the Third Congress.

Dr. M. A. F. Barnett, Director of the New Zealand Meteorological Service, was elected First Vice-Presid~nt.

Prot. H. Amorim Ferreira., Director of the Portl)guese National Meteor­ological Service, was elected Second Vice-President.

7.2 - Election of members of the Executive" Committee

125. A list of 13 candidates was presented by the Nominations Committee for the election as members of the Executive Committee. A separate election hy secret ballot was held for each office vacant.

126. Unanimously and by acclamation, Dr. F. W. Reichelderfer was elected member of the Executive Committce. The Congress agreed on this occasion to the waiving of Regulation 47 (former number) of the General Regulations.

127. Elections of other members of the Executive Committee were as follows:

Mr. A. A. Solotoukhine, U.S.S.R. Sir Graham Sutton, United Kingdom :Mr. L. de Azcarraga, Spain Mr. NI. F. Taha, Egypt Dr. A. Nyberg, Sweden

Region II Region VI Regiop- I Region I Region VI

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7.3 - A}lpoi.lltment of a Secl'etal'y-GeueI'al

128. Five candidates had been selected by the Nominations Committee from the 16 candidates 'yho applied for the post of Secretary~General. A further two candidates were proposed from the floor by members of the Congress. The Congress adopted the following procedure to determine which of the can­didates had the general preference of members of the Congress. Successive votes of preference were carried out after each of which the qandidatc receiving the smallest number of votes was elilllinated; a motion was then proposed that the candidate who, at the end of this voting, had received the largest number of votes be nominated Secretary-General.

129. lVIr. D. A. Davies, Director of the Meteorological Service of British East African Tel'l'itories, was thus proposed for the post of Secretary-General. The formal motion that MI'. Davies be nominated Secretary-General was then approved by the Congress by a two-thirds lll.ajority.

Agenda item 8 - Place and date of next Congress

130. It was agreed that the third session of the Congress should be held in Geneva in 1959 at a time to be decided by the Executive Committee.

42

RESOLUTIONS

ADOPTED BY THE SECOND SESSION

OF THE CONGRESS

1 (Cg-II)-Discrepancy between English and FI'ench texts of Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING that the question of discrepancies between the English and French texts of Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization is a question of a legal nature which requires thorough consider­ation ;

INSTRUCTS the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members which are States the pertinent records and documents of the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization held in Washington in 1947, and of the meetings at which this question was considered by the Second Congress of the World Meteorological Organization j

INVI'rES the J\IIembcrs which are States to transmit their views on this question to the Secretary~General by 1 June, 1956;

REQUESTS the Executive Committee, after studying the views expressed by the Members which are States, to arrange any legal studies of this question ""hieh it deems necessary and to· report to the Third Congress on the views received, together with any studies and recommendations of its own; and

DECIDES to include this question in the agenda of the Third Congress.

2 (Cg-II)-Amendment of Article 13 (c) of the Convention

TIIE CONGlmSS,

CONSIDERING,

(I) That the number of Members of the Organization has considerably increased since signature in Washington in 1947 of the Convention of the 'VorId Meteorological Organization j

(2) The advisability of having on the Executive Committee wider consultation, thus not only improving the representation of the Regions, but also increasing the number of the Directors of Meteorological Services taking an active part in the operation of the Organization;

(3) The prevailing practice in other Specialized Agencies of United Nations;

RESOLUTIONS 3(Cg-II) - !'(Cg-II) 43

INSTRUCTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To prepare a draft amendment of Article 13 of the Convention so as to bring the number of Directors elected by the Congress to the Executive Committee, in accordance with paragraph (0) of the said Article 13, to not less than 9 and not more than 12, not counting the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Organiza tion ;

(2) To submit the draft amendment to the Convention without delay to the Member States requesting them to express their views thereon by postal ballot.

3( Cg-II)-Approval of the agt·eement with the host country

TUE CONGRESS,

NOTING with appreciation,

(I) The completion by the Executive Committee of an agreement with the Swiss Government * in accordance with Resolution 42(1) ;

(2) That the agreement was signed on 10 March 1955 ;

DECIDES to approve the text of the agreement concluded between the Swiss Federal Council and the vVorId Meteorological Organization, including the plan of execution and the protocol appended to the agreement; and

INSTRUCTS the Secretary-General to give -formal notification of the approval to the Government of the Swiss Confederation.

* See appendix to Resolution 3(Cg-HJ, page 87.

4(Cg-II)-Agreement between the United Nations ami the World Meteorological Organization

THI? CONGI{l~SS,

CONSIDERING,

(1) That Article 25 of the vVorld Meteorological Convention prm-rides that the Organization shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations pursuant to Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations subject to the approval of the terms of the agreement by two-thirds of the Members which are States j

(2) That such an agreement bet\veen the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization has heen negotiated between the repre­sentatives of the World Meteorological Organization and the Committee of the Economic and Social Council on Negotiations with Inter-Governmental Agencies j

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(3) That the text of this agreement has been signed by the represent­atives of the two Organizations and that the President of the World Meteor­ological Organization has submitted it to Congress, with a recommendation that the draft agreement J.:lc adopted ·without change j and

(4,) That the First Congress approved, without change, the text of this agreement; *

NOTES with satisfaction the approval given to this agreement by the General Assembly of the United Nations during its meeting on 20 December 1951 and the action taken by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the vVorld :rvleteoroJogical Organization to implement this agreement.

* See \'Vl\IO Publication No. 1/1.

5(Cg-ll)-Convention on the P..ivileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

THE CONGRESS,

C-ONSIDERIXG,

(1) That Article 27 (0) of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization provides that the legal capacity, privileges and immunities of the Organization shall be defined in a separate agreement to be prepared by the Organization in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations j

and

(2) That a Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies has been adopted by the United Nations;

ACCEPTS the standard clauses of the said Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations, as set out in Section 37 of that Convention;

ApPROVES the following text as a suitable annex to the said Convention governing the application of that Convention to the vVorld Meteorologi~al Organization:

"The standard clauses shall be applied without modifiGation" ;

NOTEs with satisfaction the action taken by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the 'Vorld Meteorological Organization for the application of that Convention to the World Meteorological Organization; and

INSTRUCTS the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organiza­tion to continue his efforts in conjunction with the Secretary-General. of the

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United Nations in order that the largest possible number of Members apply the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies to the World Meteorological Organization.

6(Cg-II)-Relationship between the World Meteorological Organization and other Specialized Agencies and international organizations

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(I) Article 26 of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organiza­tion, with regard to co-operation with other international organizations; and

(2) Article 63 of the Charter of the United Nations, relating to co­ordination of the activities of the Specialized Agencies, and the various reso­lutions relating to the implementation of such principles adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, ,particularly: Economic and Social Council Resolution 227(IX)E on eo-ordination of activities in the fields of aviation, shipping, telecommunications and meteorology in regard to safety of life (12 August 1949), and Economic and Social Council Resolution 324(XI) on relations 'with and co-ordination of Specialized Agencies (9 August 1950) ;

CONSIDRnING that it is in the best interests of the Organization and· in: keeping with the spirit of its relationship with the United Nations, that t4e closest co-operation should be established between the World Meteorological Organization and other international organizations, i.e. Specialized Agencies and other inter-governmental or non-governmental organizations, wherever matters of mut11a1 interest exist;

NOTES with satisfaction the action taken by the Executive Committee:

(1) With a vicw to concluding working arrangements and informal agreements with:

(a) The following Specialized Agencies of the United Nations: International Civil Aviation Organization World Health Organi~ation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Ol'ganizatio~; and

(b) The following non~governmental international organization: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics;

(2) To grant consultative status to the following non-governmental international organizations:

International Society of Soil Science International Organization for Standardization International Radio :Maritime Committee

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International Federation of Agricultural Producers International Scientific Radio Union International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations 'Varid Federation of United Nations Associations International Federation [or Documentation Pacific Science Association '~lorld Power Conference International Astronomical Union;

INSTRUCTS the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organi­zation ~o continue with the implementation of these decisions;

A UTHORIZES the Executive Committee, without prejudice to the uni­versality of interests of the \VorJd Meteorological Organization in the field of international meteorology:

(I) To enter into such working arrangements or informal agreements with other international org>anizations and to establish such joint machinery a.<: may seem desirable to carry ouL the principles set forth herein above and in the best interests of the Organization j

(2) To consider the advisability of formal agreements which shall be subject to the approval of the MembersJ in accordance with Article 26, para~ graph (a) of the Convention; and

(3) To designate such agents as it may .choose to discuss on its behalf such working arrangements, agreements or other matters of mutual interest, and to take appropriate action, within the limits established by the Executive Committee, follmving any such discussion.

7(Cg-II)-Admission of Portugal to Regional Association II

THE CONGRESS,

DECIDES that Portugal, as a Member State of the World Meteorological Organization which fulfils in respect of Regional Association II the conditions set forth in Article 18 (a) of the Convention and General Regulation 113, is a Member of Regional Assoc.iation II.

8(Cg-U)-Admission of China to Regional· Association II

THE CONGRESS,

DECIDES that China, as a Member State of the World Meteorological Organization which fulfils in respect of Regional Association II the conditions set forth in Article 18 (a) of the Convention and General Regulation 113, is a Member of Regional Association II,

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9(Cg-II)-Admission of the Federal Republic of Germany to Regional Association VI

THE CONGRESS,

DECIDES that the Federal "Republic of Germany, as a rl'1ember State of the World Meteorological Organization which fulfils in respect of Regional Association VI the conditions set forth in Article 18 (a) of the Convention and General Regulation 113, is a Member of Regional Association VI.

10( Cg-II)-General Regulations of the World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGl{ESS,

NOTING Article 7 (a) of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization j

DECIDES,

(1) To adopt the General Regulations of the ""Vorld tdeteorological Organization as set out in the document attached as an appendix to this reso~ lution j * and

(2) To cancel Resolution 21(1) of the First Congress of the World Meteorological Organization with effect from the same date as the entry into force of the said General Regulations.

* See appendix to Resolution 10(Cg-II), page 100.

Il(Cg-II)-Study of General Regulation 101

THE CONGRESS,

CONSIDERING,

(1) Resolution iO(Cg-lI) ;

(2) The discussions of the CQngrcss during its thirteenth plenary meet­ing held on 10 May 1955 on the text of the General Regulation 101 proposed by the Legal Committee and on the text of the General Regulation 96 adopted by the First Congress;

(3) Article 13 (c) of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization;

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48 RESOLUTION 12{Cg-lI)

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To study Regulation 101 of the new General Regulations with a view to preparing a new text of this :t'egulation which conforms with the spirit of Article 13 (0) of the Convention j

(2) To submit that text in due time to the Members of the O'rganiza~ Lion for comments; and

(3) To report on the matter to the Third Congress.

12( Cg-II)-Review of the Financial Regulations

THE CONGRESS,

HAVING REVIEWED the Financial Regulations established by the First Congress;

DECIDES,

(1) That the Financial Regulations shall be' amended as shown in the annex to this resolution j

(2) That the Financial Regulations as 80 amended shall be effective as fr.?lli 1 January 1956.

ANNEX

Amendments to the Financial Regulations established by the First Congress

l'he Financial Regulations established by the First Congress shall be amended by the deletion of the Financial Regulations 1 .1, 5.2, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2, 14.4,16.1,16.2,16.3, and the following Financial Regulations shall be substi­tuted :

ARTICLE 1.

Applicability

1.1 These regulations shaH cover the financial administration of the World Meteorological Organization (hereinafter called the Organization). They may be amended only by the Congress.

ARTICLE 7

Appropriations

7.6 A transfer between annual appropriation sections may be made by the Secretary-General subject to confirmation by the Executive Com­mittee.

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION 12(Cg-II) 49

Provision of funds

8.1 Appropriations shall be financed by contributions from Members of the Organization according to the scale of assessments determined by the Congress, such -contributions to be adjusted, in accordance with the pro~ visions of Regulation 8.2. Pending the receipt of such contributions the appropriations may be financed from the Working Capital Fund.

S.2 In fixing the amount of appropriations which win be charged against Members of tho Organization for each financial year, the Executive Com~ mittee shall take into account:

(a) The appropriations which tho Executive Committee considers neccs~ s.ary for that year including supplementary appropriations not previously taken into account in assessing contributions;

(b) Any balance of a.ppropriations surrendered under Regulations 7.3 and 7.4j

(0) Miscellaneous income for which credit has not previously been taken into account and any adjustments in estimated miscellaneous income previously taken into -account;

(d) Contributions from new Members of the Organization under the provisions of Regulation 8.9, provided that the Executive Committee may, in exceptional circumstances, retain the income :referred to under sub-headings (c) and (d) above for disposal in a manner to be determined by the Congress.

ARTICLE '14

The accounts

14.4 The annual accounts shall be submitted by the- Secretary-General to the External Auditor not later than 28 February following the end of the financial year.

ARTICLE. 16

General provisions

16.1 _ In case of necessity and with the approval of the President of the Organization, the Secretary-General shall be authorized to consult. Me,m­bel'S by correspondence for the purpose of securing their agreement on financial matters which are beyond the competence of the Executive Committee.

16.2 Subjeet to prior consultation and agreement by two-thirds of the Members of the Organization, the application of any of the Financial R~gulations may be suspended by decision of the Executive Committee for a period ,,,hich shaH not extend beyond the ne~t session of the C(:lllgress.

50 RESOLUTIONS 13[Cg-IT) -t/.L{Cg-II)

16.3 Replies to the consultations provided for in Regulations 16.1 and 16.2 must reach the Secretariat not later than 120 days after the date on which the correspondence was despatched by the Secretariat.

16.4 In case of doubt as to the interpretation or application of any of these Financial Regulations, the Secretary· General is authorized to rule thereon, subject to confirmation by the President in important cases.

13(Cg-II)-Implementation of the Financial Regulations

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING the difficulties which the Executive Committee experienced during the first financial period in implementing strictly certain Financial Regulations j

ApPHOVES post factum the action taken by the Executive Committee.

14(Cg-II)-Review of the Staff Regulations

THE CONGRESS,

HAVING REVIEWED the Staff Regulations established by the First Congress;

DECIDES,

(I) That the Staff Regulations shall be amended as shown in the annex to this resolution;

(2) That the Staff Regulations as so amended shall be effective as from 1 January 1956.

ANNEX

Alllendments to the Staff Regnlations established by the FiI'st Congress

The Staff Regulations established by the First Congress shall be amended by tbe deletion of Staff Regulations 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 6.1,6.2,9.5,11.2 and tbe following Staff Regulations shall be substituted:

ARTICLE 1

Duties, obligations and privileges

1. 7 No staff member shall accept any honour, decoration, favour, gift or remuneration from any source external to the Organization, without first obtaining the approval of the Secretary-General. Approval shall be

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION tli(Cg-II) 51

granted only in exceptional cases and where such acceptance is not incompatible with the terms of Staff Regulation 1.2 and \"ith the individual's status as an international civil servant.

1.8 Staff members may exercise the right to vote but shall not engage in any political activity which is inconsistent with or might reflect upon the independence and impartiality required by their status as international civil servants.

1. 9 The immunities and privileges attached to the ""Vorld Meteorological Organization by virtue of Article 27 of the Convention are conferred in the interests of the Organization. These privileges and immunities furnish no excuse to the staff members who enjoy them for nOIlMperformance of their private obligations or failure to observe laws and police regulations. In any case where these privileges and immunities ariseJ the staff member shall immediately report to the Secl'etary·GeneralJ with whom alone it rests to decide whether they shall be waived.

ARTICLE 6

Social security

6.1 Provision shall be made for the participation of staff members in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in accordance with the regul­ations of that fund.

6.2 The Secretary-General shall establish a scheme of social security for the staffJ including provisions for health protectionJ sick leave and maternity leave, and reasonable compensation in the event of illness, accident or death attributable to the performance of official duties (In behalf of the World Meteorological Organization.

AUTICLE 9

Separation from service

9.5 Normally, staff members shall not be retained in active service beyond the age specified in the Pension Fund regulations as the age of retirement. This age· limit may in the interests of the Organization be extended in exceptional cases. The extension of the age of retirement of a P·category staff member shall require the authority of thc Executive Committee.

ARTICLE 11

Appeals

11.2 An administrative tribunal, the competence of which has been recognized by the Organization, shall under conditions prescribed in its statute, hear and pass judgment upon applications from staff members alleging non-observance of their terms of appointment including all pertinent regulations and rilles or against disciplinary action.

52 RESOI~UTIONS 15(Cg-II) -16(Cg-II)

15(Cg-II)-Structure of the Technical Commissions

THE CONGRESS,

CONSIDERING,

(1) That the experience gained during the first financial period indi­cates that a thorough review of the present organization of the Technical Commissions is desirable if the maximum degree of efficiency is to be obtained;

(2) That further experience of the present system is desirable before reaching any final decision which would involve a radical change;

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(I) To study the suggestions made to the Second Congress for modify­ing the present system of Technical Commissions;

(2) To prepare proposals concerning the structure and functions of the Technical Commissions and all relevant matters of organization;

(3) To submit these proposals to Members for comment;

(4) To submit proposals to the Third Congress, taking into consider­ation the comments made by Members.

16(Cg-II)-Technical Commissions and their terms of reference

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolutions 33(1) and 34(1), Recommendationsi(CIMO-I), 35(CAe-I), 20(CCl-I),i(CAgM-I) and 5(CAeM-I) ;

DECIDES that the Technical Commissions of the World Meteorological Organization established by the First Congress shall be maintained during the second financial period as follows:

(1) Commission for Bibliography and Publications (CBP) (2) Commission. for Instruments and. Methods· of Observation (CIMO) (3) Commission for Aerology (CAe) (4) Commission for Climatology (CCl) (5) Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) (6) Commission for Maritime Meteorology (CMM) (7) Commission for Synoptic Meteorology (CSM) (8) Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) ; and

DEFINE;S the terms of reference of the Technical Commissions as follows:

General terms- of l'eference

Within its field of responsibility as hereunder defined, and within the provisions of General Regulations of the '''orld Meteorological Organization, each Technical Commission shall :

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(I) Keep abreast of and promote meteorological developments both in scientific and practical fields j

(2) Standardize methods, procedures and techniques in the application of meteorology;

(3) Make such recommendations, as it may consider necessary; and

(4) Advise the Congress and any other constituent body of the Organiza­tion on the relevant aspects of any meteorological question.

Indivillual terms of l'eference

The fields of responsibility of the respective Technical Commissions shall be as follows:

(I) Commission for Bibliography and Publications (CBP)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Preparing a meteorological vocabulary (glossary, multilingual vocabulary) ;

(b) Questions relating to the Universal Decimal Classification or other clas­sification of meteorological subjects;

(c) The general form (format, pres_entation, languages, abbreviations, symbols, etc.) of meteorological documents and abstracts j

(d) Cataloguing, preserving, filing and the permanent deposit of meteorological documents;

(e) Promoting the exchange of publications and other meteorological docu­ments j

(I) Furnishing advice on techniques and procedmes for the reproduction of meteorological documents (including copyrights) j

(g) Furnishing advice on the methods of obtaining information on the existence, the description and availability of meteorological documents j

(h) Encouraging the issue of technical and scientific documents for trmmng, information, research and general dissemination of meteorological know­ledge.

(2) COlJunission for Instl"itments cmd 1Vlethods of ObseJ'vation (CIMO)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Questions relating to instruments for: (i) The detection a"nd location of meteorological phenomena;

(ii) The measurement of the conditions close to the land/air and sea/air interfaces j

(iii) The measurement of conditions in the free atmosphere;

(b) ;The promotion of international comparison of meteorologicarinstruments;

(c) The study of and recommendations on methods of observation, inc1ud­ing corrections and reductions to be applied to observations;

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54 RESOLUTION t6(Cg-II}

(d) Questions relating to 'the performance characteristics of meteorological instruments, to the accuracy of meteorological measurements and to the suitability of methods of observation i

(e) The promotion of the establishment of texts of publications relating to international meteorological practice concerning instruments and methods of observation;

(f) The promotion of research projects related to meteorological instruments and methods of observation, including appropriate technical plans and financial estimates.

(3) COImnission tOl' Aerology (CAe)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Questions relating to research in physics and dynamics of the atmosphere, especially with a view to :. (i) The maintenance of a continuous review of current research j

(ii) The promotion and co-ordination of research and exchange of information;

(iii) The establishment of requirements of resea1,'ch, especially as regards observations and publications;

(b) The scientific evaluation of technical meteorological procedure;

(c) The standardization and tabulation of physical functions and constants;

(d) The standardi:mtion of nomenclatures and classifications in physical and dynamical meteorology.

(4) Commission tal' Climatology (CCI)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The meteorological observations and networks required for climatological investigations of surface and upper air conditions;

(b) The reliability and homogeneity of climatological observations;

(c) The forms of rccording original climatological data;

(d) The use of mechanical methods and electronic calculators in climatology j

(e) The methods of computation of climatological data for research and publica-tion (means, ranges, frequencies, correlations, periodicities, probabilities, etc.) ;

(f) The arrangement of climatological data in order to meet the needs of hydrology, agricultural meteorology, and other special branches of meteorology;

(g) The application of climatological data to f01,'ecasting;

(h) The application of climatological data to mail, his comfort and his activities j

(i) The micro-climatological observations and data;

(j) The requirements for dissemination of climatologi~al data.

RESOLUTION '16(Cg-IIJ

(5) Commission for Agricultural l\IIeteo1'ology (CAgM)

A. The Commission shall be responsible for:

55

(a) The observation, measurement, evaluation and suitable presentation of single and complex factors of weather and climate as they affect soils, plants and animals and their enemies i and

(b) The meteorological aspects of phenology and physiology.

B. To fulfil this responsibility the Commission ,vill advise on :

(a) The most practical utilization of knowledge concerning weather and climate (natural and artificial) for agricultural purposes such as conserv­ation of natural resources, land utilization, the increase of the area of agricultural production, the improvement of agricultural products and the selection of improved varieties of plants and breeds of animals;

(b) The combating of unfavourable influences of weather and climate on agriculture j

(c) Methods of combating pests and diseases affecting agriculture j

(d) The protection of agricultural produce in storage or in transit against unfavourahle influences of weather and climate;

(e) Weather forecasts and warnings for agricultural purposes.

(6) Commission for lVlal'itime Nleteol'olagy {CMM)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The meteorological observations made aboard ship j

(b) The recruitment and training of observers j

(c) The organization of meteorological networks of observations from ships at sea j

(el) The requirements for the organization of a system of radio weather bul­letins and other meteorological informatioH for meeting the needs of shipping and fishermen both on the high seas and in coastal ""vaters, includ­ing warnings required for maritime navigation and the safety of life at sea;

(c) The specification of areas of responsibility, both for the collection of observations from shipping and the issue of radio weather bulletins for shipping;

(f) The climatological information for shipping amI fishing including maritime climatological atlases;

(g) The study of meteorological aspects of ocean waveS and sea ice j

(h) The promotion of research in maritime meteorology including research carried out at sea.

(7) Commission lor Synoptic ivleteorology (CSM)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The formulation of observational requirements for synoptic meteorology;

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56 RESOLUTION 'l7(Cg-II)

(b) The preparation of code forms and tables of specifications for all meteor .. ologieal purposes;

(c) Meteorological identification systems and index numbers;

(d) Questions relating to networks of stations, surface and altitude and times of observation for synoptic purposes;

(e) Scales, projections and layouts of synoptic charts and diagrams j

(I) The graphical representation of information on charts and diagrams used in synoptic meteorology;

{g} The co-ordination of international requirements and arrangements for the exchange and dissemination of data, analyses, forecasts and warnings;

(h) Studies of methods and techniques of analysis and forecasting, including extended forecasting;

(i) Questions relating to telecommunications networks, schedules and oper­ational procedures·;

(j) Questions relating to radio frequencies for transmitting meteorological messages and aids, in particular instrumental aids.

(a)

(b)

(8) Conunission tor Aeronautical llIIeteorology (CAeM)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

The study of means of meeting aeronautical meteorological requirements and the application of all branches of meteorology to aeronautics and the provision of advice in this field j

The development, improvement and promotion of the international standardization of methods, procedures and techniques employed, or appropriate -for employment in: (i) The application of meteorology to aeronautics and the provision of

meteorological services to international air navigation, . (ii) The observation and reporting of meteorological phenomena from

aircraft j

CANCELS Congress Resolutions 33(I) and 34 (I).

17(Cg-II)-Definitions of the Technical Regulations of the World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(I) The purposes of the World Meteorological Organization as described in Article 2. of the Convention j and

(2) Article 7, paragraphs (d) and (I) of the Convention; ;

RESOLUTION '1S(Cg-II) 57

DECIDES,

(1) That the Technical Regulations of the World Meteorological Organization shall cover standard meteorological practices and pI;ocedures and recommended meteorological practices and procedures, designed:

(a) To facilitate meteorological co-operation between Members;

(b) To meet, in the most effective manner, specific needs, in the international sphere, of the various fields of application of meteorology j and

(c) To secure uniformity and standardization, as appropriate, in the practices and procedures employed in achieving (a) and (b) ;

(2) That the standard meteorological practices and procedures:

(a) Shall bc the meteorological practices and procedures whieh it is ,;ec8ssal'Y that Members follow or implement j and therefore

(b) Shall have the status of requirements in a technical resolution, in respect of which AJ;'ticIc 8 of the Convention shall be applicable j and

(c) Shall invariably be distinguished by the use of the term shall in the English text, and by suitable equivalent terms in the French, Spanish and Russian texts;

(3) That the recommended meteorological practices and procedures:

(a) Shall be the meteorological practices and procedures ,,,hieh it is desirable that Members follow or implement j and therefore

(b) Shall have the status of recommendations to Members, to which Article 8 (b) of the Convention shall not be applied;

(c) Shall be distinguished by the use of the term should in the English text, except where specifically provided otherwise by decision of the Congress, and by suitable equivalent terms in the French, Spanish and Russian texts,

18(Cg-II)-Definition of the guides of the World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Congress Resolution 17(Cg--II) j

DECIDES,

(1) That in addition to the Technical Regulations' of the World Meteor­ological Organization appropriate guides shall be published by the World Meteorological Organization;

(2) That the guides referred to in paragraph (1) :

(a) Shall describe practices, procedures and specifications which Members are invited to follow or implement in establishing" and conducting" their arra.ngements for compliance with the Technical RcguJations and in other­wise developing Meteorological Services in their respective countries j

58 RESOLUTIONS 19 (Cg-ll) - 20(Cg-II)

(b) Shall, within the Organization, be regarded as material t.o which Article 8 of the Convention is not applicable.

19(Cg-II)-Technical Regulations of thc World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(I) Article 7 (d) of the Convention;

(2) Congress Resolution 17(Cg-II) ;

DECIDES,

(1) To adopt as the Technical Regulations of the vVorld iVIetcorological Organization, the text published -as appendix to this resolution; ."

(2) To designate each technical regulation contained in Chapter 12, . Part 2 of the Technical Regulations as a recommended meteorological practice 01'_ procedure, irrespective of the terminology which may be employed in the expression of that regulation;

(3) That Chapter 12 of the Technical Regulations shall be implemented on 1 January 1956 superseding the publication of the World Meteorological Organization "Specifications for Meteorological Services for International Air Navigation" ;

(4,) That Chapters l-H of the Technical Regulations shall be imple­mented on 1 July 1956 j

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To review the Technical Regulations during the second financial period and to take appropriate action as necessary according to Article 14 (b) of the Convention;

(2) To recommend to the Third Congress amendments to the text of these Technical Regulations as necessary in the light of developments in meteorology and meteorological techniques and in the applications of meteorology.

* See Volume II of WMO publication No. 48 (WMO No. 48. RC.10).

20(Cg-II)-Notification of deviations from standa,'d meteorological practices and procedures ("standards")

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) Article 8 (b) of the Convention;

RESOLUTION 2t{Cg-II) 59

(2) Congress Resolution 19(Cg~II) ;

DECIDES,

(1) That when "standards" are approved by the Congress or the Execu­tive Committee, the date of implementation shall be specified j

(2) That at least nine months notice shall ordinarily be given to Members of the date of implementation j

(3) That Members shall inform the Secretary-General as to the specific nature and extent of non-implementation of a "standard" before an appro­priate da te to be specified by the Secretary-General so that the deviations may be publishcd at least two months prior to the date of implementation.

(4) That Members shall inform the Secretary-General at the earliest possible datc of any changes or amendments to the information furnished under (3) above;

DIRECTS the Secretary-General to take all possible steps with a view to ensuring the implementation of this resolution.

21(Cg.U)-Disposal oftbe resolutions of the International Meteorological Organization

THE CONGJmSS,

NOTING Congress Resolutions 1.9(Cg-II} and -'±(I) ;

CONSIDERING that the Technical Regulations supersede a number of technical resolutions taken over by the World Meteorological Organization from the International Meteorological Organization j

REQUESTS the Technical Commissions and Regional Asso,ciations con­cerned to make recommendations to the Executive Committee on the action to bc taken on the resolutions of the International Meteorological Organization aITecting their respective fields of interest j

DIRECTS the EXeC(llive Committee in the light of the above recommend­a.tions to ta.ke appropriate steps to have the substance of resolutions of the International Meteorological Organization which are still valid incorporated in relevant puhlications of the World Meteorological Organization;

INSTRUCTS the Secretary-General to _provide the Presidents of the Technica} Commissions and of the Regional Associations with all the available relevant background material concerning the disposal of resolutions of the International Meteorological Organization; and

DECIDES to suspend all resolutions taken over by the World Meteor­ological Organization from the International j'vIeteorologieal Organization in Congress Resolution -i(I), with effect from 1 July 1956.

GO RESOLUTlON 22(Cg-II)

22(Cg-II)-Technical programme of the World MeteorologicalOrganiza­tion for the second financial period

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) The purposes of the Organization as laid down in Article 2 of the Convention;

(2) Article 7, paragraph (e), of the Convention;

(3) The documents presented to the Second Congress in which various projects are proposed for inclusion in the technical programme' of the Organiza­tion for the second financial period;

CONSIDERING that among the technical projects to be undertaken during the second fmaneial period by the Regional Associations, the Technical Commissions, the working groups and the Secretariat, certain projects should be given particular attention j

DECIDES that the projects lis led in the annex should be included III

the programme for the second financial period;

DIRECTS the Executive Committee to take appropriate steps to implement these projects, in so far as budgetary provision permits.

ANNEX

Particular projects to he included in the technical programme for the second financial period

Project

1. Stuuy of code matters

2.- Station network densities

3. Meteorological telecommunications

4. Water resource development

5. Arid zone programme

Remarks alld references

Project 1.1" ; Cg-II/Doc. 40 and 41. To be carried ou t by the Commission for Synoptic Meteorology with assistance from the Secretariat as required.

Project 1.3*

Project 1. 8*; Resolution 5.{EC-VI)

Project 1.5*; Cg-II/Doc. 49 and 121 (para. 3), Resolution 24(Cg-II)

Project 1.10'; Cg-IIfDoc. 121 (para. 1)

* T.h:is numbering refers to tbe projeots exposed in Cg·II/Doe. 14. A selection of documents submitte.d.to the Second Congress will be issued as a. separate publication.

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ANNEX TO RESOLUTION 2.2(Cg-II) 61

Project

6. Humid tropics

7. Artificial control of weather processes

8. International Geophysical Year

9. Weather forecasting service for agri­culture

10. International meteorological guides in the field of : (a) Climatology {bJ AgricultU1'al Meteorology (c) Synoptic :McLeorology (dJ Aeronautical Meteorology

11. WMO Technical Notes, including such items as:

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

(al Description of automatic wea­ther stations

(b) Information on ground weather radar equipment and interpreta­tion of radar weather echoes

(e) Progress report on research on turbulence and gusts carried out by Members

(d) Descriptive survey of existing lit(}rature on the jet stream

Preparation of climatological atlases

International Meteorological Lexicon

International Meteorological Vocabu-lary

World Meteorological Bibliography

International .Meteorological Tables

Manual of meteorological observing in aircraft

International meteorological film loan service

Publication of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP data

Comparison of radiosondes

Comparisons of barometers

Operational and technical develop-ment fund

Iremarks and references

Project 1.13* ; Cg-II/Doc. 121 {para. 2}. Resolution 25 (Cg-II)

Project 1.11*

Projec.t 1.14* ; Cg-II/Doc. 140 {para. 3}, Resolution 23{Cg-II)

Project 1.15*

Cg-II/Doc. 117 (pa,.. 5)

Project 2.6*; including projects 2 .. 19, 2.20 and 2.23. About 10 Technical Notes per year are anticipated.

Cg-II/Doc. 121 (para. 4). Resolution 26(Cg-II)

Project 2.8*

Project 2.9*

Cg-II/Doc. 140

Project 2.14*

Project 2.16*

Project 3.4* ; Cg-II/Doc. 128 (p.r •. 3)

Cg-II/Doc. 128 (para. 1.2). Resolution 27(Cg-II)

Cg-II/Doc. 14. Add. 1 (pam. 2.2). Cg-II/Doc. 55 and 1fri (para. 4.4)

Cg-II/Doc. 14. Add. 1 (pm'" 2.3). Cg-II/Doc. 65

Cg-II/Doc. 141 (para. It-i) • Resolution 32(Cg-II)

62 RESOLUTION 23(Cg-II)

23( Cg-U)-Intemational Geophysical Year

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolutions 9(EC-IV) and 2(EC-VI), and the resolution con­cerning the meteorological programme for the International Geophysical Year, adopted by the Special Committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions; and

CONSIDERING that the International Geophysical Year is a project of the utmost importance and capable of leading to valuable progress in the science of meteorology;

DECIDES,

(1) To note with approval the decision by the Executive Committee that the World Meteorological Organization shall participate along with other international organizations in the preparations for the International Geophysical Year;

(2) To give support to the meteorological programme recommended by the Special Committee for the International Geophysical Year;

(3) To invite Members and to encourage the :Meteorological Services of non-Members to participate to the greatest possible extent in this pro­gramme; and

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To continue its study of the detailed meteorological programme for the International GeophysicaJ Year, and to ke~p all concerned informed of developments ;

(2) To work out and arrange for the implementation of a detailed plan whereby the World Meteorological Organization Secretariat would act as an international centre for the essential meteorolo·gical observation data and for meteorological bibliography and documentation gathered for the Inter­national Geophysical Year j

(3) To arrange for the preparation of standard forms on which the surface and upper air meteorological data of the International Geophysical Year are to bc entered. In this connection the proposals of the Special Com­mittee for the International Geophysical Year should be taken into account j

(4) To, take such other steps as may be considered necessary to ensure that the World Meteorological Organization plays its full part in collaborating with other international organizations in the International Geophysical Year arrangements and that Members derive maximum benefit from the entire meteorological programme.

RESOLUTIONS 24(Cg-Il) - 25(Cg-II) 63

24( Cg-II)-Water resource development

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolution 533(XVIII) ot the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Resolutions 8(EC-V), 32(I-RA III) and Recommendation 10(I-RA II); and

CONSIDERING the major role which meteorology can play in many fields related to. water resource development;

DECIDES that tho policy of the World Meteorological Organization will be to accept the responsibility of being recognized as the Specialized Agency of the United Nations dealing with those aspects of the water resource 'develop~ ment programmes of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies which fall within the common ground between meteorology and hydrology. \Vithin this field the World Meteorological Organization will be prepared to meet specific needs at the request of the United Nations o~ other Specialized Agencies; and

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To keep itself informed on the water resource development pro~ grammes of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies;

(2) To prepare a programme of the World Metedrological Organization calculated to .meet the needs of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies and to assist Members within the field defined above j

(3) To arrange for the Wodd Meteorological Organization to participate as required in joint projects within this field with the United Nations and Specialized Agencies j

(4) To report any steps taken in this connectiop. to Members, prefer~ ably through the medium of the Bulletin of the World Meteorological Organiza­tion; and

CONSIDERING further the lleed for close collaboration between meteor~ ologists and hydrologist.s at the national level;

RECOMMENDS that Members which do not have a centralized hydro~ meteorological service should take any necessary steps to ensure close collabora­tion between their departments charged with meteorological and hydrological fUllctions.

25(Cg-II)-Humid tropics research

TUE CONGRESS,

NOTING Recommendations 3(CClc--J) and 4(CCI-I), Resolution 34(EC-IV) and Resolution IV .1. 221 adopted at the eighth session of the General Confer~

64 RESOLUTION 26(Cg-II)

eilce of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and

CONSIDERING,

(1). That the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is planning to initiate a programme for humid tropics research j

(2) That there would be many meteorological aspects in such a pro­gramme j

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(1) To keep itself informed on the humid tropics research programme;

(2) To take the stops necessary for ensuring full collaboration of the World Meteorological· Organization in the humid tropics research programme;

(3) To report any steps taken in this connection to Members, prefer­ably through the medium of the Bulletin of the World Meteorological Organization. ..

26(Cg.I1)-Preparation of climatological atlases

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolutions 30(I-RA I) and 28(EC-V), Recommendations 45(54--CCl) and 9(I-RA II), Resolution 37(I-RA III) ; and

CONSIDERING,

(I) That many national Meteorological Services are now preparing or intend to prepare national climatological atlases;

(2) That Regional Association I is preparing a regional atlas for Africa and that other Regional Associations may undertake similar projects;

(3) That a certain degree of uniformity in these atlases is desirable;

(4) That the1;'e exists a need for a world climatological atlas;

DIRECTS the Executive Committee,

(I) To take the necessary measures for the preparation and prori::ml­gation, as a matter of urgency, of :

(a) Specifications of requirements to be· met by national, sub-regional and regional climatological atlases, and

(b) Guidance material on how these requirements can be met;

(2) To consider further the suggestion for the preparation of a World Climatological Atlas contained in Recommendation 45(54-CCI) and to make proposals for the steps which would have to be taken, possibly with the financial and material assistance of other bodies, to realize such a project; and

RESOLUTIONS 27(Cg-II) - "(Cg-II) 65

CONSIDERING further that the -preparation of climatological atI~ses falls within the fields of more than one Technical Commission;

SUGGESTS to the Executive Committee that the matter might be most expeditiously handled by a working group reporting direct to -the Executive Committee.

27 (Cg-II)-Publication of the "Monthly climatic data for the world"

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolutions 17(1) and 39(EC-IV) and Recommendations 2(CCI-I) and 33 (CCI-I) ; and

HAVING CONSIDERED,

(1) The results of the enquiry by the Secretary-General carrie(l out in accordance with Resolution 39(EC-IV) ;

(2) The olIer made by the Chief of the United States Weather Bureau to publish "Monthly climatic data for the world" under the sponsorship of the \Varld Meteorological Organization j

DECIDES to sponsor the publication "Monthly climatic data for the world" by the United States Weather Bureau i and

DIRECTS the Secretary-General,

(I) In consultation "vith the President of the Commission for Climatology, to negotiate the precise terms of the arrangements with the Chief of the United States Weather Bureau regarding any desirable modifications to the publication j

(2) To assist the Chief of the United States Weather Bureau in collect­ing material for the publication.

28(Cg-II)-Units used in coded messages for international exchange

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Recommendations 2(I-RA I) and 17(CSM-I), Resolution 20(EC-IV) and Recommendation 7(I-RA II) ;

CONSIDERING the desirability of the adoption, with the least possible delay, of a common system of meteorological units j

DECIDES,

(I) To adopt in principle the Celsius'degree and the metric system of units for the evaluation of meteorological elements included in reports for international exchange j

66 HESOLUTION 29(Cg-lT)

(2) To request Members who do not use the Celsius degree and the metric system for observations, to consider the possibility of fixing of a time­limit for introducing them in reports for international exchange.

29(Cg-II)-Qualifications and training of meteorological personnel employed in the application of meteorology to aeronautics

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Recommendations l(CAeM-I) and 65(CAeM-I/ICAO MET lV) ; and

CONSIDERING,

(1) The important bearing of meteorological service upon the safe and economic operation of international air tra_nsportation ;

(2) The importance of the "personnel" factor in arrangements for the provision of an adequate standard of mcteprological service for inteJ;'national mr navigation;

RECOMMENDS,

(I). That Members, in establishing their arrangements for the provision of meteorological service for international air navigation:

(a) Give full recognition to the relatively high qualifications required of meteorologists and meteorological assistants employed at aerodromes with international air traffic, and to the special working conditions of such personnel, -

(b) Arrange for the employment, at aerodromes with international air traHie, oC meteorological personnel with adequate qualifications, and in such numbers, as will enSUre the provision of meteorological service adequate to mcet the needs of international air navigation j

(2) That Members establish such arrangements or facilities as are necessary to ensure that such personnel shall receive adequate specialized training;

DIRECTS the President of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology to take appropriate steps for the preparation of a guide on the qualifications and training of meteorological personnel intended for employment in the pro­vis~on of meteorological service for international air navigation, based upon a revision of the material appended to Recommendation l(CAeM-I) and taking into account the comments of Members and of the International Civil Aviation Organization thereon ..

RESOLUTION 'O(Cg-II) 67

30(Cg.II)-Review of general policy concerning the pnhlications of the World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

I-lAVING EXAMINED the recommendation of the Secretary-General with respect to the policy concerning the publications of the World Meteorological Organization;

DECIDES that the policy to be observed with respect to the production of publications of the \rVorld Meteorological Organization during the second financial period shall be in accordance with the details given in the attached annex.

ANNEX

Policy for the production of WMO publications

Publication

1. Basic dOCltmcnts (Convention, regulations of the Organization and agree­ments, deviations from stan­dard meteorological practices and procedures)

2. Congress docltlnenls (a) Abridged Report ·with re-

solutions (b) Resolutions (e) Minutes of Congress (d) Documents of Congress

3. E:vecutivc Committee documcnts (a) Abridged Report with re­

soluLions (b) Resolutions

[1. Technical publications (a) Publication No.2 (b) Publication No.5

(c) International guides

LrlmUllagcs in which to be published

English, French Russian, Spanish

English, French

Russian, Spanish English, French English, French

English, French

Russian, Spanish

French Bilingual (English and French) English, French

Remarks

Format to he decided by Secre­tary-General having due regard to the most economical solution in relation to the importance of the document concerned

Method of publication to he carried out in most economical manner

Recorp.mendations of Technical Commissions and Regional Asso­ciations which are an essential pal'~ of Executive Committee resolutions are to be included in these publications

No change in policy No change in policy

Method of printing to bo decided by Secretary-General

68

Publication

4. Technical publications (continued)

(d) Publication No.9 (-i) Volume A

iii) Volume B (iii) Volume C (iv) Volume D

(e) WMQ Technical Notes

{f) Other technical publica­tions (Manuals, Meteor­ological Tables)

5. Reports (a) Annual Report of the

Secretary-Gelleral (h) Abridged Final Reports of

Regional Associations

(e) Abridged Final Reports of Technical Commissions

(d) WMO Bulletin

HESOLU'l'lON 3t(Cg-II)

LalIQ/mgel! in which to be published

Bilingual (EngliSh} and French) English, French English, French English, French Original language

English, French

English, French

Two official langua­ges, one which must he either English or French English, French

English, French

.Remarks

No change in policy

To be produced as mimeographed publication Method of printing to be decided by Secretary-General

To be produced as mimeographed publication No change in policy

No change in policy

No change in policy

31 (Cg.II)-Participation by the World Meteorological Organization in the United Nations Expanded Pl'ogmmme of Technical Assistance for economic development of under"developed countries

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Resolutions 10(1), 6(EC-I), 31(EC-IIl) and 5(EC-IV) ; and

CONSIDERING the continuing need for the provision of technical assist­ance -in many countries as indicated by the results of the enquiry carried out by the Secretary-General, in accordance with the decision taken at the fifth session of thc Executive Committee j

DECIDES to note -with approval the steps taken by the Executive Com­mittee to, implement Resolution 10(1) during the first financial period j and

AUTHORIZES the Executive Committee to continue negotiations with the Technical Assistance Administration of the United Nations as necessary, -with a view to -maintaining the present working arrangement, modified in the light of experience gained -and of future developments.

RESOLUTIONS ",(Cg-II}- 33(Cg-II) 59

32(Cg-II)-Operational and technical development fund

THE CONGRESS,

CONSIDERING that certain projects which would help to remedy defi­ciencies in the pattern of world-wide or regional meteorology cannot be included in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance;

DECIDES to establish an operational and technical development fund to help remedy the above deficiencies by encouraging and supporting the development of meteorological activities of international meteorological importance; and

DIRECTS the Executive Committee to utilize this fund subject to the fonowing conditions being fulfilled before approval is given to any individual project:

(a) The project should be directed towards overcoming a serious world-wide or regional deficiency,

(b) The desired object should be achieved by thn employment of the fund during a limited period of time,

(c) The project shall not be of the type which could be included in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance,

(d) The fund shall not be employed for basic research.

33( Cg-II)-Maximum expenditure during the second financial period

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Article 23 of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization;

DETERMINES that the maximum expenditures which may be incurred by the Organization for the second financial period from -1st January 1956 -to 31st December 1959 shall not exceed one million seven hundred thousand United States dollars, the division of expenditures into parts being shown in the~ annex to this resolution; and

DELEGATES to the annual "" ---' -- ,. expendItures wlthm

Executive Committee the authority to approve this limit.

70 RESOLUTlONS 3iJ.(Cg-II) -35(Cg-ll)

ANNEX

Summary of maximum expenditure for the second financial period * 1956.1959

Expenditure I Meetings.....

II Personal sel'yipes . III General services IV Regular programme . V Other budgetary provisions

* For clctails, sec page 142.

3<£( Cg.II)-Working Capital FUI~d

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) Congress Resolution 27(1) ;

$ 199,000 1,143,000

1ft6,OOO 188,000

2",000 $ 1,700,000

(2) That the Working Capital Fund is likely to stand at the figure of approximately 97,000 United States doHal's at the end of the first financial period j

(3) That no withdrawals have as yet been made from the Working Capital Fund j

DECIDES that Members shall not be required to make advances to the VVorking Capital Fund during the second financial period.

35(Cg.U)-Assessment of proportional contributions

THE CONGRESS,

I-lAVING REVIEWED the assessment of proportional contributions of Members for thc first financial period j

DECIDES,

(1) That the proportional contributions of Members for the second financial period shall be assessed upon a combination of the unit contributions for the fiI;st financial period as amended by the Second Congress and of a scale of units based on the assessment of contributions to the United Nations for the year 1954, modified to take into account the per capita principle, as specified in column 3 of Table I in the annex to this resolution;

(2) That the combination of the two scales shall be effected by taking 75 per cent of the assessments for the first financial period and 25 per cent of the assessments based on the United Nations· scale, as shown in column 4, Table I in the annex;

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION 35(Cg-II) 71

(3) That the unit assessments as shown in column 4, Table I in the annex, shall be fixed throughout the second financial period;

(4) That the proportional contributions of countries specified in Table II in the annex which are Hot Members but who may become Members shall be assessed in a similar fashion, as shown in Table II ;

AUTHORIZES the Executive Committee to make a provisional assessment III respect of non-Member countries not listed in the annex in the event of any such countries becoming Members, the method of assessment being based on simila_r principles.

ANNEX TaMes of proportional contrihutions to the World Met_eorological Organization

dm'iug the second financial period (1956-1959)

TABLE I - MEMBERS AS AT 12 MAY 1955

Argentina. Australia . Austria. . Belgian Congo Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Brazil

;lfember

British Caribbean Territories British East African Territories and Indian

Ocean Islands. . . . . . . British Malaya/Borneo Territories British "Vest African Territories Bulgaria Burma .... Byclorussian S.S.R. Canada. Ceylon China Cuba. Czechoslovakia Denmark

Notes:

1st f/nancial period

W!sess-ment (confinn-ed by

Secoml CO'/![JI'ess)

Units

25 25 10 10 20 1 6

25 4

8 9 8 7 7 9

25 7

25 6

10 12

Unit us.~esS-meJlt I

bused on 1954 UN scale

Units

11.., 18

4 5 9 1 1

14

" 6 7 6 2 1 5

33 1

54 3

11 8

Assessment' /01' SeC011d financial period

Units

22 23

8 9

17 1 5

22 r,

7 8 7 6 5 8

27 5

32 5

10 11

1 'l'he unit assesElllent based on the UN scale (coillmn 3), ha.') been computed in accordance with the Beale of percentages presented by the United Nations Committee on Contributions to the eighth sessiun of the General Assembly together with the assessments for lloIl-:licillber St.ates who participate in the Intel'l1aMonal Control of Narcotic Dl'lIgtl, tllO International GOlwt of ;Justice and other United Nations organs. Thesc percentages are applied to the total number of units as on 12 ~ra~' 1955 (Le. 1117) to obtain the unit assessments in colUlllll S .

• Fractions of uuits are ['olmded to the nearwt whole Humber. Where tLm calculated (lssessment ends in .!.i tho lower wholo figul'e is taken.

72 AXNEX TO RESOLUTION 35 (Cg-II)

TABLE I - MEMBERS AS AT 12 MAY 1955 (Oontinued)

1st financial period Unit Assessment'

Jfember assessment assessment I lor seC()'l/.G (Confirmed by based qn 1954 financwl

Second UN scale period Congress)

Units Uni~ Units

Dominican Republic 2 1 2 Ecuador 3 1 2 Egypt 15 5 12 Ethiopia " 1 3 Federal Republic of Germany 50 "2 "8 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland G 5 6 Finland 10 " 8 France 50 36 46 French Cameroons 2 1 2 French Equatorial Africa t, 3 " French Oceania Colonies 1 1 1 French SomaliIand 1 1 1 French Togoland 1 1 1 French VVos t Africa 8 5 7 Grecce 6 2 5 Guatemala 1 1 1 Haiti. 2 1 2 Hong Kong. 2 2 2 Hungary 7 5 6 Iceland. 3 1 2 India. 32 33 32 Indone~ia 15 6 13 haq I, 1 3 Ireland 8 2 6 Israel 6 2 5 Italy. 30 21 28 Japan 32 19 29 Lebanon 3 1 2 Luxembomg 3 1 2 Madagascar . 3 2 3 Mexico 15 7 13 Morocco, French Protectorate 6 4 5 Netherlands 20 10 17 Netherlands Antilles (CuraC(ao) 1 1 1 Netherlands New Guinea. 1 1 1 New Caledonia 1 1 1 New Zealand 12 5 10 Norway 11 5 9 Pakistan 16 7 1t, Paraguay 2 1 2 Peru 10 2 8 Philippines 12 " 10 Poland. 12 17 13 Portugal 14 2 11 P.ortuguese East Africa 5 1 " Portuguese West Africa 3 1 2 Romania 9 7 8 Spain 18 12 16 Spanish Territories of Guinea. 1 1 1 Sudan 5 4 5 Surinam 1 1 1

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION 35(Cg-II)

TABLE I - MEMBERS AS AT 12 MAY 1955 (Ormtinuer1)

1st flnulIcial period

a'1seS$fflent J[ember (aonfirmed by

Secrmd Congress)

Units

Sweden. 20 Switzerland 20 Syria. 4 Territories of the Spanish Protectorate of

Morocco 2 Thailand 7 Tunisia. 3 Turkey. . . 15 Ukrainian S.S.R. 17 Union of South Africa 20 Union of Soviet Socialist Repuhlics '",5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland 65 United States of America 120 Uruguay 10 Venezuela 8 Viet Nam 3 Yugoslavia 10

1117

Unit assessment I

based on 1954 UN scale

Units

16 12

1

2 2 2 6

18 7

138

62 325

2

" 2 t,

1111

TABLE II - COUNTRIES ,VHICII MAY BECOME MEi'tIBTmS

1st final/ciat period Unit

assessment assesltmellt Country (Confirmed by bu.sed on

Secrmd Uif scale (fo'J!OJ>ess)

Units U1/its

Afghanistan. 2 1 Albania 2 1 British Somaliland . 1 'I Cambodia. 2 1 Chile 10 3 Colombia r, 5 Costa Rica 1 1 EI Salvador . 2 1 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2 1 Honduras. 1 1 Iran " 3 Laos 1 1 LiherIa 1 1 Libya 1 1 Mongolia l, " Nicaragua 1 1 Panama 2 1 Saudi Arahia 3 1 Somaliland under Italian Trusteeship 1 1 Yemen 3 1 --

'>8 31

73

AsseS8meJtt a lor second financial peJ'iod

19 18

3

2 6 3

13 17 17 68

64 171

8 7 3 8

1105

ASSeSSlnCllt lor second fi1!Ullcial

period

Units

2 2 1 2 8

" 1 2 2 'I

" 1 1 1

" 1 2 2 1 :1

""

74 RESOLUTION 36(Cg-II)

36(Cg-II)-Confil'mation of assessment of proportional contributions of new and prospective Members during the first financial period

THE CONGRESS

NOTING,

(1) That the Executive Committee, acting in accordance with the authority given to it by Congress Resolution 28(1), has taken provisional decisions on the proportional contributions in respect of countries who became Members of the \VorId Meteorolog~cal Organization during the first financial period;

(2) That the Executive Committee has made provisional assessments in respect of certain countries which are not j\IIembers but which-may become Members of the \Vorld Meteorological Organization;

ApPROVES the action taken by the Executive Committee in respect of the assessments of the proportional contributions of such Members and possible Members as listed in the annex to this resolution.

ANNEX

Proportional contributions of Members and possible MemlJers of the Organization for the _first financial period

_Memll/tfS udmilterl durillg the firs! ji/mnciat period *

Ceylon . Ecuador Denmark Haiti .. N ether'lands Surinam Netherlands Antilles Netherlands New Guinea Cuba ... Guatemala Bulgaria LuxemboUl'g. Bolivia . Ethiopia .. Syria. . . , British Caribbean Territories Federal Republic of Germany Spanish Territories of Guinea. Territories of the Spanish Protectorate of :Mol'oCCO Viet-Nam. Japan Austria Sudan

* A.p.cording to the date of admission.

(fonlribution (Units)

7 3

12 2

20 1 1 1 6 1 7 3 6

"' "' "' 50 1 2 3

32 10

5

1'1 #. Afghanistan. . . if Albania ... ..

ViL- British SomaliIand . M .. Cambodia.

.r Chile . . . / Colombia. tI Costa Rica

M ~ EI Salvador . I't\ ~ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Honduras. Iran .

I\t "Laos . Liberia

M "Libya .x. Mongolia

Nicaragua U~, Panama X Saudi Arabia

RESOLUTION 37(Cg-II)

f\t\~ Somaliland under Italian Trusteeship Yenlen ............. .

75

Oo-n/ributio-n (Units)

2 2 v 1 .. 2

10 4 1 2 2 1 r, 1

__ ._ . rct<....~\4.....:..t~

i _.(lPiML-f>.) , 4 1 __ . 2 3 1 3

37 (Cg-II)-Outstanding contributions to the International Meteorological Organization

THE CONG-RESS,

NOTING,

(1) That contributions due to the International Meteorological Organi­zation in respect of certain countries which arc not Members of the World Meteorological Organization have still not been paid j

(2) That the Secretary-General, acting on instructions from the Exe­eu live Committee ~ Resolution 10(EC-I) ~ has made requests for payment but without success j

(3) That small payments in respect of the sale of publications of the - International Meteorological Organiza.tion during the period before the establish­

ment of the World Meteorological Organization are still outstanding j

AUTHO}UZgS the Secretary-General to deJete from the accounts of the World Meteorological Organization the entries iIi respect of the outstanding debts, as listed below:

Esthonian S.S.R. 1947/1948 10948/1949 1949/1950 1950/1951

Su;isl; Frs

1,700 2,550 2,550 :1,934

S10is.~ Frs

8,734

76 RESOLUTION 38{Cg-II)

Latvian S.S.R. 1947/1948 1948/1949 1949/1950 1950/1951

Lithuanian S.S.R. 1947/1948 1948/1949 1949/1950 1950/1951

Miscellaneous publications . . . . . . . .

SwissF"8

1,700 2,550 2,550 1,934

1,700 2,550 2,550 1,934

S11)iss Frs

8,734

8,734

1,354

38(Cg-II)-Utilization of surplus funds of the International Meteor­ological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) Congress Resolution 14(1) ;

(2) Executive Committee Resolution 39(EC-II) ;

(3) That the approval of the-Members of the Organization was obtained by correspondence to the utilization of a portion of the funds transferred from the International Meteorological Organization for the purpose of providing retroactive pensions in respect of certain staff of the World Meteorological Organization previously employed by the International Meteorologi,cal Organization j .

(4) That after deductions from the funds transferred from the Inter­national Meteorological Organization in accordance with paragraph (3) above, the sum of approximate~y 77,672 United States dollars will remain;

DEClDES,

(1) That the sum of 50,000 United States dollars shall be invested in first class securities;

(2) That the annual interest received from such investment shall be utilized in the following manner:

(a) Ten per cont shall revert to the capital of the fmid;

(b) The remainder shall be utilized for ono or more of thc purposes described in the annex to this resolution at the discretion of the Executive Committee;

(3) That the balance of the International Meteorological Organization funds, after action under "Decides", paragraph (1) above has been completed, shall be retained as a contingency fund to be utilized in a manuel' to be decided by the Congress.

RESOLUTION 39(Cg-II) 77

AKNEX

Purposes to which annual interest on funds transferred from the Intemational Meteorological Organization shall he utilized

1. To suhsidize important research work performed by well-known meteorological scientists;

2. To award ail IrvIO prize for outstanding work in the field of meteorology;

3. To take any other measure for the advance of important meteol'ological research work;

4. To be held in reserve for latel' usc.

39(Cg-II)-Additional retirement pension for the first Secretary-General

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) Resolution 39(EC-II) of the Executive Committee and the suh­sequent approval of Members to the purchase of retroactivity of pension rights in respect of certain staff prcviously employed by the International Meteor­ological Organization (and in particular Dr. G. Swoboda) j

(2) Congress Resolution 38(Cg-II) ; and

CONSIDERING the exceptionally valuable Dr. G. Swoboda to the International Meteorological World Meteorological Organization;

DECIDES,

serVIces rendered by Organization and to the

(1) That a sum of 20,000 United Sta Les dollars shall be utilized for the benefit of Dr. G. Swoboda as follows:

(a) The sum required to provide an additional retirement pension equivalent to 1,000 United States dollars shall be paid by the Organization to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund j

(b) The difference between 20,000 United States dollars and the sum utilized to purchase the additional pension referred to above shall be paid to Dr. G. Swoboda upon his retirement;

(2) That the sum of 20,000 United States dollars shall be obtained from the eontingencyJund established from funds transferred from the Inter­national Meteorological Organization in accordance with Resolution 38(Cg-II).

78 RESOLUTION 40(Cg-II)

40(Cg-II)-Appointment of Secretary-General

TIlE CONGllJi:SS,

NOTING Article 21 (a) of the Convention of the ';Varld iVIeteorological Organization;

DECIDES that the terms of appointment of the Secretary~General shall be as contained in the draft contract attached hereto as an annex,

ANNEX

Draft contract for the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization

In application of Article 21 a) of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization, signed in \'Vashington on 11 October, 19f1'7, prescribing that the Secre­tary-General shall he appointed by the Congress on such terms as the Congress may approve; and

Having rogard to the resolution adopted by the Second Congress of the World Meteorological Organization, approving the terms of appointment included in the present agreement;

1'1' IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

Between the World Meteorological Organization, hereinafter called the Organi-zation, represented by its President, on _ the one part, and ....... ,. appointed Secretary-General by the Second Congress of the Organization during its meeting of . . . . . . . .. on the 0 ther part,

1. The Secretary-General's term of appointment shall take effect from ...... , ..

2. The Secretary-General, at the time of taking up his appoin~ment, shall pledge himself by an oath taken or declaration made in the presence of the President and either a Vice-President or another member of the Executive Committee to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience, as the principal international official of the World Meteorological Organization, the functions assigned to him by the -provisions of the Convention and the regulations of the Organization, to discharge those functions and regulate his conduct with the interests of the Organization only in view and not seek or accept instructions in regard to the performance of his duties from any government or other authority external to the Organization.

3. During the term of his appointment, the Secretary-General shall enjoy the privileges and immunities in keeping with his office which a.rc granted him by appro­priate agreements entered into by the Organization j he shall renounce any employment 01'- remunerated activities other than those of Secretary-General of the OrgaI?-ization, except those activities authorized by the Executive Committee; he shall not accept any honour, decoration, favour, gift or remuneration from any government, except for services rendered before appointment, or from any source external to the Organi­zation unless approved hy the Executive Committee.

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION 40{Cg-II) 79

4. The term of appointment of the Secretary-General shall end: (a) By ~xpiration of this contract on 31 December 1959; or (b) By this official's resignation submitted in writing to the President of the Organi­

zation, in which case the Secretary-General shall cease his functions two months after the date of acceptance of his resignation by the Executive Committee; 01'

(c) By termination for serious failure to carry out his duties and obligations, and in particular those set out in paragraphs (2) and (3) of thi1l agreement. In such case the Secretary-General shall be heard as of right by the Executive Committee; if the Executive Committee decides to terminate the contract, the decision shall take effect two months after the date of pronouncement. After consultation with the Executive Committee, the President may suspend the Secretary-General from the exercise of his functions pending investigation by the Executive Com­mittee and until tbis Committee has takcn a decision.

5. The Secretary-General shall receive from the Organization: (a) An annual salary of 12,000 United States dollars net (i.e. after deduction of

income tax, if any) as at New York, with the applicatio~ 01 the appropriate United Nations diIIerential according to the location of the Secretariat, to be paid in monthly instalmenLs; and

(b) An annual representation allowancc of 1,000 United States dollars, to be paid in monthly instalments; and

(el Other allowances including children's a~lowances, education grants and travel and subsistence allowances appropriate and under the conditions applicable to the directorate category of the United Nations.

All 'the above-mentioned sums will be paid in the currency of the country in which the Secretariat is situated, unless some other arrangement is agreed to by the Executive Committee and the Secrctary-General.

(bJ

(oj

6. (a) The Secretary-General shall be allowed Lhirty working days' leave each year;

In order that the Secrctary-General may take his. annual leave every two years in his home country, the Organization, under the conditions prescribed by the Executive Committee, shall pay the travelling' expenses of the Secretary-Gcneral, of his wife (or husband if dependent) and of his dependent children; The Secretary-General shall participate in any social securily plan established by the Organization, the benefits he would reccive being not less favourable than those which would accruc in similar circumstances to an official of the next highest rank of thc staff covered by the plan.

7. Any disputes or diffcrenees in interpretation which cannot bc settled by amicable agreement between the parties shall be submitted to Lhe Adminlstrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation whose decision should be final. For any appeals by the Secretary-General against the non-observation of the statutes of the UniLed Nations .Joint StaIT Pension :Fund, of which Lhe Secretary-Ge:pei'al shall be a participant, the Unitcd Nations Administrative Tribunal shall be recognized as the competent arbitrator.

For Lhe vVorld iVIeteol'ological Organiza ti on

President Secretary .. Ceneral

-----------------------------------------

1 2

3 1

1

2 1 1

3 6 1 1 5

80 RESOLUTION 41{Cg-II)

41(Cg-II)-Establishment of Secretariat for second financial petiod

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING Article 21 (b) of the Convention of the )Varld Meteorological Organization;

HAVING reviewed the establishment of tho Secretariat of the \Varld Meteorological Organization;

DECIDES that during the second financial periocl the Secrctary~General may, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, appoint the staff of the Secretariat within the limits and according to the structure approved by the Congress as specified in tho annex to this resolution;

Ai'tlENDS Resolution 38(1) accordingly.

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ANNEX

Structure of the Secretariat

Lffice of Secretmy-Genel'ul

Secretary-General 1 Secretary

Office of Deputy Secretary-General and External Relations Section

Deputy Secretary-General 1 Technical Officer (P. 2)

2 Secretaries

Technical Division Administrative Division Chief of Division (P.5) 1 Chief 01 Division (P.') Chiefs of Sections 1 Chief of Finance Sect.ion (P.1) (Senior Technical Officers) (P.') 1 Chief of Pcrsonncl and Technical Officers (P.3) General Services Section (P.1) Chicf of Publications 3 Translators (P ~ 1) Section (P.2) Telecommunications 2 Translators

I ",,' Technologist (P.2) 1 Chief of Typing Pool

Technical Assis tants (P.I) 1 Deputy Chief of Typing Pool Principal Editor (P.l) 1 Accounts Clerk

Librarian (P.I) 3 Secretary Clerks 3 Secretaries

Secretanes

} 1. Typists

Technical Assistants 2 Mimeograph Operators Draughtsman G-Staff 1 Hand-CollatOl' Editor Proofreader 1 Telephonist

~_i Proofreaders 1 iHessengel'

RESOLUTIONS ~2(Cg-II) - ~3(Cg-II) 81

42(Cg-II)-Salary scales of staff of Secretariat

THE CONGRESS,

HAVING REVIEWED the salary scales for the staff of the Secretariat of the vVorld Meteorological Organization j

DRCIDES that the salary scales in respect of the grades of posts included in the establishment of the Secretariat for the second financial period shall be in accordance with the salary.scales as shown in the document attached hereto as an annex *

Al\lENDS Resolution 39(1) accordingly.

* See page 82.

43(Cg-II)-Permanent headquarters building

TITE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) Congress Resolution 41(1) ;

(2) That various proposals have been submitted during the first financial period by the United Nations and the Republic and Canton of Geneva j

(3) That the United Nations proposal requires the joint acceptance of the World Meteorological Organization and the International Telecommunication Union; and

HAVING DISCUSSED the question with the International Telecommunic· atlon Union authorities who have indicated that the United Nations scheme as at present conceived would be unsuitable for their purposes j

DECIDES,

(1) That the Executive Committee shall make a further study of this question and shall report its findings by correspondence to the Members of the Organization in due course;

(2) That no budgetary provision shall be made in the second financial period for the purchase or rental on a long lease of a permanent building;

(3) That the financial implications of any proposal submitted to the :Members shall bo made clear; and

(4) That, to provide for the expansion of the Secretariat during the second financial pcriod, the sum of 8,000 United States dollars shall be provided for the temporary rental of office accommodation additional to that at present occupied.

Grade I

ANNEX

Salarie~ for WMO personnel

Step 1

• St<p 2 , St<p 8

$ Step a.

$ St<p • ,

Chief of Technical Division P. 5 . 9,000 9,250 9,500 I 9,750 I

Step 6 ., St<p 7 ,

Chief of Administrative Division P. 4 . . } , Senior T~chnic~l.~fficer P.4 7,300 7,525 7,750 \ 8,000 8,250 8,500 8,750

(Techmcal DlvlSlon). . . '

Technical Officer P. 3 i

(Technical Division). 6,000 6,200 6,400 6,625 6,850 7,075

Technical Officer P. 2 } (De~uty Secretary-General's OfflCe).. 4800 5000 5 200 5400 5 600 5 800 6 000

Techmcal Officer P. 2 ""'" (Chief of Publications Section) . .

Technical Assistant P.1 . Translator P.1. . . . . . . Chief of Finance Section P.1 . . . . . I

St<p 8 ,

Chief of Personnel ,and General Services 3,600 3,800 4,000 4,200' 4/.1:00 4,600 4,800 5,000 Section P . 1 . . I

Principal Editor P. 1 I 'I

Librarian P.1 . . . I ___ _

Note '; The above amounts are in US dollars net (i.e. after deduction of income tax, if any) as at New York, with the application of the appropriate United Nations differential according to the location of the Secretariat.

G-Staff - The rates of pay for G-Staff are to be decided by the Secretary-General with light of the equivalent UN scales, subject to approval by the Execlltive Committee.

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RESOLUTION 44(Cg-IIJ 83

44(Cg-II)-Revision of resolutions of the First Congress

THE CONGRESS,

CONSIDERING,

(I) That it is impo~tant not to let accumulate a collection of resolutions from various Congresses, some of which would have become redundant and others have been replaced by new decisions;

(2) That it would be useful to publish after each Congress a. list of all resolutions in foree ;

DECIDES,

(I) To retain in force the following resolutions of the First Congress: * Resolutions: 1; 2; 9 [paragraphs (e) - (i) and (ii) -, (g), (h) and

(k)] ; 13 ; 16 ; 25 ; 37 and 40; (2) To retain in foree until 1 January 1956 Resolutions 26 and 28 of

the First Congress; and

(3) Not to retain in force, after the closure of the Second Congress, the following resolutions of the First Congress:

Resolutions: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 [paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (8) -(iii) -, (f), (i) and (i)]; 10; 11; 12; 14; 15; 17; 18; 19;W;U;~;~;U;~;~;OO;M;~;~;M; 35; 36; 38; 39; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47 and 48.

* See appendix to Resolution 4li{Cg-II), page 148.

APPENDICES

1.. Agreement, Plan of Execution and Protocol concluded between the Swiss Federal Council and the World Meteorological Organization to govern the legal status of the Organization in Switzerland [Appendix to Resolution 3(Cg-II)]

2. General Regulations of the World Meteorological Organization [Appendix to Resolution lO(Cg-II)]

3. Summary of revenue and maXImum expenditure for the second financial period 1956-1959.

4.. Resolutions of the First Congress retained in force after the closure of the Second Congress [Appendix to Resolution 44(Cg-II)]

APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II)

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND

THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

TO GOVERN THE LEGAL STATUS OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN SWITZERLAND

The SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL

on one hand,

The WORLD METEOnOr.OGICAr. ORGANIZATION

on the other,

being desirous of concluding an agreement with a view to governing the judicial status, in Switzerland, of the World Meteorological Organ­ization, have agreed upon the following dispositions:

ARTICLE 1

The Swiss Federal Council guarantees the \Norld Meteorological Organization the independence and liberty of action which is its right

. as an international institution.

ARTICLE '2

The Swiss Federal Council recognizes the international character and judicial capacity in Switzerland of the World Meteorological Organization.

ARTICLE 3

The World Meteorological Organization has the benefit of all immunities accorded the European omcc of the United NatioI;ls. The privileges and facilities in respect of customs matters are accorded in conformity with tho customs regulations of the Federal Council, applicable to international organizations.

ARTICLE 4:

The Swiss Federal Council· especially recognizes the extra­territoriality of the grounds and premises of the World Metoorological Organization and all the premises occupied by it on the occasion of its assemblies and of all other meetings convened by it in Switzerland.

Liberty of action

of the WMO

Oharacter of the W1\'IO

Immunities of the WlIW

Extra-territorial ity of the

grounds and promises

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Freedom of reunion

Immunity from jurisdiction

and immunity with regard to othor moaJmres

InviolabiUty of grounds

and premises

Inviolability of tho

archives

Publications

Fiscal system of the WMO

Al'PENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II)

ARTICLE 5

The Swiss Federal Council recognizes the right of the World Meteorological Organization and its Members, in their relations with it, to complete freedom of reunion including freedom of_ discussion and decision.

ARTICLE 6

1. The "Varld Meteorological Organization has the benefit of immunity for {tsel£, its properties and goods, wherever they may be or whoever may be in charge of them, with regard to all legal action, except insofar as this immunity shall have been formally waived by the Sccrctary­General of the vVorld Meteorological Organization or his officially accredited representative.

2. The properties and goods of the vVorld Meteorological Organiza­tion, wherever they.may be and whoever may be in charge of them, benefit from immunity with regard to all measures of search, requisi­tion, confiscation, expropriation and all other forms of seizure or interference by any public authority, of whatever kind it may be.

ARTICLE 7

The grounds and premises of the World Meteorological Organiza­tion are inviolable. No agent of the Swiss public authorities may enter therein without the express consent of the World Meteorological Organization.

AnTICLE 8

The archives of the World Meteorological Organization and, in general, all documents belonging to it or in its possession, are invio­lable.

ARTICLE 9

The exportation and importation of the publications of the World Meteorological Organization will not he submitted to any prohibition or restrictions of an economic or financial nature.

- ARTICLE 10

The World Meteorological Organization is exempt from direct and indirect taxation, federal, cantonal, and communal, on the buildings of which it is owner or tenant and which are occupied by its services, as well as on its movable property, with the understanding that it will not seek the payment of charges relating to services provided by public authorities.

AGREEMENT BET\VEEN THE SvVISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE 'Vi\W

ARTICLE 11

1. The World Meteorological Organization may receive and retain any funds of any sort, all currencies, legal tender and other transfer­able securities and have free access thereto within Switzerland as well as in its relations with other countries.

2. The present Article is applicable to Member States in their rela­tions with the World Meteorological Organization.

ARTICLE 12

The World Meteorological Organization has the benefit of treat­ment for its official communications which is at least as favourable as that accorded the European Office of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 13

No censorship may be exercised in regard to official communica­tions duly authenticated by the World Meteorological Organization, whatever the channel of communication employed.

ARTICLE 14

1. The Swiss Authorities will adopt all measures necessary to facil­itate the entry onto Swiss territory, the sojourn on this territory and the exit therefrom of all persons called upon in an official capacity to present themselves at the World Meteorological Organization; that is to say: (a) the representatives of Members, whatever may be the relations

existing between Switzerland and these States j

(b) members of the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization, whatever their nationality j

(c) non-Swiss staff members of the World Meteorological Organization; (d) persons summoned by the World Meteorological Organization,

whatever their nationality.

2. All measures concerning the "police des etrangers" and aimed at restricting the entry into Switzerland of foreigners, or of con­trolling the conditions of their stay, will not be applicable insofar as concerns the persons covered by the present article.

ARTICLE 15

Representatives of Members of the World Meteorological Organi­zation and members of its Executive Committee called to Switzerland on account of their functions, enjoy there the same priv.ileges and immunities a::; those accorded the representatives of Members of the United Nations OrgaI~i.zation. The pri .. ,riloges and facilities in respect

Free access to funds

89

Official communica·

tions

Exemption from

censorship

Freedom of entrance and sojournment

Immunities of representatives

of Members and of the Executive

Committee

90

Diplomatic immunities

0.£ the Socretary­General and

of certafu staif members

Immunities and facilities

accorded to all sta1f members

Exemptions and facilities accorded to non-Swiss

staff members

Pension Iund, ,tc.

APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II)

of customs matters are accorded in conformity with the customs regulations of the Federal Council applicable to international organ­izations.

ARTICLE 16

1. The Secretary-General of the World MoteorologicaJ Organization and the senior staff members of the categories designated by him and approved by the Swiss Federal Council, enjoy the privileges, immu­nities, exemptions and facilities recognized for diplomatic represent­atives in conformity with international law and practices.

2. The privileges and facilities in respect of customs matters are accorded in conformity with the customs regulations of the Federal Council applicable to international organizations.

ARTICLE 17

All sta.ff members of the World Meteorological Organization, whatever their nationality, have the benefit of the following facilities and immunities: (a) exemption from all jurisdiction for acts ~esulting from the excr­

cise of their functions j

(b) exemption from all federal, cantonal and communal taxes on the salaries, emoluments and indemnities which they receive from the World Meteorological Organization.

ARTICLE 18

Staff members of the World Meteorological Organization who are not of Swiss nationality, have the benefit of the exemptions and facil­ities enumerated in the plan for the execution of the- present agree­ment. The privileges and facilities in respect of customs matters are accorded in conformity with the customs regulations of the Federal Council applicable to international orga~izations.

ARTICLE 19

1. Any pension fund or provident society, officially active on behalf of staff members of the World Meteorological Organization will be legally recognized in Switzerland, if it expresses the desire to be so, and will, insofar as its activity is on behalf of the said staff members, have the bcnefit of the same exemptions, immunities and privileges as the Organization itself.

2. The-funds and foundations, whether possessing a. proper legal character or not, administered under the auspices of the World Meteor­ological Organiza.tion and allotted to its official uses, have the benefit of the same exemptions, immunities and privileges as the Organization itself, so far as their movables are concerned.

AGREEJIENT BET\'VEEN THE S\,\TISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE W:MO

ARTICLE 20

The immunities provided for in the present agreement have not been established with a view to according personal advantages and facilities to the staff members of the World Meteorological Organiza~ tion. They have been instituted solely in order to ensure- the free functioning under all circumstances of the World Meteorological Orgapization and the complete independence of its staff members.

The Secretary~General of the World Meteorological Organization has the right and the duty to withdraw the immunity of a staff mcm~ ber when he considers that this immunity hinders the normal course of justice and it is possible to do so without menacing the interests of the World Meteorological Organization.

ARTICLE 21

The World Meteorological Organization will co~operate at all times with the Swiss authorities with a view to facilitating good administra­tion of justice, ensuring the observation of police regulations and preventing abusc of the privileges, immunities and facilities provided for by the present agreement.

ARTICLE 22

The World Meteorological Organization will make appropriate provisions for the satisfactory settlement: (a) of differences arising from contracts in which the World Meteor­ological Organization is a party, and other differences bearing on a point of civil. law; (b) of differences in which a staff member of the World Meteorological Organization might he implicated, who enjoys immunity, as a result of his official position, if this immunity has not been withdrawn by the Secretary~General.

ARTICLE 23

Switzerland does not incur, as a result of the activity of the World Meteorological Organization on its territory, any international respon~ sibility of any kind for the acts or omissions of the Organization or of those of its staff members acting or failing to act in the execution of their duties.

ARTICLE 24

1. Nothing in the present agreement affects the right of the Swiss Federal Council to take any precautions necessary in the interests of the security of Switzerland.

2 _ In the event of it being considered necessary to apply the first paragraph of the present Article the Swiss Federal Council will get

91

Object of the immunities

Withdrawa-I of

immunities

Prevention of abuse

Differences of a private

nature

Non­responsibility

01 Switzerla.nd

Security of Switzerland

92

Exeoution of the agreement by Switzerland

J urisdiotioll

Entry into force

APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II)

into contact with the World Meteorological Organization, as soon as circumstances permit, with a view to accepting by common agreement, the measures necessary for the protection of the interests of the Organ­ization.

3. The World Meteorological Organization will collaborate with the Swiss authorities in order to prevent any prejudicial effects upon the security of S·witzerIand, resulting from activity on the part of the Organization.

ARTICLE 25

The Federal Political Department is charged with the plan of execution and the execution by the Swiss Confederation of the present agreement.

ARTICLE 26

1. Any divergence of views concerning the application or interpre­tation of the present agreement, or of its plan of execution, which it shal1 not have been possible to settle by direct discussion between the parties, can be submitted by one or the other of the parties to the judgement of a tribunal composed of three members which will be formed upon the entry into force of the present agreement.

2. The Swiss Federal Council and the World Meteorological Organi­zation will each choose one member of the tribunal.

3. The judges thus designated wiII choose their president.

4. In the event of disagreement between the judges on the question of the president, the latter will be designated by the President of the International Court of Justice, upon the request of the members of the tribunal.

5. Matters will be referred to the tribunal by one or the other party, III thc form of a claim.

6. The tribunal will decide upon its own form of procedure.

ARTICLE 27

The entry into force of the present -agreement has been fixed, with retroactive eITect, from the 20th of December 1951.

ARTICLE 28

Changes in the 1. The present agreement can be revised upon request of one or the agreement other party.

AGREEl\IENT BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE WjUO

2. In suoh a oase, the two parties will discuss whioh changes it might be neoessary to make in the provisions of the present agreement. 3. In the event of the negotiations not terminating in an understand­iug ·within the delay of one year, the agreement can be denounoed by one or the other party after a notice of two years.

ARTICLE 29

The prOVISIOns of the present agreement are completed by the plan of execution.

Done and signed in duplicate at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva on the 10th of March 1955.

For the World Meteorological Organization:

G. SWOBODA

Secretary- General

F or the Swiss Federal Council:

P. MICHELI

Chief of the international Organizations Di~ision,

Federal Polit.ical Department

Plan of exeoution

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94 ~\PPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II}

PLAN OF EXECUTION OF THE

AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND

THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

TO GOVERN THE LEGAL STATUS OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN SWITZERLAND

Free access to funds

Social providence

funds

ARTICLE 1

1. The World Meteorological Organization may hold accounts in all currencies.

2. The World Meteorological Organization may freely transfer its funds, currencies, legal tender and other transferable securities from Switzerland to other countries.

3. The World Meteorological Organization may convert into another currency all currencies and legal tender possessed by it. 4. The Swiss Federal Council will take into consideration the proviM

sians of the preceding paragraphs of the present article when negotiat­ing with foreign governments on the subject of transfers of funds and goods.

ARTICLE 2

The World Meteorological Organization is exempt from all comR

pulsory contributions to social providence funds in general, such as unemployment insurance, accident insurance, etc., on the understand­ing that the World Meteorological Organization will ensure, insofar as possible and on conditions to be agreed upon, the affiliation to Swiss insurance systems of those of its staff members who are not covered by an equivalent insurance scheme of the Organization itself.

ARTICLE 3

Code, courtier 1. The World Meteorological Organization is authorized to use code diplomatic in its communications.

bag

2. The World Meteorological Organization enjoys the right to use courriers and diplomatic bags on the same conditions as foreign governR

ments.

3. The privileges and facilities in respect of customs are accorded in conformity with the customs regulations of the Federal Council, applicable to international organizations.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE 'VillO

ARTICLE 4

The World Meteorological Organization has the benefit of the preferential tariffs R_pplicable to press communications, in conformity with the International Telecommunications Convention, for its com­munications to the press and broadcasting stations, be they direct or passed through an intermediary.

ARTICLE 5

1. With a view to facilitating the entry into Switzerland of the persons listed in Article 14 of the agrccment, Swiss legations and consulates will receive general and advance instruc:tions, in all cases in which an entry visa is necessary, to grant such a visa on production of passport or other equivalent identity and travel document, as well as a certificate sufficing to prove the position held by the applicant in the World Meteorological Orga_nization.

2. Swiss legations and consulates will have instructions to supply the visa without wait or delay and without demanding the appearance of the applicant in person, nor the payment of taxes.

3. The provisions of Article 14 of the agreement and of the present article will apply to the wife and children of the interested party under similar conditions, if they live with him and are without a profession.

ARTICLE 6

The Federal Political Department supplies the World Meteoro­logical Organization with an identity card bearing the photograph of the holder, for each staff member. This card, certified by the Federal Political Department and the World :lVfeteorological Organization will serve as the credentials of the staff member vis-a.-vis all federal, can­tonal or communal authorities.

ARTICLE 7

Staff membcrs of the World Meteorological Organization who are not of Swiss nationality have the benefit of the following exemptions and facilities: (a) exemption from currency exchange restrictions on conditions

identical with those accorded to diplomatic representatives accredited to the Swiss Federal Council;

(b) in the event o·f an international crisis, repatriation facilities for staff members and their families, identical with those accorded to mem­bers of diplomatic missions accredited to the Sv;riss Federal Council;

(c) exoneration from federal, cantonal and communal taxcs, in conformity with the customs established for the non-Swiss staff of international institutions in Geneva.

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Press communications

Freedom of entrance and

residence

Identity card

Facilities accorded to

non·Swiss stair members

96

:M:llital'Y Service

Diplomatic passport

APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II}

ARTICLE 8

1. The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization will supply tl;te Swiss Federal Council with the list of staff members of Swiss nationality with obligations of a military nature.

2. The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization and the Swiss Federal Council will draw up, by common agreement, a restricted list of staff members of Swiss nationality who, because of their functions, will have the benefit of exemptions.

3. In the event of the mobilisation of other Swiss staff members, the World Meteorological Organization will he a_ble to request, through the Federal Political Department, a postponement of call-up or any other appropriate measure.

ARTICLE 9

Staff members of Swiss nationality falling into categories fixed by common agreement by the Secretary-General of the World Meteoro­logical Organization and the Swiss Federal Council, going on a mission or residing abroad because of their functions, will have the right to a diplomatic passport issued by the Federal Political Department.

ARTICLE 10

Pension funds, 1, All capital benefits due from the pension fund or any other social etc. insurance institution to the officials or other staff members of the

World Meteorological Organization, whatever the grounds - termi­nation of service, interruption of service, suspension - will, at the time of payment, be free in Switzerland of 'all taxes of all sorts on the capital and the revenue.

EntrY into force

2, The same will apply to all benefits which may be paid to the officials or other staff members of the World Meteorological Organi­zation as an indemnity following upon sickness, accident, etc.

ARTICLE 11

The entry into force of the present plan of execution has been fixed, with retroactive effect, from the 20th of December 1951.

AGREElI'lENT BETIVEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE WbIO

ARTICLE 12

1 . The present plan can be revised upon the request of one or the other party.

2. In this case, the two parties will consult together upon the modi­fications which it might he necessary to make in the provisions of the present plan.

3. In the event of the negotiations not producing an agreement by the end of a year, the plan may be denounced hy one or the other party upon two years' notice being given.

Done and signed in duplicate at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva on the 10th of March 1955.

For the 'World lVleteorological Organization:

G. SWOBODA

SecrctalY- General

For the Swiss Federal Council :

P. MICHELI

Chief ot the International Organizations Division,

Federal Political Department

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Modification of the plan

98 APPENDIX 1'0 RESOLUTION 3(Cg-II)

PROTOCOL

CONCERNING

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND

THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

GOVERNING THE LEGAL STATUS OF TillS ORGANIZATION IN SWITZERLAND AND THE PLAN OF EXECUTION OF THE SAID AGREEMENT

Considering that the \Varld Meteorological Organization and the Swiss Federal Council, parties to the present Protocol, have agreed that no special arrangements concerning the issue by the Swiss Federal Authorities of special postage stamps for use by the World Meteorological Organization, either exclusively or jointly with other organizations, would be made at the moment of concluding the Agreement between the World Meteorological Organization and the Swiss Federal Council governing the legal status of the said Organization and the Plan of Execution of that Agreement j

Considering that the parties to the present Protocol have agreed that the Vvorld Meteorological Organization will have the benefit generally in Switzerland, insofar as concerns its postal communications, of conditions not less favourable than those already granted the United Nations and other specialized interna­tional organizations established in Switzerland, which are accorded similar treatment;

The vVorId Meteorological Organization and the Swiss Federal Council agree by the present document, to the following provisions:

ARTICLE 1

The parties to the present Protocol undertake to re-open negotiations, at the request of either the "Varld Meteorological Organization or the Swiss Federal Council, concerning the issue by the Swiss Federal Authorities of special postage stamps for use by the WorId Meteorological Organization, either exclusively or jointly ·with other organizations.

ARTICLE 2

All agreements between the parties shall be governed by the regulations established by the Universal Postal Union and the conditions of issue of the said stamps shall be based on the arrangements made in this connection with other international organizations established in Switzerland.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE WMO 99

ARTICLE 3

The present Protocol shall come into force upon signature by the two parties.

Done and signed in duplicate at the headquarters of the "\Vorld Meteoro~ logical Organization in Geneva on the tenth of March 1955.

For the World Meteorological Organization:

G. SWOBODA

Secretary- General

For the Swiss Federal Council:

, PIERRE MICHELi

Chief of the International Organizations Division,

Federal Political Department

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APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 10(Cg-II)

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

CONTENTS

Pages

Definitions . . . . 102

1. GENERAL . • 103 Introduction 103 Membership of the Organization 104 Permanent Representatives of Members 104 Relations with the United Nations 104 Officers. . . . . . . . . . 104 Sessions of constituent bodies. . 106 Committees in sessions. . . 107 Working groups between sessi.oTIs 109 Joint sessions of constituent bodies 110 Representation at the sessions of other international organizations 112 Voting . . . . . . . . . 112 Voting by correspondence 113 Elections . . . . . . . 114 Conduct of business . . 115 Records and documents 117 Languages . . . . . 118 Publicity of meetings 119

II. CONGRESS .••.• , 119 Sessions and place of sessions 119 Order of business . 121

III. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 121 Introduction 121 Sessions 122 Agenda. . . 123 Quorum 124

IV. REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Introduction Membership. . . . . . Officers. . . . . . . Sessions and place of sessions Agenda. Quorum ......... .

125 125 125 125 126 127 127

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE WHO

V. TECHNICAL C01\J1I.nSSIONS

Introduction Membership Sessions Agenda .. Quorum Assistance by the Secretariat

VI. SECRETARIAT

VII. ENTRY INTO FORCE

Annex I. Regional Associations

Annex II. Technical Commissions

101

Pages

128 128 128 129 129 130 131

131

132

133

137

102 AI'11ENDIX TO RESOLUTTOX to(Cg-II)

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

Definitions

The follmving terms are used in these General Regulations with the meaning indicated below:

Association

Commission

constituent body

delegate

meeting

i'l'Iember

member

A Regional Association of the Organization

A Technical Commission of the Organization

Congress, Executive Committee, a Regional Association or a Technical Commission

A person accredited by a Member of the Organization to represent it in Congress, a Regional Association or a Technical Commission

A single sitting

A Member of the· Organization as defined III Article 3 of the Convention

A person elected or designated and serving on the Exe­cutive Committee or other committee or on a Technical Commission or on a working group

observer A representative of another organization, a representative of a non~Member country or any perSall invited who attends without the right to vote a meeting of a constituent body or the representative of the President or Vice~Presi­dents of the Executive Committee at a meeting of that constituent body

order of business These agenda items and other matters listed for consider­ation at any aile meeting of a constituent body

recommendation A decision of any constituent body or of any of its sub~ ordinate bodies which requires approval by a higher body before implementation

resolution A decision of any constituent body which does not require approval by higher body before implementation

seSSIOn A series of meetings

GENERAL REGULATIO?\S OF THE Vnl'IO 103

I. General

Introduction

REGULATION 1

These General Regulations arc adopted under the authority of Congress and are subject to the Convention of the \Vorld Meteorological Organization. In the event of any conflict between any provision of these Regulations and any provision of the Convention, the Convention shall prevail.

REGULATION 2

(a) These Regulations may be amended by Congress.

(b) Decisions of Congress relating to matters covered by the General Regulations shall be incorporated in these Regulations.

(c) If, between sessions of Congress, a Member or a constituent body proposes an amendment to the General Regulations, the Secretary-General shall submit such a proposal immediately to the members of the Executive Committee. If the Executive Committee decides that the matter under consideration is of an urgent character, the proposal shall be communicated by the Secretary­General to all Members in order to give them an opportunity to express their a pproval or disapproval. If two-thirds of the votes for and against, which have reached the Secretariat within ninety days after the proposal was des­patched to Members, arc in thc affirmative, the amendment shall be considered as adopted.

(d) Any question or dispute concerning the interpretation or application of these Regulations, which occurs between sessions of Congress within the other constituent bodies, shall be submitted to the Executive Committee for decision. Such decisions shall be issued in tho form of statements and shall be considered as directives which shall be reviewed by Congress at its next following session.

REGULATION 3

AllY of the Regulations- 26 and 62 to 76 inclusive may be suspended in whole 01' in part in special cases provided twenty-four hours' notice of the proposal has been given. The notice may be waived if no delegation or member objects. Regulations 140 and 141 may also be suspended but only in the special case of simultaneous sessions of a Technical Commission with a constituent body of another international organization.

REGULATION 4

Each constituent body may exceptionally adopt for its internal use additional rules of procedure on the understanding that these rules are not

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at variance with the Convention and the General Regulations. The President of the constituent body shall inform the Executive Committee of the additional rules of procedure thus adopted and state at the same time the reasons for their adoption.

Membership of the Ot'ganization

REGULATION 5

Any application for membership under paragraphs (c) and (e) of Article 3 of the Convention submitted to the Secretary-General, shall include a statement certifying that the State, Territory or group of Territories has or maintains a Meteorological Service.

Permanent Representatives of Members

REGULATION 6

Each Member shall designate by written notification to the Secretary­General a Permanent Representative who should -be the Director of the Meteor­ological Service to aet on technical matters for the Member between sessions of Congress. Subject to approval of their respective Governments, Permanent Representatives should hc the normal channel of communications between the Organization and their respective cQuntries and shall maintain contact with the competent authorities, governmental or non-governmental, of their own countries on matters concerning.the work of the Organization.

Relations with the United Nations

REGULATION 7

The relations behl'cen the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization shall he governed by the agreement concluded between the two organizations. The United Nations shall be invited to send representatives to any session of any constituent body in accordance with the stipulations on reciprocal representation stated in the agreement with the United Nations.

Officers

REGULATION 8

Except as provided by Article 4 (b) of the Convention, no person shall be entitled to act at the same time as President or Vice-President of more than one of the constituent bodies; or· as President of a constituent body and an elected member of the Executive- Committee.

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REGULATION 9

The duties of the President of the Organization shall be :

(1) To preside over the sessions of Congress and sessions of the Executive Committee held during his term of office.

(2)" To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the Organization and its various bodies as specified in Article 4 (a), (1) to (4) inclusive of the Convention.

(3) To issue directives to the Secretary-General with respect to the ful­filment of his duties.

(4) To carry out such specific duties as are prescribed by decisions of Congress, the Executive Committee and by the regulations of the Organization.

(5) To take action, on behalf of the Executive Committee and after con­sultation with the Presidents of Associations and Commissions concerned, with regard to a recommendation of an Association or a Commission when he con­siders that such action, in the interests of the Organization, cannot be deferred until the next session of the Executive Committee. In all cases confirmation by the Executive Committee at its next session will be required.

(6) To maintain files of the official correspondence as President of the Organization and the Executive Committee and to send copies of this corres­pondence to the Secretary-General.

REG ULATION 10

If the President or a Vice-President of the Organization or of a Regional Association, or an elected member of the Executive Committee ceases to be a Director of a Meteorological Service of a Member he shall cease to hold such office.

REGULATION 11

The term of office of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Organi­zation or of a constituent body shall be from the end of one session to the end of the succeeding session of the constituent body concerned. However they shall he eligible for re-election at the end of their term of office, provided that, if the officer has served consecutively fo-r two terms of same oInce, he shall not be eligible for election for a third consecutive term in the same office, unless he has served for less than five years.

REGULATION 12

If the President of the Organization or of a constituent body resigns or is not able or eligible to carry out the functions of that office, for any cause, the First Vice-President of the Organization (or the Vice-President in the case of a constituent body) shall serve as Acting President for a period not exceeding the remainder of the term of office of the President whom he replaces. The Vice-President, acting as President, shall have thc samc powers and duties as the President.

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REGULATION 13

If the First Vice-President of the Organization resigns or is not able or eligible to carry out the functions of his office, for any cause, the Second Vice­President Df the Organization shall serve as Acting First Vice-President of the Organization for a period not exceeding the remainder of the term of office of the First Vice-President whom he replaces.

REGULATION 14

If the Second Vice-President of the Organization or a Vice-President of a constituent body resigns or is not able or eligible to carry out the functions of his office, for any cause, the President shall arrange for the election of an Acting Second Vice-President or Acting Vice-President in the case of a constituent .body to serve for a period not exceeding the remainder of the term of office of the officer whom he replaces.

Sessions of constituent hodies

REGULATION 15

\Vhenevel· -an invitation is extended for holding a session of any constituent body elsewhere than at· the location of the Secretariat, such invitation shall be considered only if the :Member in whose territory it is proposed to hold such seSSIOn:

(a) Has ratified without reservation the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies including the annex relating to the Orga.nization; or

(b) Gives assurance that all delegates, representatives, experts, observers or other individuals, entitled under the Convention or any regulation of the Organization to attend such meeting, shall enjoy these privileges and immu­nities "necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization" as provided in the Convention.

REGULATION 16

With a view to securing the widest possible technical representation, the President of any constituent body may invite any expert or, through the Secretary-General, representatives of any other organizations to participate as observers at a session or meetings of the constituent body concerned or of any of its committees or working groups.

In the case of an invitation to an expert to attend a session or meetings of a constituent body other than Congress, the invitation shall require the prIOr concurrence of the Permanent Representative of the country where he lives.

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REGULATION 17

Countries which are not Members of the Organization and which possess Meteorological Services may, subject to the prior approval of the Members of the Organization, be invited to send observers to the meetings of the Congress and appropriate Regional Associations. The Directors of the Meteorological Services of these non-Member countries may also be represented at the meetings of Technical Commissions. The Secretary-General in the name of the Organiz­ation shall send in due time invitations to the countries so approved with explanatory memoranda and documents.

REGULATION 18

. Prior to a session of a constituent body other than the Executive Com­mittee, each Member should, if possible, communicate to the Secretary-General the numes of the persons composing its delegation to that body, indicating who of these shall be regarded as its principal delegate.

Besides this communication, a letter giving these particulars and other­wise conforming with the provisions of the Convention and of these General Regulations and signed by, or on behalf of, an appropriate governmental authority of the Member, shall be sent to the Secretary-General or handed to his representative at the session and shall be regarded as appropriate credentials for the participation of the individuals named therein in all activities of the constituent body.

The same procedure shall apply as regards the credentials of observers representing non-Member countries.

The credentials of observers representing international organizations shall be signed by the competent authority of the organization concerned.

REGULATION 19

Any individual to whose admission a principal delegate has made objection shall be seated provisionally with the same rights as other delegates, members, observers or invited persons until the report on credentials has been considered and the constituent body has given its decision.

C01nmittees in sessions

REGULATION 20

Each constituent body may establish a Credentials Comlnittee immediately after the completion of the opening formalities and for the duration of the session. The representative of the Secretariat at the session shall attend the Credentials Committee with consultative status. This committee shall examine the credentials of delegates and observers as well as any observation whieh may be submitted to it by the representative of the Secretariat. It shall report

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thereon as soon as possible to the constituent body. Final decisions regarding credentials shall rest with the constituent body. \

If in the case of Regional Associations and Technical Commissions, a Credentials Committee is not immediately established, a list of the individuals present and the capacities in which they are attending the session shall be prepared, whenever possible, by the representative of the Secretariat, on the basis of examination of credentials. This list, announced by the President of the constituent body, if unanimously accepted, shall constitute the first report on credentials adopted by the constituent body. If a.n objection is raised by a principal delegate to any name on the list, a Credentials Committee shall be established.

REGULATION 21

Any individual whose credentials are found not to comply with the pro­visions of these Regulations shall be excluded from participation in the activities of the constituent body.

REGULATION 22

Each constituent body may establish for the duration of its session a Nomination Committee, a Drafting Committee, a Co-ordination Committee and such other committees as it deems necessary.

REGULATION 23

In Congress the Nomination Committee shall consist of twelve principal delegates, each Region being represented.

REGULATION 24

The Nomination Committee shall prepare and submit to the body a list of nominees for each office 01' place for which an election is to be held. Any candidatures proposed and maintained in that committee by a minority shall be included in the list of nominees.

REGULATION 25

The Drafting Committee shall be responsible for drawing up the final text of the decisions to be taken by the constituent body with a view to their final adoption by that constituent body.

The texts drawn up by the Drafting Committee shall be distributed to partici­pants at least eighteen hours before consideration in plenary meeting.

REGULATION 26

The Co-ordination Committee shall consist of the President and the Vice­Presidents of the constituent body, the Secretary-General or his representative, and the chairmen of the committees of the body other than the Credentials

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and Nomination Committees. It shall be responsible for· co·ordinating the -activities of the session.

REGULATION 27

Each committee may establish such sub·committeos' as it considers neces­sary and decide ,wheth~r any of these sub·i::ommittees shall have a limited number of members.

With the exception of the Co·ordination Committee, tho chairman of which is the President of the constituent body, each committee or sub·com· mi-ltee shall eJect its own chairman and, whenever necessary, other officers. The President of the body establishing it shall preside at its meetings until it has elected its chairman.

REGULATION 29

The terms of reference of any committee or sub-committee shall be pre· scribed by the body establishing it and shall be within the terms of reference 01 that body.

W Ol"]cing gt"OUPS betwe~n sessions

REGULATION 30

A-ny constituent body may establish working groups to act until the next session of that constituent body. The terms of reference of s1,1oh working groups shall he established by the constituent. body and shall be within the terms of reference of that body. :Memhersmp of the working groups need not necessarily be restricted to the membership of the constituent body.

When a working group is established during a session, it shall normally elect its own chairman in accordance with the procedure to be agreed upon by the constituent body j however, when considered necessary, the constituent body may designate a chairman.

'Vhen a ·working group is established between sessions, the chairman shall he elected by correspondeD.ce.

REGULATION 31

The President of the constituent body may, at the request of the working group, invite technical exports to participate in the work of the group.

R£GULATION 32

An invitation to an expert in accordance v-;.J.th Regulations 30 and 31 to participate in the work of a working group shall be addressed by the President of a constituent hody to the Permanent Representative of the country in which

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the expert lives for onward transmission to the expert if the Permanent Repre· sentative approves of such invitation.

REGULATION 33

Any constituent body may recommend the establishment of' joint working groups between itself and onc or more other constituent bodies. Such joint working groups shall only be established by a resolution of Congress or the Execu­tive Committee and shall normally serve until the next session of Congress. The Executive Committee will only authorize the creation of such working groups if it considers that implementation of Regulation 30 cannot produce the desired results.

REGULATION 34

Congress or the Executive Committee in establishing a joint working group shall determine its terms of reference and total number of its members. Each constituent body taking part in a joint working group shall normally be represented by not more than two members. Congress or the Executive ComM

mittee shall designate the constituent body to which the joint working groups shall report. The President of the designated constituent body shall arrange for the election of a chairman of the joint working group immediately after its formation, by correspondence if necessary, or according to a procedure to be determined in each case by Congress or the Executive Committee.

REGULATION 35

Recommendations of working groups shall have no status within the Organization until they have been approved by the responsible constituent body. In the case of joint working groups the recommendations must be con­curred in by the Presidents of the constituent bodies concerned before being submitted to the designated constituent body.

REGULATION 36

In the case of a recommendation made by a working group between sessions of the responsible constituent body, either in a session Qf a working group or by correspondence, the President of that body may, when action is urgently necessary, submit this recommendation for adoption by the Executive Com­mittee or to the President of the Organization for action in accordance with Regulation 9, paragraph (5).

Joint sessions of constituent bodies

REGULATION 37

When a joint session of two or more constituent bodies is considered necessary, the Presidents of the bodies concerned shall designate one of them to act as a. convenor of the joint ses-sion.

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REGULATION 38

The time and place of the joint session shall be determined by agreement between the Presidents of the constituent bodies concerned, in the case of Regional Associations in agreement with the President of the Organization and in the case of Technical Commissions after consultation with the Secretary­General.

REGULATION 39

. The provisional agenda for the joint session shall be determined by the constituent bodies concerned or by their Presidents.

REGULATION 40

Notification of the time and place of the joint session shall be distributed by the Secretary-General at least one hundred and twenty days before the opening meeting to the Members of the Organization, to the members of the constituent bodies concerned, to the Presidents of all the other constituent bodies, to the United Nations, to all other international organizations with which the Organization has concluded arrangements or agreements, and in conformity with the provisions of Regulations 16 and 17 to observers and invited persons. The provisional agenda and an explanatory memorandum summarizing the problems to be discussed shall also he sent to the addressees of the notification at least one hundred and twenty days before the date of opening. The working papers shall be sent as soon as possible to all members of the constituent bodies concerned, to the Presidents of the other constituent bodies and also to those organizations, observers and persons invited who have indicated their intention to be represented at------urLo at:tenaLne SeSSl"O"n-.-- ----

REGULATION 41

The Secretary-General shall be responsible in consultation with the convenor for making all arrangements for the joint session, utilizing any facilities whieh may be offered by a host cc;mntry.

REGULATION 42

At the first meeting of the joint session a chairman and such vice-chairmen as are considered necessary shall be elect~d.

REGULATION 43

The joint session shall be conducted in accordance with those provisions of these Regulations which are applicable to the constituent body to which the chairman of the joint session belongs, and the chairman of the joint session shaH take such action following the joint session as normally follows a session of the constituent body to which he belongs, including reporting to Congress, or the Executive Committee upon the worl{ of the joint session.

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Representation at the sessions of other international organizations

REGULATION 44

On receipt of an invitation for the Organization to ,be represcnted_ at a session of another international organization or a constituent body thereof, or at a j oint session of a similar nature, the Secretary-General shall consult the President of the Organization and the President of the Commission most directly concerned, if any, as to whether the invitation shall he accepted and, if so, who shall represent the Organization.

REGUJ"ATION 45

In the case of an invitation to a session or joint session convened to discuss matters which relate to the field of responsibility of a Commission of the Organization, if it is decided to accept the invitation, the representative or representatives of the Organization shall normally be-- the President of the Commission most -directly concerned and/or an official of the Secretariat designated by the Secretary-General. -

REGUI,ATION 46

The representative Or representatives of the Organization at any such scssipn shall arrange for. the SeeFetary-General to receive a complete set of the documents relating to the session and, within sixty days of the end of the session, shall furnish a report upon the proceedings of the session, with particu­lar reference to aspects of interest to the Organization.

Voting

REGULATION 47

Each Member belonging to or represented in a oonstituent body shall have one votc. The principal delegate of a Member shall have the right to vote or to designate any other member of the same delegation to vote on his behalf. No person shall have more than onc vote in sessions of constituent bodies.

REGULATION 48

Voting in a constituent body shall normally be by standing or by a show of hands.

REGULATION 49

Except in the case of the Executive Committee, any delegation present may request a roll-call, whieh shall then be taken in the alphabetical order of the names of the Members of the Organization in the French language; the vote or abstention of each Member shall be included in the minutes of the meeting.

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REGULATION 50

Upon demand of two or mo~e delegations present at a meeting, voting shall be by secret ballot. Voting by secret ballot has preference to roll-call, if both have been requested.

REGULATION 51

In all votings by secret ballot, two tellers selected from among the delegates present shaH he appointed to count the votes.

REGULATION 52

The number of votes for and against and the number of abstentions shall be recorded in the case of votes made by secret ballot.

REGUI.ATION 53

Except as provided in the Convention and these Regulations, decisions in a constituent body shall be determined by a siniple majority of the votes cast for and against. If an equal number of votes is cast for and against a proposal, the proposal shaH be regarded as lost.

Voting by correspondence

REGULATION 54

Between sessions all questions within the terms of reference of a COll­

stituent body which, in the opinion of its President could be solved by cor­respondence may be submitted to a vote by correspondence after an exchange of opinion, if such an exchange is considered necessary. In a vote by corre­spondence upon a proposal before a Technical Commission, the votes shall be cast by the Permanent Representatives ~f the Members represented on the Commission.

REGULATION 55

Votes, in ballots conducted by correspondence, shall he valid if they are "!~CI~iY.lld not more than ~~~e_tY-.!!~Y§. __ f!.f.t~:r_ . .1b.9 _~~t~_ of desp~J:@ .. .QLili.!~L.!'~quest to vote.

REGULATION 56

The recommendations of a Commission or Association which affect other Commissions or Associations shall he sent urgently to tho Secretariat, which, after consultation with the Presidents of these constituent bodies, shall distrib­ute them as soon as possible to the Members of the Associations and to the members of the Commissions concerned, so that the opinions of the latter he known before such· recommendations are considered by Congress or the Execu­tive Committee.

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Elections

REGULATION 57

Elections to all offices and places which a constituent body is required to fill shall be held at each session of that constituent body. The President of the Organization may, however, arrange to hold an election hy correspondence of the President of an Association or Commission when this office is vacant and cannot be filled by application of Regulations 12 and 14.

The President of the Association or Commission may also arrange to hold elections by correspondence for any other office or place in the body in question.

REGULATION 58

Prior to each election for an office or place, a list of candidates shall he compiled by the constituent body in session comprising the proposals of the Nomination Committee, if any, and nominations from the floor. In the case of an election by correspondence, Members with the right to vote shall be invited to nominate in advance candidates for the place to be filled.

REGULATION 59

A separate election shall be held for each office in the order of President, First Vice~President, Second Vice-President and other offices. Each place on the Executive Committee shall be filled by separate election.

REGULATION 60

For elections, the following procedure shall be followed:

(a) In all elections voting shall be by secret ballot. As regards the right to vote, the provisions of Regulation 47 shall also apply. With respect to voting in elections by correspondence the provisions of Regulation 55 shall be applicable.

(b) When a single elective place is to be filled, the candidate who obtains a simple majority of the votes cast not including abstentions shall be declared elected. If, in the first ballot, no candidate obtains the majority required, a second ballot, which shall be restricted to the two candidates obtaining the largest number of votes, shall be held.

(c) When two or more elective places are to .be filled at one time under the same conditions, those candidates obtaining in the first ballot the majority required shall be elected. If the number of candidates obtaining such majority is less than the number of persons to be elected, there shall be additional ballots to fill the remaining places, the voting being restricted to the candidates obtain­ing the greatest number of votes in the previous ballot to a number not more than twice the number of the places remaining to be filled.

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REGULATION 61

If at any stage in any election it is necessary to decide between two or more candidates obtaining the same number of votes, the President shall decide between them by drawing lots.

Conduct of business

REGULATION 62

The Presiding Officer of a constituent body or the Presiding Officer of one of its committees or working groups may call a speaker to order if his remarks are irrelevant to the subject under discussion. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 64, the Presiding Officer or President of this committee or working group shall have power to impose a time-limit on each speaker.

REGULATION 63

In addition to exercising any power conferred upon him elsewhere in these General Regulations, the Presiding Officer of any constituent body or of its committees or working groups shall open and close the meetings, direct the discussions, ensure the observance of the General Regulations applicable to the body concerned, accord the right to speak, put questions to the vote and announce decisions. The Presiding Officer shall have control over the proceedings and the maintenance of order at its meetings. He shall rule on points of order a.nd s_hall have, in particular, the power to propose adjournment or closure of the debates or adjournment or suspension of meetings.

REGULATION B4

A point of order raised by any delegation or member shall be immediately decided by the Presiding Officer in accordance with the Regulations. A deleg­ation or member may appeal against the ruling of the Presiding Officer. Dis­cussion on such an appeal shall be limited to the appellant and the Presiding Officer. Jf the appeal is maintained it shall be immediately put to the vote and the ruling of the Presiding Officcr shall stand unless that ruling is over­ruled by the required majority of the delegates or members present and voting.

Neither the delegate raising a point of ordcr nor any other delegate or member may speak on the substance of the subject under discussion until the point of order has been determined.

REGULATION 65

During the debate on an item of the agenda, any delegation or member may move motions or amendments on the subject under discussion.

REGULATION 66

Motions shall he debated and voted upon in the order in which they have been proposed, except as otherwise provided.

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REGULATION 67

If two or more amendments are moved to a -motion or to an amendment, a discussion shall be held and a vote shall be taken first on the amendment furthest removed in substance from the original proposal and then· on the amendment next furthest removed until all the amendments maintained have been put to a vote. The Pre.siding Officer shall have the power to determine the order of voting on amendments under this rule, subject to Regulation 64.

REG_ULATION 68

A motion or an amendment which has been moved--may h.e withdrawn by the mover unless an amendment to it is under discussion or has been adopted.

RE~ULATION 69

Amendments shall be voted on before the motion or amendment to which they refer. V'lhen all amendments have been disposed of, the original proposal, as modified by adopted amendments, shall be voted on.

REGULATION 70

Parts of a motion shall be 'Voted upon separately if a delegation or member requests that the motion be divided. Those parts of the'motion which have becn approved shall then be put to the vote as a whole; if all the operative parts of a motion have been rejected, the -motion shall-be 'Considered to have been rejected as a whole.

REGULATION 71

During the discussion of any matter, a delegation or a member may move the postponement of the debate to a specified time. Such motions shall not he debated, hut shall immediately be put to a vote.

REGULATION 72

A delegation or a member may move at any time the adjournment or the suspension of the meeting. Such a motion shall not he debated, but shall immediately be put to a vote.

REGUI,A'1'ION 73

A delegation or a member may at any time move the -closure of the debate, whether or not any other delegate or member has signified his wish to speak. Permission to speak on the closure of the debate may be accorded to not more than two speakers both opposing the closure, after which the motion shall be immediately put to the vote.

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REGULATION 74

The following motions shall. have precedence III the -following order over other motions before the meeting :.

(a) To suspend the meeting;

(b) To adjourn the meeting;

(0) (d)

To adjourn the debate on -the item under discussion;

For the closure' of the debate on the -item under 'discussion.

REGULATION 75

After the Presiding Officer has announced that the voting has commenced, no one may interrupt the voting, except on a point of ordcr concerning the manner of conducting the vote. 'rhe Prcsiding Officer may permit the delega­tions or members to explain their vote, either before or after the. count, except in cases where a secret ballot is held. The Presiding Omeer shall not permit the mover to explain his vote. .

Records and documents

REGULATION 76

Summarized minutes for each meeting of the session of a constituent body, giving the substance of the discussion and recording thc decisions arrived at, shall be prepated by the secretariat of the session in collaboration with the representative 0'£ the· Secretariat. Committees and ·wor-king· groups of a constituent body shall submit reports on their work. Summarized minutes shall he prepared if the constituent body so decides.

Summarized minutes shall be distributed as soon as possible to all delegates and persons taking part in the meeting who may sul;lmit their proposed cor­rections in writing to the secretariat of the session within forty-eight hours of the distribution.

Any disagreement on the proposed corrections shall be decided by the Presiding Officer after consultation with the person concerned. The sum­marized minutes shall be submitted to the constituent body £01-' approval as soon as possible.

REGULATION 77

Minutes approved by the constituent hody shall be distributed as rapidly as possible to all persons participating in the meeting and to the United Nations.

REGULATION 78

Within sixty days after the closing of a session of an Association or Com­mission, the President of that body shall furnish the Secretary-General with a report of the proceedings of the session, including the records of the meetings,

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copies of the documents considered by the session and the text of the resolu~ tions and recommendations adopted at the session. The President shall indicate those recommendations which require immediate action. The report of the chairman of the session, as well as the resolutions and recommendations adopted, shall be published by the Secretariat.

REGULATION 79

Documents reqUlrmg action by Members shall be distributed so as to allow Members a period of at least six months before implementation is required.

Languages

REGULATION 80

The official languages of the Organization shall be English, French, Russian and Spanish.

REGULATION 81

Except as provided for in the case of Associations in accordance with Regulation 82, English and French shall be the working languages of the con­stituent bodies of the Organization, its committees and working groups.

REGULATION 82

In sessions of Associations two of the official languages shall be designated as working languages. At least one of the working languages shall be English or French.

REGULATION 83

In plenary meetings of Congress, speeches in any of the official languages shall be interpreted into the other official languages of the Organization.

REGULATION 84

In meetings of a constituent body other than plenary meetings of Congress, speeches made in either of the working languages shall be interpreted into the other working language of that constituent body.

REGULATION 85

At sessions of Congress and its committees interpretation of speeches in languages other than the official languages of the Organization may be arranged by the delegates concerned, provide'd that no cost to the Organization is incurred.

REGULATION 86

At meetings other than those of plenary meetings of Congress, the Secre­tariat should, in so far as practicable, make ~rrangements for interpretation

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of speeches made in official languages other than the work~ng languages of the constituent body. In a case where such arrangements are impracticable, a delegation or member may make arrangements for such interpretation without involving additional expenditure for the Organization.

REGULATION 87

If an Association so decides, one of the official languages in addition to the two working languages designated under Regulation 82, may be used with interpretation during the discussions.

REGULATION 88

The Executive Committee may authorize the issue of any publication in the four official languages, but the Convention, the regulations of the Organiza­tion, and the resolutions shall be published in all four official languages.

REGULATION 89

Documents prepared for or issued in the course of a session of a con­stituent body shall be issued in the two working languages of that body and the proceedings of the session shall be puhlished in the same two working languages.

Publicity of meetings

REGULATION 90

The meetings of constituent bodies shall be held III public, unless other­wise decided by the constituent bodies concerned.

REGULATION 91

Public statements upon the proceedings and resolutions of a constituent hody or its committees shall be issued only by the President of the constituent body or a person authorized by him.

II. Congress

Sessions and place of sessions

REGULATION 92

The President of the Organization shall convene sessions of Congress. Notwithstanding any prior decision of Congress regarding the time and place of its next session, the Executive Committee may ~n case of necessity alter the

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time or' plac·o of th;:;tt session, or both, and IDay also convene an extraordinary session of Congress at such time and place as the Executiye Committee shall determine.

HEGULATION 93

Arrangements for sessions of Congress shall be the responsibility of the Secretary-Gon.eral. Tho Sec:r;etary-Gcncral should use such assistance as may be provided by the host country.

REGUJ.ATION 94

Notification of sessions of Congress shall be made to Members and to the United Nations at least nine months before the opening meeting of the session. Under extraordinary circumstances, by decision of the Executive Committee, Congress may be cimvened· at a shorter notice but such notice shall not be less than. ninety days. The notification shall be accompa.nied by the provisional agenda.

REGULATION 95

Explanatory memoranda summarizing the problems to be discussed at a session of Congress shall be distributed at least one hundred and twenty days prior to a regular session and at least sixty days prior to an extraordinary session, to Members, to Presidents of Technical Commissions, to the United Nations and to all other international organizations with which the Organiza­tion has concluded arrangements or agreements. The working papers shall be similarly distributed as soon as they are available.

REGULATION 96

Any Member, the United Nations and all other international organizations with which the Organization has concluded arrangements or agreements, may propose the addition of items to the provisional agenda before the opening of the session; explanatory memoranda summarizing the problems in relation to these additional items shall accompany such proposals and be distributed by the Secretariat to all Members, to Presidents of Technical Commissions and to the United Nations. Working papers on items on the provisional agenda submitted by Members shall be similarly distributed by the Secretariat.

REGULATION 97

The provisional agenda for a session of Congress shall normally include!

(1) Establishment of the Credentials Committee;

(2) Establishment of other committees of Congress;

(3) Considerat:ion of the report of the Credentials Committee;

(4) Approval of the agenda; (5) Applications for membership, if any j

(6) Report by the President of the Organization on the activities of the Executive Committee and the Secretariat;

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(7) Reports by Presidents of Associations, with resolutions and reeom· mendations j

(8) :t:teports by Presidents of Commissions, with resolutions and reeom· mendations ;

(9) Financial report by the Secretary· General and the proposed maximum expenditures of the Organization for the next financial period;

(10) Items submitted by the Presidents of the QI.'ganization, .the Asso· eiations and the. Commissions, not covered in the above reports j

(1t) Items ·submitted by i\'lembers of the Organization;

(12) . Items proposed by the United Nations or other international organ· izations j

(13) Eloctiini of President and Vice· Presidents of the Organization;

(14) Election of members of Executive Committee, except the President and Vice· Presidents of the Organization and the Presidents of the Associations;

(15) Appointment of Secrctary-General.

REGULATION 98

The provisional agenda ·shall be submitted for approval by Congress as soon as possible aftor tho opening of the session.

RI~GULATION 99

The agenda may be amended by Congrcss at any time.

Order of business

REGULATION 100

The order of business for each meeting shall be prepared by the Secretariat and shall be distributed after approval by the President. Except by decision of Congress, a now item of business shall not be definitely settled unless it has been included in an order of business and distribuLed with pertinent documenta­tion at least eighteen hours before.

III. Executive Couuuittee

Introduction

RgGUJ.ATION 101

A Member whieh belongs to more than one Association shall dcclare to which of the Regions concerned it shall be regarded as belonging for the purposes of Article 13 (c) of the Convention.

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REGULATION 102

If the President of the Executive Committee cannot attend a session, he shall be entitled to send an observer. The same shall apply to the Vice­Presidents.

REGULATION 103

If the President of an Association is unable to be present at a session of the Executive Committee, the Vice-President should attend as his alternate; if both officers arc unable to attend, another alternate who should, if possible, be a Director of a Meteorological Service in the Region concerned, shall be selected by the President of the Association to attend. The alternate for the President of an Association shall have the same rights and privileges in the Executive Committee as the President would have if he were present.

REGULATION 104

When a vacancy- among the members elected in accordance with Article 13 (c) of the Convention occurs in the Executive Committee between sessions of the Congress, an acting member shall be designated by the Executive Com­mittee in conformity with the provisions .of that article. The acting member shall serve until the next session of Congress, but in the event of a vacancy which may come to an end before the following session of Congress, this acting member shall serve only' for the duration of the vacancy. If, however, the vacating member is the President of an Association, the Vice-President of the Association shall Serve until the election of a new President of the Association concerned.

REGULATION 105

Between sessions of the Executive Committee, the President shall consult the members of the Executive Committee upon important questions, before taking any decision.

REGULATION 106

In application of Article 14 (h) of the Convention the Executive Com­mittee may adopt resolutions axising out of recommendations of Associations and Commissions, provided that aU other Associations and Commissions con­cerned have been given an opportunity to express approval or disapproval prior to action by the Executive Committee.

Sessions

REGULATION 107

The sessions of the Executive Committee shall be ·held at the location of the Secretariat, unless the Executive Committee decides otherwise.

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REGULATION 108

Arrangements for sessions of the Executive Committee shall be the responsibility of the Secretary-General with such assistance as may be provided by the host country.

REGULATION 109

Notification of sessions shall be made at least one hundred and twenty days before the opening meeting of the session to members of the Executive Committee, to Pr~sidents of Commissions, to the United Nations and to those international organizations with which the Organization has concluded arran­gements or agreements providing for representation at sessions of the Executive Committee. By decision of the Executive Committee, this advance notification may be reduced to not less than 60 days. The provisional agenda and explana­tory memorandum summarizing the problems to be discussed shall also be sent to the addressees of the notification either one hundred and twenty days at least before the date of opening of the session, or sixty days, i~ the advance notification has been reduced by decision of the Executive Committee.

REGULATION 110

Any member of the Executive Committee may be accompanied by an alternate and not more than two advisers j alternates and advisers may be permitted to address the Committee.

Agenda

REGULATION 111

The provisional agenda for a session of the Executive Committee should normally include:

(1) Report by the President of the Organization j

(2) Report by the -Secretary-General of the Organization j

(3) Reports by Presidents of Associations, with resolutions and recom­mendations j

(4) Reports by Presidents of Commissions, with resolutions and recom­mendations j

(5) Adoption of resolutions in conformity with Artic~e 14 (b) of the Con­vention and General Regulation 106 j

(6) Consideration of the report of the external auditor;

(7) Proposed programme for the coming year:

(i) Activities of the Executive Committee j

(ii) Activities of the Secretariat j (iii) Activities of Associations i (iv) Activities of Commissions j

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(v) Financial matters j

(vi) Staff y?-atters ;

(8) Iterns suhmitted by members or by the Secl'ctarywGeneraI;

(9) Items proposed by United Nations.

The order in which these items are to he discussed, shall be determined by the President and submitted to the Executive Committee for approval.

REGULATiON 1.12

The report by th~ President should normally include:

(a) _A resume of the activities of the Organization and its constituent bodies since the la,st -~ession of the Executive Committee or Congr~ss ;

(b) Action taken by him under Regulation 9, paragraph (5) ; (c) Any other matters affecting the Organization and its constituent bodies.

REGULATION 113

The report by the Secretary-Genel-al should normally include:

(a) A resume of the activities of the Secretariat since the last SeSSIOn of the Executive Committee or Congress;

(b) A report on the relations of the Organization with other international organizations; ,

(c) Report on staff matters j

(d) Report on financial matters.

REGULATION 114

The pl'O,~sional agenda shall be submitted for approval at the openmg meeting',

REGULATION 115

The agenda may be amended by the Executive Committee at any time,

Quorum

REGULATION 116

If a quorum, according to Article 17 of the Convention, is not obtained at a session, the decisions adopted by a two-thirds majority of those members present shall be referred by corrcspondence to all members of the Executive Committee,

Any such decision shall be considered as a decision of the Executive Com­mittee only when it obtains approval by two-thirds of the votes cast for or against within sixty days after it has been sent to the members, provided that more than half the members of the Executive Committee have voted,

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IV. Regional Associations

Introduction

REGULATION 11.7

The Associations of the Organization shall be those specified in Annex I to these Regulations. Each Association shall be responsible for carrying out the functions specified in Article 18 (d) of the Convention within the area, allotted to that Association in Annex I.

REGULATION 1.18

An Association may, in accordance with Article 18 (d) of the Convention, adopt resolutions on matters which relate only to its internal work and on technical pI'ocedures to he followed within the Region, provided such resolutions arc not in conflict with the provisions of the Convention, the regulations of the OrganizatioJi or any resolution adopted by Congress or the Executive Com­mittee j the findings of the Association on any other matter shall be presented in the form of recommendations to Congress or the Executive Committee.

Membership

REGULATION 119

For the purpose of Article 18 (Ct) of the Convention, a Member of the Organization has the right to belong to an Association if the Member is exclu­sively responsible, technically and financially, for the maintenance of a net­work of meteorological stations lying in or extending into the geographical limits of the Region concerned provided that such stations are situated on the territory of the Member.

REGULATION 120

The networl{s within the territory of a Member shall not be represented m the Association by more than one delegation which shall represent that Member.

Officers

REGULATION 121

The duties of the President of an Association shall be :

(1) To preside over the sessions of the Association j

(2) To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the Association and its working groups between sessions of the Association;

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(3) To carry out such specific duties as arc prescribed by decisions of Congress and the Executive Committee and by the regulations of the Organ­ization j

(4) To enSUre that the activities, recommendations and resolutions of the Association are in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, decisions of Congress and the Executive Committee and the regulations of the Organ­ization;

(5) To present the views of the Association to Congress at its regular seSSIOns and to the Executive Committee at its sessions j

(6) To arrange for· appropriate representation of the Association in seSSIOns of other Associations, if necessary;

(7) To conduct either directly or through the Secretary-General on behalf of the Association, correspondence on matters relating to the activities of the Association;

(8) To maintain files of his omcinl correspondence as President of an Association, and to send copies of tills correspondence to the Secretary-General.

REGULATION 122

The Preside_nt and Vice-President of an Association shall be Directors of Meteorological Services of Members of the Organization belonging to the Region.

Sessions and place of sessions

REGULATION 123

Sessions of an Association shall normally be held at a place within its Region.

RHGULATION 124

Notification of the date and place of the session shall be distributed by the Secretary-General at least one hundred and twenty days before the date of opening to the Members of the Organization, the Presidents of all the other constituent bodies, the United Nations, all other international organizations with which the Organization has concluded arrangements Or agreements and, in conformity with Regulations 16 and 17, to other persons. The provisional agenda and an explanatory memorandum summarizing the problems to be discussed shall be sent also to the addressees of the notification at least One hundred and twenty days before the date of opening. The worlcing papers shall be sent as soon as possible to Members of the Association, to Presidents of Technical Commissions and to the other Members, and also to those other organizations or persons invited who have indicated their- intention to be represented at or to attend the session.

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Agenda

REGULATION 125

Any Member may propose the addition of items to the provisional agenda before the opening of the session; explanatory memoranda in respect of the additional items shall accompany such proposals and shall be distributed by the Secretariat to the addressees of the notification referred to in Regula­tion 124; working papers on items on the provisional agenda submitted by Members shall be similarly distributed by the Secretariat.

REGULATION 126

The provisional agenda for a session of an Association shall normally include:

(1) Consideration of the report on credentials;

(2) Establishment of committees j

(3) Report by the President of the Association j

(4) Reports by Chairmen of working groups established by the Asso­ciation;

(5) Items submitted by the President of the Organization, the Executive Committee, other Associations, Commissions, the United Nations and Members;

(6) Action required by Members as the result of resolutions and recom­mendations of other bodies of the Organization;

(7) Election of officers.

The order in which the items afC to be discussed, shall be determined by the President and submitted to. the Association for approval.

REGULATION 127

The provisional agenda shall be submitted fOf approval by the Association as soon as possible after the opening of the session. In the course of the session the agenda· may be amended at any time.

Quorum

REGULATION 128

A quorum shall consist of a maj ority of Members belonging to the Asso­ciation.

REGULATION 129

If a quorum is not obtained at a session, the decisions adopted by a majority vote of those Members present shall be referred by correspondence to all Members of the Organization belonging to the Association. Any such

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decision shall be considered a decision of the Association only when it has been approved by a majority of votes cast for and against within ninety days after it has been sent to the Members.

v. Technical Commissions

Introduction

REGULATION 130

The tiLles, their approved abbreviations and the terms of reference of Commissions shall be as specified in Annex II.

REGULATION 131

Decisions of a Commission relating solely to its activities may be adopted as resolutions; the findings of a Commission on any other matter shall be presented in the form of a recommendation to Congress or other appropriate constituent body of the Organization.

Membership

REGULATION 132

The members of Commissions shall be technical experts in the fields covered by the terms of reference of the Commission designated by Members. A Member may designate such number of experts to serve on a Commission as it deems necessary.

REGUJ,ATION 133

When considered desirable by the Commission, additional technical experts in the same field may be invited by the Commission to participate in its work as associa.te members until the end of the following sossion~ The invitation to any such expert shall require approval by a majority of the members of the Commission. No proposal to invite an expert shall be considered by the Commission without the prior concurrence of the Permanent Representative concerned. An associate member shall have tho same rights as a member but he shall not be entitled to vote.

REGULATION 134

The duties of the President of a Commission shall be :

(1) To preside over sessions of the Commission j

(2) To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the Commission and its working groups between sessions of the Commission j

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(3) To. carry aut such specific duties as are prescribed by decisions of Congress and the Executive Committee and by the regulations of the Organ­ization;

(4) To. ensure that the activities, recommendatio.ns and resalutions o.f the Commission are in accordance with the provisio.ns of the Convention, decisions o.f Congress and the Executive Committee and the regulatians o.f the Organ­izatio.n;

(5) To. report to. Cangress at its regular sessians an the activities af the Commissian ;

(6) To present the views af the Co.mmissio.n at sessio.ns o.f the Executive Co.mmittee 'which he may be called upan to. attend;

(7) To. conduct, either directly o.r through the Secretary-General on behalf af the Commission, co.rrespandence on matters relating to. the activities af his Commission;

(8) To maintain files af his official correspo.ndenee as President o.f a Commissio.n and to. send copies of this carrespandence to. the Secretary-General.

Sessions

REGULATION 135

Co.mmissions sho.uld meet at least once during every financial period. The time and place of a session shall be determined by the President of the Cam­mission after consultation ... vith the Secretary-General.

REGULATION 136

Notification of the date and place af a session shall be distributed by the Secretary-General at least one hundred and twenty days befare the opening meeting to. the Members af the Organization, to. the members of the Cammis­sion, to. the Presidents af all the ather canstituent bodies, to. the United Natians, all ather international organizatians with whieh the Organizatian has cancluded arrangements ar agreements and, in confarmity with the provisians af Regula­tions 16 and 17 to other persans. The provisional agenda and an explanatory memarandum summarizing the problems to. be discussed shall also be sent to the addressees af the natification at least OIle hundred and twenty days before the date of opening. The working papers shall be sent as soon as possible to. members of the Commissian, to the Presidents af canstituent badies and also to other organizations or persons invited who. have indicated their intentian to be represented at ar to attend the sessian.

Agenda

REGULATION 137

Any .i\'Iember may prapase the addition af items to. the provisional agenda before the apening o.f the session; explanatory memaranda. summarizing the

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problems to be discussed in respect of the additional items shall accompany such proposals and shall be distributed by the Secretariat to the addressees of the notification referred to in Regulation 136. Working papers on items on the provisional agenda submitted by Members shall similarly be distributed by the Secretariat.

REGULATION 138

The provisional agenda for a session of a Commission shall normally include:

(1) Consideration of the report on credentials;

(2) Establishment of committees;

(3) Report by the President of the Commission j

(4) Reports by chairmen of working groups established by the Com­mission j

(5) .Items submitted by the President of the Organization, the Executive Committee, Associations, other Commissions, the United Nations and Members;

(6) Scientific lectures and discussions in the field of the Commission;

(7) Election of officers.

The order in which the items are to be discussed shall be determined by the President and submitted to the Commission ror approval.

REGULATION 139

The provisional agenda shall be submitted ror approval by the Commis­sion as soon as possible after the opening of the session. In the courSe of the session the agenda may be amended at any time.

QUOl'um

REGUr.ATION 140

The quorum for a meeting shall be a majority of _the Members represented at that time at the session, provided that this majority shall not be less than one-third or the Members which have designated experts to represent them permanently in the Commission.

REGULATION 141

If a quorum is not obtained at a session the decisions adopted by a majority vote of those members present shall be referred by _correspondence to the Permanent Representatives or Members of the Organization whieh have designated experts to represent them permanently in the Commission. Any such decision shall be considered a decision of the Commission only when it has been approved by a majority of votes cast for and against within ninety days after it has been sent to the Members.

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Assistance by the Secretariat

REGULATION 142

The Secretariat shall carry out the administrative work and preparation of documents required by the Commission. Technical experts in the Secretariat shall he assigned by the Secretary-General to participate in a consultative capacity in the work of each Co-mmission and to carry out such technical studies us the Commission may request.

VI. Secretariat

REG ULATIO N 143

The appointment of the Secretary-General according to Article 21 of the Convent~on shall be by a contract approved in each case by Congress.

RRGULATION 14.4

In the event of the post of the Secretary-General becoming vacant in the interval between two sessions of Congress, the Executive Committee is empowered to appoint an Acting Secretary-General, whose term of office shall not extend beyond the next Congress.

REGUI.ATION 145

In carrying out the duties specified in this Regulation, the Secretary­General shall comply with any directives issued by the Executive Committee or, in acccordance with Regulation 9, by the President of the Organization.

In addition to his duties under other regulations of the Organization, the duties of the Secretary-General shall be :

(1) To direct the work of the Secretariat j

(2) To promote maximum compliance of Members of the Organization ,,,ith the decisions of the Organization j

(3) To direct correspondence and maintain liaison with the President, Vice-Presidents and Members of the Organization, Permanent Representatives, States or Territories which are not Members of the Organization, international organizations and others and to act as representative in negotiations virith all these authorities j

(4) To issue the credentials of representatives of the Organization to attend meetings of other international organizations j

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(5) To act as the channel for communications (notifications, invitations, etc.) between the Organization and its Members, between constituent bodies and other organizations and, when appropriate, between constituent bodies;

(6) To ensure that in the fields concerning him, the President of a con­stituent body is kept fully advised of the activities and recommendations of other constituent bodies and of other international organizations j

(7) To maintain liaison and to collaborate as necessary with the Secre­tariats of other international organizations j

(8) To designate a representative or representatives of the Secretariat to attend each session of a constituent body, to assist the President in conducting the work of the session.

REGULATION 146

The general functions of the Secretariat shall he :

(1) To serve as the administrative, documentary and information centro of the Organization j

(2) To make technical studies as directed by Congress or the Executive Committee;

(3) To organize and perform secretarial duties at sessions of Congress, the Executive Committee, the Regional Associations and the Technical Com­missions within the limits of the appropriate provisions of the General Regula­tions j

(4) To arrange for the issue with the provisional agenda of an explanatory memorandum summarizing the problems to be discussed in respect of each item on the agenda of each constituent body;

(5) To prepare or edit, arrange for the publication and distribute the approved publications of the Organization;

(6) To provide an appropriate public relation service for the Organization j

(7) To maintain records of the extent to whieh each Member implements the decisions of the Organization;

(8) To maintain files of the correspondence of the Secretariat j

(9) To carry out the duties allocated to the Secretariat in the Convention and the regulations of the Organization, and such other worl{ as Congress, the Executive Committee and the President of the Organization may decide.

VII. Entry into force

REGULATION 147

The .present General Regulations shall come into force on 13 May 1955.

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ANNEX I

REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Regional Associations of the World Meteorological Organization established by Congress a.re as follows:

Region I - Afriea Region II - Asia Region III - South America Region IV - North and Central America Region V - South~West Pacific Region VI - Europe; a.nd

their geographica.l limits are as indicated below:

Region I - Ml'ica

NOl'tlwrn Limit

From the point 360 N, 350 W, eastwa.rds along latitude 360 N to the point 360 N, 20 W, thence along a straight line to the point 390 N, 100 E, thence a straight line to the point 340 N, 130 E, thence along latitude 340 N to the point 340 N, 320 E, thence south~eastwards to the border of Egypt and Israel, and thence along the boundary between Egypt and Israel to Akaha.

Eastern Limit

From Akaba following a line along the territorial and island waters of Saudi Arabia to the centre of the Strait of Aden, thence eastwards along a straight line to latitude 130 N, 600 E, thence along longitude 600 E to the point 50 S, 600 E, thence along latitude 50 S to the point 50 S, 800 E, thence south~ wards along longitude 800 E, to a point 500 S, 800 E, thence along latitude 500 5, to a point 500 5, 700 E, thence along longitude 700 E southwards.

Western Limit

From the point 360 N, 350 \¥, southwards along longitude 350 W to the point 50 N, 350 W, thence eastwards along latitude 50 N to the point 50 N~ 200 W, thence along longitude 200 W southwards.

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Region II - Asia

Southern Limit

From Akaba following a line along tho territorial and island waters of Saudi Arabia to the centre of the Strait of Aden, thence eastwards along a straight line to latitude 130 N, 600 E, thence along longitude 600 E to the point 50 S, 600 E, thence along latitude 50 S to the point 50 S, 900 E, thence along longitude 900 E to the point 6.50 N, 900 E, thence along latitude 6.50 N to the Malaya-Thailand boundary, thence along the Malaya-Thailand boundary to the coast on the Gulf of Thailand, thence to the point 100 N, 1100 E, thence north-eastwards along a straight line to the point 23.5° N, 1250 E, thence along latitude 23.50 N to the 180Lh Meridian, thence northwards along the 180th Meridian to the point 300 N, 180°.

Eastern Limit

Northwards along the International Date Line from the point 300 Nand the 180th Meridian.

Western Limit

From Akaba northwards following the eastern boundaries of J urdan and Syria to the T.urkish boundary, thence eastwards along the boundary between Turkey and Iraq to the Iranian boundary, thence northwards to the U.S.S.R. boundary, thence eastwards along the U.S.S.R. boundary to ,the Caspian Sea, thence along longitude 500 E northwards to the island of KoIguev, thence to the point 800 N, 400 E and thence -northwards.

Region III - South America

Northern Limit

From the point 50 N, 200 W to the point 50 N, 350 'rV, thence northwards to the point 100 N, 350 W, thence along latitude 100 N to tho point 100 N, 62,0 W, thence westwards along the territorial waters of the coast and islands of Venezuela and Colombia to the coastal boundary of Panama and Colombia, thence along that boundary to the Pacific coast, thence to the point 50 N, 800 W, thEm~e westwards along latitude 50 N to the point 50 N, 1200 W.

Eastern Limit"

From the point 50 N. 200 W along longitude 200 W southwards.

Western Limit

From the point 50 N, 1200 W along longitude 1200 W southwards.

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Region IV - North and Central America

Southern Limit

From the point 100 N, 350 W along latitude 100 N to the point 100 N, 620 W, thence westwards along the territorial waters of the coast and islands of Venezuela and Colombia to the coastal boundary of Panama and Colombia, t.hence along that boundary to the Pacific Coast, thence to the point 50 N, 800 W, thence westwards along latitude 50 N to the point 50 N, 1200 W.

Eastern Limit

From the point 100 N, 350 W northwards along longitude 350 W to the point 590 N, 350 W, thence westwards along latitude 590 N to the point 590 N, 550 W, thence along the central line of Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Smith Sound, Kane Basin, to the Arctic Ocean.

Western Limit

From the point 50 N, 1200 W to the point 300 N, 1400 W, thence west­wards along latitude 300 N to the point 300 N and the 180th Meridian, thence northwards along the International Date Line.

Region V - South-West Pacific

N orthej'n Limit

From the point 50 S, 800 E to the point 50 S, 900 E, thence along longitude 900 E to the point 6.50 N, thence along latitude 6.50 N to the Malaya-Thailand boundary, thence along the Malaya-Thailand boundary to the coast on the Gulf of Thailand, thence to the point 100 N, 1100 E, thence north-eastwards along a straight line to the point 23.50 N, 1250 E, thence along latitude 23.50 N to the 180th Meridian, thence northwards along the 180th Meridian, to the point 300 N, 1800, thence ea_stwards along latitude 300 N to the point 300 N, 1400 W, thence south-eastwards to the point 50 N, 1200 W.

Eastern Limit

From the point 50 N, 1200 W along longitude 1200 W southwards.

Western Limit

From the point 50 S, 800 E southwards along longitude 800 E, to a point 500 S, 800 E, thence westwards to a point 500 S, 700 E, thence along longitude 700 E southwards.

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Region VI - EUI'ope

Southern Limit

From the point 360 N, 350 W eastwards along latitude 360 N to the point 360 N, 20 W, thence along a straight line t9 the point 390 N, 100 E, thence along a straight line to the point 340 N, 130 E, thence along latitude 340 N to the point 340 N, 320 E, thence south-eastwards to the border of Egypt and Israel, and thence along the boundary between Egypt and Israel to Akaba.

Eastern Limit

From Akaba northwards following the eastern boundaries of Jordan and Syria to the Turkish boundary, thence eastwards along the boundary between Turkey and Iraq to the Iranian boundary, thence northwards to the U.S.S.R. boundary, thence eastwards along the U.S.S.R. boundary to the Caspian Sea, thence along longitude 500 E northwards to the island of Kolguev, thence to the point 800 N, 400 E, and thence northwards.

Western Limit

From the point 360 N, 350 W northwards along longitude 350 VV to the point 590 N, 350 W, thence westwards along latitude 590 N to the point 590 N, 550 W, thence along the central line of Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Smith Sound, Kane I3asin to the Arctic Ocean.

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ANNEX- II

TECHNICAL COMMISSIONS

The Technical Commissions of the World Meteorological Organization established by Congress are as follows:

(1) Commission for Bibliography and Publications (CBP) (2) Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (elMO) (3) Commission for Aerology (CAe) (4) Commission for Climatology (CCI) (5) Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) (6) Commission for Maritime Meteorology (CMM) (7) Commission for Synoptic Meteorology (CSM) (8) Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) j and

their terms of reference are as indicated below:

General let"ms of l"eference

\Vithin its field of rcsponsibility as hereunder defined, and wiLhin the provisions of the General Regulations of the World Meteorological Organiza­Lion, each Technical Commission shall :

(1) Keep abreast of and promote meteorological developments both in scientific and practical fields;

(2) Standardize methods) proccdures and techniques in the application of meteorology;

(3) Make such recommendations) as it may consider necessary j and

(4) Advise Congress and any other consLituent body of the Organi­zation on the relevant aspects of any meteorological question.

Individual terms of reference

The fields of responsibility of the respective Technical Commissions shall be as follows:

(1) Commission tor Bi.hliogJ"aphy and Publications (CBP)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Preparing a meteorological vocabulary (glossary, multilingual vocabulary) ;

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(b) Questions relating to the Universal Decimal Classification or other clas­sification of meteorological subjects j

(0) The general form (format, presentation, languages, abbreviations, symbols, etc.) of meteorological documents and abstracts j

(d) Cataloguing, preserving, filing and the permanent deposit of meteorological documents;

(e) Promoting the exchange of publications and other meteorological docu­ments;

(I) Furnishing advice on techniques and procedures for the reproduction of meteorological documents (including copyrights) ;

(g) Furnishing advice on the methods of obtaining information on the existence, the description and availability of meteorological documents j

(h) Encouraging the issue of technical and scientific documents for training, information, research and general dissemination of meteorological know~ ledge.

(2) Commission for Instruments and Methods of Obserpation (elMO)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Questions relating to instruments for: (i) The detection and location of meteorological phenomena j

(ii) The measurement of the conditions close to the land/air and sea/air interfaces j

(iii) The measurement of conditions in the free atmosphere;

(b) The promotion of international comparison of meteorological instruments;

(0) The study of and recommendations on methods of observation, includ­ing corrections and rGduetions to be applied to observations j

(d) Questions relating to the performance characteristics of meteorological instruments, to the accuracy of meteorological measurements and to the suitability of methods of observation;

(e) The promotion of the establishment of texts of publications relating to international meteorological practice concerning instruments and methods of observation;

(I) The promotion of research projects related to meteorological instruments and methods of observation, including appropriate technical plans and financial estimates.

(3) Commission fol' Ael'ology (CAe)

The' Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) Questions relating to research in physics and dynamics of the atmosphere, especially with a view to :

(i) The maintenance of a continuous review of current research j

(ii) The promotion and co-ordination of research and exchange of information;

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE WMO 139

(iii) The establishment of requirements of research, especially as regards observations and publications;

(b) The scientific evaluation of technical meteorological procedure j

(c) The standardization and tabulation of physical functions and constants;

(d) The standardization of nomenclatures and classifications in physical and dynamical meteorology.

(4) Commission tor Climatology (CCI)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The meteorological observations and networks required for climatological investigations of surface and upper air conditions;

(b) The reliability and homogeneity of climatological observations;

(c) The forms of recording original climatological data j

(d) The use of mechanical methods and electronic calculators in climatology j

(c) The methods of computation of climatological data for research and publica-tion (means, ranges, frequencies, correlations, periodicities, probabilities, etc.) j

(f) The arrangement of climatological data in order to meet the needs of hydrology, agricultural meteorology, and other special branches of meteorology- ;

(g) The application of climatological data to forecasting j

(h) The application of climatological data to man, his comfort and his activities_;

(i) The micro-climatological observations and data;

(i) Tbe requirements for disseruination 01 climatological data.

(5) Commission tor Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM)

A. The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The observation, measurement, evaluation and suitable presentation or single and complex factors of weather and climate as they affect soils, plants and animals and their enemies j and

(b) Thc meteorological aspects of phenology and physiology.

D. To fulfil this responsibility the Commission will advise on:

(a) The most practical utilization of knowledge concerning weather and climate (natural and artificial) for agricultural purposes such as conserv­ation of natural resources, land utilization, the increase of the area of agricultural production, the improvement of agricultural products and the selection of improved varieties of plants and breeds of animals;

(b) The combating of unfavourable influences of weather and climate on agriculture j

(c) Methods of combating pests and diseases affecting agriculture;

140 APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 10{Cg-II)

(el) The protection of agricultural produce in storage 01' In transit against unfavourable influences of weather and climate j

(0) Weather forecasts and warnings for agricultural purposes.

(6) Commission tOI' Mal'itime Nleteol'ololJlJ (CMM)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

{a} The meteorological observations made aboard ship;

(b) The recruitment and training of observers j

(c) The organization of meteorological networks of observations from -ships at sea;

(d) The requirements for the organization of a system of radio weather bul~ letins and other meteorological information for meeting the needs of shipping and fishermen both on the high seas and in coastal waters, incIud~ ing warnings required for maritime navigation and the safety of life at sea;

{e} The specification of areas of responsibility, both for the collection of observations from shipping and the issue of radio weather bulletins for shipping;

(f) The climatological information for shipping and fishing including maritime climatological atlases;

(g) The study of the meteorological aspect~ of ocean waves and sea ice;

(h) The promotion of research in maritime meteorology including research carried out at sea.

(7) Commission for Synoptic Nleteorology (CSM)

The Commission shall be responsible for:

(a) The formulation of observational requirements for synoptic meteorology;

(b) The preparation of code forms and tables of specifications for all meteor­ological purposes j

(c) Meteorological identification systems and index numbers;

(d) Questions relating to networks of stations, surface and altitude and times of observation for synoptic purposes j

(e) Scales, projections and layouts of synoptic charts and diagrams;

(f) The graphical representation of information on charts and diagrams used in synoptic meteorology;

(g) The co-ordination of international requirements and arrangements for the exchange and dissemination of data, analyses, forecasts and warnings j

(h) Studies of methods and techniques of analyses and forecasting, including extended forecasting j

(i) Questions relating to telecommunications networks, schedules and oper­~tional procedures;

(j) Questions relating to radio frequencies for transmitting meteorological messages and aids, in particular instrumental aids.

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE \VMO

(8) Commission for Aeronautical Nleteorology (Ct\eM)

The Commission shall by responsible for:

141

(a) The study of means of meeting aeronautical meteorological requirements and the application of all branches of meteorology to aeronautics and the provision of advice in this field j

(b) The development, improvement and promotion of the international standardization of methods! procedures and techniques employed, or appropriate for employment in : (i) The application of meteorology to aeronautics and the provision of

meteorological services to international air navigation j

(ii) The observation and reporting of meteorological phenomena from aircraft.

142

SUmlARY OF REVENUE AND MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND FINANCIAL PERIOD

REVENUE

Contributions . . . . . Sale of publications . .

Ad'!:-t2xtizjpg }!:l. the WMO Bulletin ....,.

1956-1959

(In US dollars)

S EXPENDITURE

1,646,000 I IVlcctings .

50,000 II Personal services

III General services 4,000 IV Regular programme .

V O.t~er bud~etarypro-VISIons

$1,700,000

• 199,000

1,143,000 146,000 188,000

24,000

$1,700,000

REVENUE AND 1I1AXIMUiI! EXPENDITURE FOR ·2nd FINANCIAL PERIOD 143

PART I - MEETINGS

A. Executive Committee

(1) Travel of members (2) Conference staff . . . (3) Overtime for Secretariat staff . (4) Supplies and materials. (5) Rentals and equipment (6) Travel and subsistence of Presidents of Technical Commissions

B. Regional Associations

(1) Travel and subsistence of WMO staff . (2) Supplies, etc., transportation of documents

C. Technical Commissions

(1) Travel and subsistence of WMO staff . . . (2) Supplies, etc., transportation of documents

D. Working groups of Technical Commissions

(1) Travel and subsistence of WMO staff . . (2) Supplies, etc., transportation of documents (3) Contributions to expenses of working groups and to the travel

of experts . . . . . . . . . . .

E. Representation of "WMO at meetings of other international organizations

Travel and subsistence of 20 representatives

F. Travel of the President and the Secretary .. General

(1) Meetings between the President and the Secretary-General. (2) Othor travel of the Secretary-General . . . . . . .

$

26,432 30,925

9,600 2,880 4,800 5,280

79,917

4,608 2,016

6,624

8,352 3,840

12,192

3,312 960

24,000

28,272

21,504

768 4,723

----5,491

144 REVENUE AND MAXIMUi\'l EXPENDITURE FOR 2nd FINANCIAL PERIOD

PART I - MEETINGS (contInued)

G. Third Congress

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Travel Conference staff Overtime for Secretariat Supplies, materials and Rentals and equipment

staff . documentation

TOTAL PART I

PART II - PERSONAL SERVICES

A. Salaries, overtime

Secreta,ry- General's Office

Secretary-General

1 Secre,tary . . .

Deputy Secretary- General's Office and External Relations Section

Deputy Secretary-General

1 Technical Officer

1 Secretary 1 Secretary

Technical Division

1 Chief of Division

1 Secretary .

Technical Sections A-B

2 Senior Technical Officers 3 Technical Officers . . . 1 Telecommunications Technologist '2 Technical Assistants . . .

. 4 Technical Assistants . . . 1 Draughtsman (9 months) . 2 Secretaries

G.4

P.2

G.4 G.3

P.5

G.3

P.4 P.3 P.2 P.l

G.B G.4 G.3

P-Staf/

48,000

40,000

20,400

36,440

61,150 75,675 20,400 31,200

(j·StatJ

8,711

8,711 8,080

8,080

40,846 1,612

17,624

• NIL

31,065 4,900 7,115 1,920

45,000

199,000

REVENUE AND )IAXIMU!lf EXPENDITURE FOR 2nd FINANCIAL PERIOD 145

PART II - PERSONAL SERVICES (c(lntinued)

Publications Section

1 Chief of Section . 1 Principal Editor .

1 Editor Proofreader 2 Proofreaders 2 Proofreaders 1 Proofreader (18 months)

Library

1 Librarian

Administrative DifJision

1 Chief of Division

1 Secretary .

Finance Section

1 Chief of Section

1 Accounts Clerk 1 Secretary

Personnel and General Services Section

1 Chief of Section

1 Secretary-Clerk 1 I-Iuissier 1 Telephonist

Typing and Mimeogl'aphing Pool

1 Chief of Pool 1 Deputy Chief of Pool 2 Typists

11 Typists 2 Mimeograph Operators i Hand-Collator

Publications Distribution Section

1 Secrctary-Clcrk 1 Typist

P.2 P.1

G.5 G.4 G.3 G.5

P.i

P.4

G.3

P.i

G.5 G.3

P.1

G.3 G.2 G.1

G.6 G.5 G.3 G.2 G.2 G.1

G.4 G.2

P-8taff

20,400 15,600

15,600

30,575

17,200

15,600

(J-StaU

11,915 19,296 15,509 3,603

7,870

10,670 8,400

8,360 8,117 6,220

10,920 9,8:LO

16,164 82,968 13,374 6,500·

9,206 6,980

146 REVENUE AND l\iAXIMUi\I EXPENDITURE FOR 2nd FINANCIAL PERIOD

P ART II - PERSONAL SERVICES (cont-inucd)

Registry

1 Secretary-Clerk

Linguistic Section'

2 Translators . .

1 Translator (15 months)

2 Translators . . . . 1 Typist

19 Basic Salaries P-Staff and

47 Basic Salaries G-Staff .. } 5 % Cost of living allowance G-StafI . .

G.4

P.l

P.l

G.B G.2

Bo Recruitment and termination expenses

(1) Recruitment expenses (2) Termination expenses

C. Staff henefits and allowances

(i) Pension fund (2) Health insurance (3) Dependency allowance (4) Children's allowance (5) Language courses (6) Home leave. . .

D. Secretarial assistance to the Pi'esident -,

P-SmU

31,200

4,550

470,022'

470,022

E. Repl'cscntation allowance for Secretal'y-Genel'al ,

F. Administrative expenses of UNJS Pension Board

TOTA~ PART II . ,

G-8taO

9,601

24,500 7,346

373,213'

19,017

392,230'

862,252'

25,500 16,000

41,500

118,053' g,OOO 10,480 59,200 1,000

28,915

231,648 -----

2,000

4,000

1,600

1,143,000

* These amounts are not true totals of the individual estimates for each post. A gl'OSS reduction of $62,710 has been effected to allow for the assumed delay in the recruitment and in the up-grading of certain posts.

REYENUE AND l1AXIMUU EXPENDITURE FOR 2nd FINANCIAL PERIOD 147

PART III - GENERAL SERVICES

A. Hospitality . . . .

B. Stationery and office supplies

C. Office equipment and machines

D. Library ....

E. Communications

F. Premises . .

G. Other supplies and sel'Vices

TOTAL PART III

PART IV - REGULAR PROGHAi\[i\[E

A. Printing of publications. . . . .

B. Operational amI Technical Development Fund

C. Comparison of instruments

TOTAL PATIT tv .

PART V . - OTHER BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

A. PI'ovisions for contingencies and unforeseen eXIJcnditures

B. Extcl'nal audit

C. Public information .

TOTAL PART V

TOTAL PARTS I-V

, 500

38,016

24,000

4,256

48,000

28,800

2,428 -----

146,000

168,000

9,600

10,400

188,000

13,240

5,000

5,760

24,000

$1,700,000'

148

APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 44(Cg-II}

RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS RETAINED IN FORCE AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE SECOND CONGRESS

1 (I)-Discrepancy between English and French texts of Article 5 of the Convention

THE CONGlmSS,

NOTING that a discrepancy exists between the English and French toxts of Article 5, paragraph (a) of the Convention or the "VarId Meteorological Organization, signed at Washington on 11th October, 1947; and

NOTING that the minutes of the 28th meeting of the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization at '¥ashington m September-October, 1947, support the French text of the said article;

DECIDES that the French text of Article 5, paragraph (a) of the Conven­tion of the World Meteorological Organization shall be considered as expressing the will and intent of the contracting States.

2(I)-Discrepancy between English and French texts of Article 2 of the Convention

THE CONGUESS,

NOTING that a discrepancy exists between the English and French texts of Article 2 of the Convention of the vVorld Meteorological Organization, signed at Washington on 11th October, 194.7 j and

NOTING that the minutes of the 28th meeting of the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization at vVashington" in September-October 1947 support the English text of the said article;

DECIDES that the English text of Article 2 of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organ:i:zation shall be considered as expressing the will and intent of the contracting States.

9(I)-Genel'al policy of the World Meteorological Organization

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) The purposes of the World :Meteorologieal Orga:b.ization, as defined in Article 2 of its Convention; and

RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS RETAINED IN FORCE 149

(2) That Article 7, paragraph (e), of the Convention defines as one of the functions of the Congress the determination of the general policies for the fulfilment of the purposes of the Organization; and

CONSIDERING that the policy of the World Meteorological Organization as defined by the First Congress should be a limited policy designed primarily to further the development of the programme of the Organization during its first financial period;

DECIDES to include in the general policy of the World Meteorological Organization the points set forth in the following paragraphs:

(e) Collective seJ'vices

(i) The Organization shall participate, where desirable, in international collect­ive enterprises having a meteorological aspect in which the cost is horne by the Members benefiting;

(ii) The Organization will support such technical work as the Executive Com­mittee considers necessary for the standardization of instruments interna­tionally used in meteorological networks;

(g) NetwoJ'ks

The Organization shall take all appropriate measures to ensure adequacy in the world network of meteorological stations. In the event of a serious gap, it shall examine ways of bridging it either by means of collective aid, financing out of special funds, or by agreement ... "ith one or more countries;

(h) Telecommunications

The Organization assumes responsibility for notifying the International Telecommunication Union of the collective requirements of meteorology within the field of activity of that Union j

(k) LibraJ'Y

The Organization shall maintain a technical library adequate for the efficient functioning of the Secretariat j

In staling this general policy, the Congress wishes to impress upon the constituent bodies of the World Meteorological Organization the importance of such policy in maintaining peace and fraternity in the world.

13(I)-Arid zone pl'ogramme

TIIE CONGRESS,

NOTING,

(1) The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 402(V) ;

150 APPENDIX '1'0 RESOLUTION Il;(Cg-II)

(2) The United- Nations Economic and Social Council Resolution 324(XI-D) on relations with and cO~(j:rdi.Q-ation of Specialized Agencies j

(3) The resolution adopted by that Council at its twelfth session on 9th March 1951. pertaining to water control and utilization as it is related to the problems of arid zones j

(4) The arid zone programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the establishment by that organization of an Advisory Committee on Arid Zo_ne Research j

DIRECTS the Executive Committee:

(1) To keep itself informed on the arid zone programme j

(2) To provide advice on meteorological problems connected with the programme as required by the Secretary-General of the Unit.ed Nations and the Specialize~ Agencies concerned;

(3) To report any steps taken in this connection to Members, prefembly through the medium of the Bulletin of the World lVIeteorological Organization.

16(I)-Publication of a World Meteorological Organization Bulletin

CON-SIDERING,

(I) That there is need for keeping ~'Iembers and persons interested in meteorology informed OIl the activities of the Organization, and on other inform­ation and developments of interest to meteorologists;

(2) That the interest of economical administration requires that the number of information lctters and information circulars issued by thc Secretariat should be kept to a minimum; and

(3) That a periodical information bulletin is an efficient means of disseminating such information j

DECIDES,

(I) That a "World Meteorological Organization Bulletin" shall be published periodically by the Secretariat;

(2) That the Bulletin shall include:

(a) Announcements and brief reports of meetings of the Organization;

(b) Information on activities, plans, recommendations and decisions of the President, the Executive Committee, TechnIcal Commissions, Regional Association and the Secretariat;

(c) Information regarding relations with other international organizations j

(d) Announcements of the issue of publications, and amendments thereto, by the World Meteorological Organization j

RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS RETAINED IN FORCE 151

(e) Information on other noteworthy activitjes in the field of _meteorology;

(I) Information on other subjects, as considered appropriate by the President, the Executive Committee, or the Secretary-General j

(3) That the Bulletin shall be printed in the two working languages of the Organization.

25 (I)-Travel expenses and subtsistence allowances of officers and representatives of the Organization

TUE CONGRESS,

NOTING the necessity for officers of the Organization to attend inter­Congressional ses3ion3 of the Executive Committee and for representatives of the Organization to attend meetings of other international organizations and to travel and to attend other meetings or carry out studies on other business related to the activities of the Organization;

DECIDES,

(I) That as regards attendance at inter-Congressional sessions of the Executive Committee, travelling expenses and subsistence allowances while travelling only, as determined by the Executive Committee, shall be paid to members of the Executive Committee; and

(2) That as regards attendance at other meetings or travel on other husiness, travelling expenses and subsistence allowances as determined by the Executive Committee shall be paid to the designat.ed representatives of the vVorld Meteorological Organization.

37 (I)-Appointment of Deputy Secl'etal'Y.Genel'al

TIlE CONGllESS,

REALIZING,

(1) The large volume of work that will exist at the top level in the Secretariat of the '''arId Meteorological Organization, both in respect to technical matters and· in connection with the relationship of the Organization to the United Nations and the other Speciali7.ed Agencies j and

(2) That the Secretary-General will necessarily be absent from the Secretariat on frequent occasions;

DECIDES that a post of Deputy Secretary-Genel'al shall be created.

152 APPENDIX TO RESOLUTION 1.l4(Cg-IIJ

40(I)-Secretarial assistance to the President

THE CONGRESS,

REALIZING Lhat the President of the \V orld Meteorological Organization may need secretarial assistance lor the efficient perfOl'mance of his functions as required by the Convention and the regulations of the Organization;

AUTlIORIZES the Executive Committee to make financial provision for secretarial assistance to the President, such assistance to be provided either by the President's own national Service subject to reimbursement by the Organi~ zation or alternatively by staff engaged directly by the President ori an ad hoc basis.

Doc. No.

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

LIST OF DOCUMENTS *

Title

Assessment of proportional contribu­tions of Members of the World Meteor­ological Organization

Estimates of maximum expenditure for the second financial period

Proposals for the establishment of the WMO Secretariat during the second financial period

Participation of the World Meteorolog­ical Organization in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance \2 addenda)

Regular Technical Assistance pro­gramme of the World Meteorological Organization (1 addendum)

Draft WMO Technical Regulations (6 addenda)

Election of members of the Executive Committee

Relations with non-Member countries (2 addenda)

Establishment of other committees of Congress

Appointment of a Secretary-General

Agreements with other international organizations

Discrepancies belweell the English and French texts of Article 10 (a) (2) of the Convention

Pattern of meetings of the constituent bodies and their working groups

Technical programme for the second financial pel'iod (2 addenda)

Compendium on the physics of clouds and hydrometeors

Su7Jmilted by

Secretary-General WMQ under instruc­tions by the Execu­tive Committee

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WNlO

Secretary-General Wl\lO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WNlO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WNlO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

153

Age/ld-a Item No.

6.4

6.3

6.1

5.3

5.4

3 .. 5

7.2

4.2

1.2

7.3

11-.1

3.1

6.8

5.1

5.7.2

* A. sclootion of tho doouments submitted to the Second Congre_os will be issued all a separate pubUcatioll numbered "\VMO-No. 48. RO. 12.

154

Doc. _No.

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Consideration of the report of the Cre­dentials Committee

A world climatological aLIas - Part I and Part II (1 addendum)

Terms of appointment of the Secretary­General

Entries in WMO publications

Humid tropics

Review of the General Regulations

Units used in coded messages for intcr­national exch~nge (1 addendum)

Revie.w of the Financial Regulations of the Vvorld: -Me-teorulugieal Organization

Terms of reference-- of the Technical Commissions (1 addendum)

International Meteorological Institute

i,lublication of world meteorologi~al data (1 addendum)

Meteorological films - Production of films

Report by the President of Regional Association II (Asia) to Second Congress (1 addendum)

Establishment of Technical Commissions

Arid zone programme (1 addendum)

Meteorological films - Central loan service

Report by the President of Regional Association VI (Europe) to Second Congress

Report by the President of Regional Association V (South-vVest Pacific) to Second Congress

Sullmilled by

Secretary-General VVMO

President of CCI

Secretary-General VVllW

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

S~cretary-General VVlIIO

Secretary-General VVllW

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

Secrctary"-General VVMO

President of RA 11

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

Secretary-General VVMO

President of RA VI

President of RA V

Agt1Hia. Item_No.

1.3

5.7.6

6.6

5.7.4

5.11

3.2

5.8

3.3

5.2

5.6

5.7.3

5.13

2.2

5.1,5.2

5.5

5.13

2.2

2.2

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

])M.

No.

34

35

36

37

/38

39

40

41

42

43

Pitle

Report by the Pre~ident of the Com­mission for Maritime Meteorology to Second Congress (2 addenda)

Report by the President of Regional Association I (Africa) to Second Congress

Assessment of proportional contribu­tions of new Members admitted during the first financial period (2 addenda)

The recovery of the arrears 01 contribu­tions and unpaid publications accounts of the International Meteorological Organization

Rc"0ew of _general policy eoucerning WMO publications

Report by the President of the Com­mission for Aerology

The form of message for synoptic weather reports

Thc code for synoptic weather reports in the tropics

Review of the Staff Regulations of the World Meteorological Org<:mization

Interim report of tl~ Secretary-General on the financial status and transactions of the World M~teorological Organiza­tion during the !irst financial period (4 April 1951-31 (jecember1955)

44 Preparation of -8. -- world climatological atlas (1 addendum)

45 Functions of the technical library of the Secretariat

46 Revenue deficit. on the 1955 budget caused by the transJers of sovereignty in Indo-China

f107 Assessment of proportional contributions for the first financial period of Viet-Nam, Laos and Cambodia

48 Report by the President of the Com­mission for Instruments and Methods of Observation

Submitted. by

President of GMl\'I

President of RA I

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

President of CAe

Federation of Rhodesia and N yasaland

Federation of Hhodesia and Nyasaland

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

President of elMO

i55

Agenda Item No,

2.3

2.2

6.4

6.4

5.7.1

2.3

5.1

5.1

3.4

2.4

5.7.6

5.9

6.4

6.4

2.3

156

D," N,.

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

63

65

66

67

68

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Title

vVator resource development

Application subrpitted Hy Portugal for membership of Regional Association· II

Budgetary implications of the technical programme for the second financial period

Review of grades and salary scales of staff of the Secretaria t

Report by the President of the Com­mission for Climatology to Second Congress (1 addendum)

International meteorological guides

Second world comparison of radiosondes

Review of the General Regulations

Regular Technical Assistance pro­gramme of the WMO

Publication of meteorological data

Assessment of proportional contributions of Members of the WMO

Meteorological bibliography

Units used in coded messages for inter­national exchange

Agreement with host country

Report by the President of Regional Association IV (North and Central America) to Second Congress

Report on the collection of contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund (2 _addenda)

International comparison, of barometers

Form of message for -synoptic weather reports

Submitted by

Secretary-General WMO

Portugal

Secretary-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

President of eel

Secretary-Gencral WMO

Switzerland

Egypt

Egypt

Union of South Africa

Union of South Africa

Secretary-General WMO

President of RA IV

Secretary-General WMO

President of CIMO

President of ClVIN!

Report by the President of the Com- Pre-sident of CBP mission for Bibliography and Publica-tions

Collaboration between the WMO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

A(Jrmda Item No.

5.10

1.7

6.3

6.2

2.3

5.7.5

5.1

3.2

5.4

5.7.3

6.f"

5.7.7

5 .8

4.3

2.2

2.f.le

5.1

5 .. 1

2.3

4.1

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Doc. N,.

69

70

71

72

73 /

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

Tille

Report of the President

Further material which has been sug­gested for inclusion in draft Wi\'IO Technical Regulations: Qualifications and Lraining of meteorological pcrsonnel employed in the application of meteol'­ology to aeronautics

Report by the President of the Commis­sion for Synoptic Meteorology

Establishment of Technical Commis­sions - Comments by the President of CMM

ULilization of sll!plus funds of Lhe International IMete~!,910gical Organiza­tion - Total amount available

",'Vorld meteorological bibliography

Report on thc implementation of the new meteorological codes

Revision of resolutions of the First Congress of the WMO

Proposal by the Swiss delegation con­cerning the retirement pension of the Secretul'y-GenCl'al

Review of the General Regulations

Assistance by Lhe Secretariat during aud between sessions of thc constituent bodies

Supplementary estimates of expenditure for the sccond financial period, 1956-1959

Review of salary scales of Secretariat staff - Payment of dependency allow­ance

82 Report by the PresidenL of thc Com­mission fM Aeronautical Meteorology (1 addendum)

83 International Geophysical Year

84 Heport by the President of Regional Association III, 1951-1955

Submitted by

President vVMO

Secre tary-General VVMO

Pl'e~idellt of CS:N[

President of CMM

Secre tal'y~Genel'al WMO

Secretal'y-General WMO

Secretary-General WMO

France

Switze1'land

Netherlands

Secl'etary-Gen el'al WNID

Secl'et.rll'y-C;cllCl'al "\VM.O

Secretary-General WMO

PresidenL of CAeM:

Belgium

Pl'esident of RA III

157

Agenda [rem No.

2.1

3.5

2.3

5.2

6.5

5.7.7

5.1

3.6

6.10

3.2

6.9

6.3

G.2

2.3

5.12

2.2

i5S 1.1ST 0:10' DOCUMENTS

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Doc. N,.

85

SG

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

95

96

97

99

100

101

102

Title

Draft vVMO Technical Regulations (Chapter 12 - Part 4· - Qualifications and training of meteorological personnel employed in the provision of meteor­ological service for international air navigationj

Draft'iV.MO Technical Hegulations tCli­matological summaries and aeronautical descriptive climatological memoranda)

Report of the President of the Com­mission for Agricultural Meteorology to the Second Congress of ''''1\'[0

First session of Hegional Associatiun II (2 addendll)

Comments on review of the Financial Regulations

Draft Technical Regulations, ChapLer 12 - Provision of meteorological services for aviation {1 addendum)

Heview of the General Regulations

Draft ''VivID Technical Regulations Disposal of LiVID resolutions

Draft Technical Regulations - Chap­ter 12 - Provision of meteorological services for aviation (1 addendum)

Establishment of Technical Commissiolls

Provisional agenda for Second Congress of vVlVIQ

Comments on the draft Technical Regula­tions

International Geophysical Y car

First report of Lhe Credentials Commit­tee

Review of the General Regulations

Application for membership of the VVorld Meteorological Organization

Heview of the General Regulalions

Application for membership of the V\Torld Meteorological Organization

Submitted by

President of CAeM

l'l'el:lidcnt of CAeM

Presidenl of CAgA!

Secretary-General WMO

Netherlands

Presidcn t 0 [ CAeM

Secretary-Gcneral WMO

President of GAel\'t

Egypt

Egypl

Secretary-General WMO

Credentials Com­mittee

President of CAeM

United Kinguom of Libya

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Agenda lIem No.

3.5

3.5

2.3

2.2

3.3

3.5

3.2

3.5

3.5

5.1,5.2

3.5

5.12

1.3

3.2

1.6

3.2

1.6

Doc. _No.

103

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

112

113

114

115

116

117

118

/119

120

121

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Titlc

IleconsidJl-ta-liOJl" QL tIl(}' ·a~~sments of proportionl!-l contributions for the first financial period

Review of the General Regulations

Application for membership of the Regional Associa tiolls

Financial Regulations

Admission of China to Hegional Asso­ciation II

Climatological summaries

Iv[arine climatological atlases

Review of the Staff Regulations

Fil'st report of the Chairman of the Legal Committee

Assistance rendered hy the Secretariat during sessions of constituent hodies and between these sessions

Comments on the 'VMO Draft Technical Regulations

Second report .of the Credentials Com­mittee

EstablishmcmL of Teehnical Commissions

Policy concerning the Technical Com-missions .

First report of the Chairman of Lhe Programme Committee

Provision of a legal adviser for vVMQ during the second financial pm·iod

First report of the Chail'man of the AdministratiVe and Financial Commit­tee to Congress

Utilization of slll'plus funds of the Inter­nationall\t[eteorological Organization

Second report of the Chairman of the Programme Committee

Submitted by

Secretary-General WMO

Australia

Federal Replli)lic of Gel'many

Egypt

China

President 01 CM1\'[

President of CMM

Australia

Chairman of the Legal Committee

France

ITU

Chairman of thc Cre­dentials Committee'

President of CAcM

N et.herlands and Netherlands Nmy Guinea

Chairman of Lhe Program_me Com~ mittee

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Secretary-General WMO

Chairman of the Programme Com­mittee

:l59

Aye/Ida. Item 11'0.

6. t,

3.2

1.7

3.3

1.7

3.5

5.7.6

3.4

1.5,3.2,3.6, 4:1,4.3

. G, 9

3.5

1.3

5.1,5.2

5.1,5.2

-"2.2,2.3,3.5, 5.7.1,5.7.2, 5.7.5

6.3

6.4

6.5

5.5,5.7.6, 5.10,5.11

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160 LIST OF DOCOMENTS

Doc, N,.

122

123

125

127

128

129

'Pille

Report on proposals to establish an Inter­national Meteorological Institute and to develop the Tcchnic~l Division of the \VMO Secretariat (1 addendum)

Amendment of Article 13 of the Conven­tion (Composition of Executive Com­mittee)

Proposals for Secretariat building

Contribution by Laos

Programme for the second financial period

Thil'd report of Uw Ct'edentials Com­mittee

Third report of the Chau'man of the Pro­gramme Committee

Lists of candidates for the election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Wl\1O

130 Second report of the Chairman of the Legal Committee

131 Third repurt of the Chairman of the Legal Committee

132 Second report of the ChaiI'man of the Administrative and Financial Commit­tee

133 Procedure as regards "decisions" and "expl'essions of preference"

134 List of candidates fot the election of 6 members of the ExeeuLive Committee

135 Appointment of a Secretary-General

136 Third report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Com­mittee

137 Fourth report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Commit­tee

138 Fourth report of the Chairman of the Programme Committee

Submitted by

Secretary-General WMO

Spain and Brazil

Secretary-General WMO

France

Netherlands

Cl'edeutials Com­mittee

ChaiJ:mall of the Programme Com­mittee

Chairman uf Lhe Legal Committee

Chairman of the Legal Cummittee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

President vVMO

Nominations Com­mittee

Nominations Com­mittee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Programme Com­;mittee

.agenda ltemNrJ.

5.6

3.7

6.7

6.~

5.1

1.3

5.2,5.7.3, 5.7.4,5.13

7.1

3.1

3.2

2./j, 3.3'

7.3

7.2

7.3

6.4

6.5

3.5

D~. No.

139

1'>2

144

H5

146

147

1't8

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Tftle

Fourth report of the Chairman of the Legal Committee

Fifth report of the Chairman of the Pro­gramme Committee

Sixth report of the Chairman of the Pro­gramme Committee

.'Fifth report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Commit­tee

Filth report of the Chairman of the Legal Committee

Seventh report of the Chairman of the Programme Committee

Seventh report of th.e Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Commit­tee

Sixth report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial -Commit­tee (2 addenda)

Eighth report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Commit­tee

Ninth report of the Chairman of the Administrative and Financial CommiL­lee

Submitted by

Chairman of the Legal Committee

Chairman of the Programme Com­mittee

Chairman of the Programme Com­mittee

Chairman ot the .Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Legal Committee

Chairman of the Programme Com­mittee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee

i6i

Agenda Item_No.

1.7

2.2,2.3,3.5, 5.7.7,5.8, 5.9,5.12

5.'1,5.3, 5.4,5.6

2.2,2.4, 3.4,6.10

2.2,2.3,3.6

3.5

6.1,6.2

2.4,3.6,5.-?, 0.3,6.4,6.0, 6.B

fL9

6.7

SUBJECT INDEX

Accounts Annual ...... , ..... . .... . for th(} expiring financial .period.. ..... .

Administration and Finance Committee (see Committee) Admission to Regional Associations (see Membership) Advances to the ''Vorkin~ Capital Fund Aeronautics. . . . . . . . . . Agenda for the Second Congress

Approval of. . . , . -. . . Final. . . . . . . . . . . (see also Associations, Commissions, Execulive Committee)

Agreement(s} with other international organizations with the host country . . . . . . .

_ with the United Nations; . . . . . Agricultural Produc.ers, International Federation of . Air Lille Pilots' Associations, International Federation of Air' :na-viga-tion, Internat-ional . .. ,- . -. . ,- . Amendment(s)

to the Convention. . . to the Financial Regulations to the General Regulations. to the Staff Regulations

Appeals from staff members Appendices to resolutions. . Applications (see nlembership) Appointment of

Deputy Secretary-General. Secretary-General

Arid zone programme . . . Assessment of contributions. Assistance

to the President (see Secretarial) Technical (see Tcchnical)

Associations, Regional RA-I .. RA-II . RA-III. RA-IV RA-V RA-VI (see also Membership and Reports)

Astronomical Union, InteI'national. Atlases, qlimatological . . . . . , . .

Pages

,,9 19

36 22, 66

17 10

. , 2t.,45 (Res. 6) 25,. ',3 (Re,. 3), 87

43 (Re,.4) 46 46 Z2

17, 20, 24,42 (Re •• 2) 48 (Res.12) .. 103 50 (Res. 14)

51 85

. . . .. 151 3B, 41, 78 (Res. 40)

28,60 37

125, 133 133 134 134 135 135 136

46 64 (Re •• 26)

Barometers (see Comparison) Bibliography

SUBJECT INDEX

for the International Geophysical Year ,;Vorld NIeteol'ological. , .

/" Budget for the second financial period, -'" Building fol' "Vj~ .. IO

Bulletin of the "ri\IO

Celsius (see Units) Climatolo~jeal atlases (see Atlases) Coded messages, Units used in . Commissions

Establishment of Technical. :i\'lcmbership of Technical, . Structure of Technical . . . Terms of reference of Technical

Committce(s) of Cong'ress Administration and Financial Co-ordination ·Credentials Drafting Legal. . . . Norni:Q.ations. Programme.

Committee, Executive Agenda for sessions of Composition of Election of members of Quorum ...... .

CommiLtees in sessions. . . Comparison of instruments (barometers and radiosondes) Conduct or business at sessions of constituent -bodies Congress, Place and date of next Contract of the Secretary-General. C..QntJ.:iJ:mtions

Ar:roal's 9 f . Ass.e~sm~n t of . during the first financial Hevicw of scale of. to tIre-TI1tl _ _

Convention, ''VMO

period, Confirmation of

Discrepancies in Article 10 (a) (2) Discrepancies in Articles 2 and 5 (see also Amendments)

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities

Credentials Committee (see Committee) China ......... . Democratic Republic of Germany 'Viet-Nam .......... .

CSAGI (see Geophysical)

163

Pnuas

33 31, 6-1

'1lt2 38, 81 (Re., 43)

150

31, 60, 65 (Re., 28)

52 (Re., 16) 128

52 (Reo,IS) 26, 52 (Re., 16), 137

15 108

15, 16, 107 108

15 16, 108

15

123 2/,., 121

"0 125 107

26, 61 115

41 78

37 37, 70 (Res_ 35)

74 (Re., 36) 36

75 (Re., 37)

20, 42 (Re., 1) 148

25, i±4 (Res. 5)

16 17 17

164 SUB,meT INDEX

Data Publication of climatic.. .......... . Recording on punch cards of marine meteorological.

Da~e of next Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deviations from standard practices (see Notification) Discrepancies between t.he English and French texts of

(see Convention) Docnmentation, International Federation for. . Documents, List of . . . . , .' . . . . . . . Duties, obligations and privileges of stafl' members

Election of lvIembel's of the Executive Committee Officers of the \¥MO President. and Vice-President

of Regional Associations of Technical Commissions. of WMO ....... .

RsLablishment of SecretariaL for second financial period. Executive Committee (see CommiLtee) Expanded Programme of Technical Assislancc

FAO ....... . Films, Meteorological. Finances

..8..rrllil1'..5. in {;9.ntriby.tioll~ Interpretation of the Financial Regulations Report hy Secretary-General . 'Working Groups and constituent bodies .

l?jnancial Commiltee (see Committee) Regulations (see Regulations)

Articles 2, 5, 10

Pu(!es

65 26 1,-[

4G '153

50

40 40,111.1

114 1H.:

40 80

28, 68 (Re •• 31)

45 3'x

20 20 20 39

Heport by the Secretary-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Fund

IMO surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . Operational and technical development ",lorking Capital. . . . . . . . . . .

General (see Regulations) General Summary . Geophysical Year, International. . Grades and salary scales (see Stan) Guides (sec Publications)

Host country (sce Agreement) Humid tropics research.

leAO. IlIlO .

Contributions to . funds, Use of surplus Prize. . . Resolutions .

37 26, 69 (Re •• 32)

37, 39, 70 (Re,. 34)

'15 33, 6'1, 62 (Re •• 23)

33, 6'1, 63 (Re •• 25)

23,45 75

75 (Res. 37) 37, 76 (Re •• 38)

38 23, 59

SUBJECT INDEX

Immunities . . . . . . . . . . . Institute, International :Meteol'ological Internal rules of the Second Congress Illvitation(s)

to experts for sessions of constituenL bodies to Second Congress

IUGG .....

Join~ sessions of constituent bodies

Legal Committee (see Committee) Library of the Secretariat, Technical List of

docmnents persons pl'csent

Maximum expenditure during the secollll financial pcriod l\'[ectings or the constituent bodies . . . . . Members (see ElectiOJ1Sj .Membership of the Organization, ApplicaLions for.

Jordan Korea Laos. Libya.

:Membership of the Regional Associations China. . . . . . Germany (Federal Republic) Portugal . . . . . . . .

Metric system {see Units) "Monthly climatic data fur the world" :Motions a~ meetings of conSLituent lwdics

Nominations (see Committee, Elections) Notification of deviaLions from standard pracLiecs. . . . . .

Officcrs of Lhc VVNIO . . . . . . Operational and Lechnical development fund Organization of the session.

Pacific Science Association . Pension for the firs!; SecreLary-Gelleral (see Retit-em.cnt) Permanent headqua.rLers building . . Permanent representatives of Members.

IG5

l'ages

87 28 17

106, 109 17, 25

1,5

111

32

153 1

36, 69 (Re,. 33) 39, 106, 127

18, 10li, 125 18 18 18 18

1,7 (Res. II) 18, 1,6 (Res. 8) 18, 1,7 (Re,. 9) 18, 46 (Re,. 7)

65 (Res. 27) 116

23, 58 (Re,. 20)

104 69 (Re,. 32)

15

81 (Re,. 43) 104

llcrsonnel employed in the application of llleteorology to aeronautics, Qua~ lifieations and training of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 (Res. 29)

Place of next Congress. . . . . . . . . . [10'1 Plan oI execution of the agreement with the Swiss Federal Council 9!L

Power Conference, ''''orId. ........... f1 G

:loG

Pages

President and Privileges and

Vice-Presidents of \NMO and ot constituent bodies 40, 104 87 immunities

Programme /' for the sgcond finaIlGial period, Technical

of Technical Assistance, UN Expanded of the WMO, Regular technical assistance

Protocol concerning the agreement with the Swiss Publications, Gcn~r~l lwlicy fOt, .

. BasIc iloCuments. . . .

25, 60 (R ... 22) 68 (Res. 31)

28 Federal Council. . 98

29, 67 (Res. 30), 89 20, 67

Bulletin of the \'VNIO Compendium on physics Guides .

of clouds and hydrometeol'S 150

29 30

29, 65 (Res. 27) 30

22, 23 30

31, 61

"MonLhly climatic da La for ~he world" No.9 ...... ........ . Technical Regulations, Chapters 1 to 12 'Varid climatological atlas ';Vorid meteorological biJJliography. . .

QUOl'um at sessions of the Executive Committee at sessions of Regional Associations.

Radio Maritime Committee, International .

124 127

Records and documenLs at scssions of constiLuent hodies 45

117 133 Rcgional Associations

./ R~lOIiS "r -Financial , Geuer-al.

Staff . . Technical

Relations wiLh no~-Mcmber countries other international organizaLions

Report of Committees (sec Committees) President of the Org·unization. Prcsidents of Regional Associations Presidents of Technical Commissions. Presidents of working groups Secretary-General, Financial

Representation at sessions of constituent bodies Resolutions of the

First Congress International Meteorological Organization Second Congress. . . . . , . . . , . ,

20, 21, 48, 50 (Res. 13) 21, r,7 (Res. 10, H), 100

21, 50 (Res. 14) 22, 56 (Res. 17), 58 (Res. 19,20)

25 25, 45 (Res. 6), 112

18 18 19 32 19

112

Retirement pension for the Acting Secretary-Genc~·al Rules of procedure

17-, 23, 83 (Res. 44), 11108 59 (Res. 21)

42 17, 39, 77 (Res. 39)

for Second Congress'. . for sessions of constituent bodies

Salary scales of staff of Secretariat Scientific Radio Union, ,

17 103

81 (Res. 42) 46

Secretarial assistance to the President.

Secretariat Establishment of Stl'llctmc of.

Secretary-General Contract for. Terms of appointment of

SecI' ctary-General, Acting (sec HeLil'('lll('1I t)

Secretary-Gencral, Deputy (S(!(~ A ppoinlmPlIl)

Sessions of Congress . of constituclll bodies (sce .Meetingsl

Social security. .

Soil Science, International SocieLy uf

Stall Dependency allowance . Salary scales of . .

(see a.lso Appeals, Duties and Social SecuriLy)

Standard meteorological practices and pl'occ(luI'cs.

Standardization, ]ntel'nat10nal Organi ... mtiOll for.

Structure of Secretariat Technical Commissions (see Commissions)

SummaJ'Y of the work of the session

Surplus (see Finances)

Technical Assi:;Lance. Commissions (see Commissions) Division of the Secretariat . . Pl'ogranune (see Programme) Publications (see Publications) Regulations (see Regulations)

Telecommunications officer, Recruitment. or a

Terms of appoiutment of Lhe Secretary-General

Terms of reference at Technical Commissions (see Commissions)

'167

Pages

152

34 80

78 38, 78 (Re,.40)

119

51 45

35 35, 8'1 (Re,.42)

57, 58 1,5

80

15

27, 28, 68 (Ro.. 31)

29

26 38, 78 (Re,. 40)

Travel expenses and subsistence allowances of officers and representat.ives of the Organizalion. 151

Tropics (see Humid)

lI!9lSCO . United NaLions (see Agreement)

United Nations Associatiolls, vVarid }'edcl'aLion of

Units used in coded messages,

Voting at sessions of constituent bodies by correspondence .

46

31, 65 (Re,. 28)

'112 '113

168

Water l'eSOHl'ce developlnent . .

/ \'\forking' Capital Fund. . v'larking committees (see Committees)

'·\lorking groups on historical weathor data (Cel) on the International geophysical yeal'

WHO.

Zone (sec Arid)

Impdmcrlc TJ(l Ckmcordc, La\l~annc (Suisse). 1562/12,6&

Pages

32, 60, 63 (Res. 24) . . . .. 37, 38

32 3t, t,5