"WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION - WMO"

Various shots of the weather recording activities at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Headquarters.

Silent exterior shots of the Palais des Nations, International Labor Organization (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) buildings at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Silent exterior shots of Palais des Nations, International Labor Organization (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) buildings at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Michael Littlejohns interviews Professor G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), for World Chronicle program 487.

Emily Matthews and Pierre Najlis, Department for Policy coordinatiuon and Sustainable Development; Gunilla Bjorklund, Stockholm Environment Institue; Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development; brief press on release of two major reports on trends in global change and sustainable development, and on Global freshwater resources prepared for the review of progress since the 1992 Rio earth Summit on Environment and Development to be discussed at a Special Session of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly discusses the overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21 at the 9th plenary meeting of the 19th special session.

Michael Littlejohns interviews Godwin Obasi, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), for World Chronicle program 763.

The largest polar research programme in 50 years, with a major focus on global warming, gets under way this week with United Nations support as thousands of scientists from over 60 countries prepare to carry out 220 science and outreach projects in both the north and south polar regions. UNTV

In order to develop major scientific measures over the polar regions and their significance for the earth's climate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launches the International Polar Year, which includes more than 220 projects from 63 countries and a wide range of research from geophysics to economics. WMO

Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), briefs on the cold snap currently being experienced in Europe, saying that the frequency of cold winters will progressively decrease in the years to come. UNTV