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title: "\"Конвенция Всемирной метеорологической организации\" [рус., англ.]"
issuer: "Всемирная метеорологическая организация"
status: действует
canonical: "https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy"
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## "Конвенция Всемирной метеорологической организации" [рус., англ.]
(Вместе с "Государствами, представленными на Конференции Директоров...", "Территориями или группами территорий, имеющими свои собственные метеорологические службы...")
(Заключена в г. Вашингтоне 11.10.1947)
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Документ [вступил](https://bukva.ai/docs/status-konventsii-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy#p100004) в силу, в том числе для СССР, 23 марта 1950 года (согласно информации на сайте МИД России http://www.mid.ru/ по состоянию на 02.08.2018).
> Документ вступил в силу в соответствии со [статьей 35](https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy/statya-35#p100178).
**[перевод с французского]**
## Статья 1
## КОНВЕНЦИЯ
**ВСЕМИРНОЙ МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ**
(Вашингтон, 11 октября 1947 года)
Для того чтобы координировать, придать однообразие и улучшить метеорологическую деятельность во всем мире и содействовать эффективному обмену метеорологической информацией между странами в интересах разнообразной человеческой деятельности, Договаривающиеся государства согласились заключить следующую Конвенцию:
### Часть I. УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
#### Статья 1
Всемирная метеорологическая организация (называемая далее Организацией) создана настоящей Конвенцией.
## Статья 2
### Часть II
### Статья 2
**Цели**
**Цели Организации следующие:**
a) облегчить всемирное сотрудничество с целью создания сети станций, производящих метеорологические или другие геофизические наблюдения, относящиеся к метеорологии, и способствовать созданию и поддержке метеорологических центров, на обязанности которых лежит организация метеорологических служб;
b) содействовать созданию и поддержке системы быстрого обмена метеорологической информацией;
c) содействовать созданию единых норм метеорологических наблюдений и обеспечить единообразное издание наблюдений и статистических данных;
d) содействовать применению метеорологии в авиации, мореплавании, сельском хозяйстве и других областях человеческой деятельности;
e) содействовать исследованиям в метеорологии и обучению метеорологов, а также содействовать координации этих вопросов в международном аспекте.
## Статья 3
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Часть III. СОСТАВ
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Статья 3
**Членство**
## Статья 6
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Часть VI. ВСЕМИРНЫЙ МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ КОНГРЕСС
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Статья 6
**Состав**
## Статья 7
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Статья 7
**Функции**
## Статья 8
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Статья 8
**Выполнение решений Конгресса**
## Статья 9
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Статья 9
**Заседания**
## Статья 10
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Статья 10
**Голосование**
## Статья 11
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Статья 11
**Кворум**
## Статья 12
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Статья 12
**Первое заседание Конгресса**
## Статья 14
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Статья 14
**Функции**
## Статья 15
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Статья 15
**Заседания**
## Статья 16
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Статья 16
**Голосование**
## Статья 17
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Статья 17
**Кворум**
**Расходы Организации несут члены в пропорциях, установленных Конгрессом.**
## Статья 25
### Часть XII. ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЯ С ОРГАНИЗАЦИЕЙ ОБЪЕДИНЕННЫХ НАЦИЙ
#### Статья 25
Организация устанавливает связь с Организацией Объединенных Наций, согласно [статье 57](https://bukva.ai/docs/ustav-organizatsii-obedinennyh-natsiy/statya-57#p100194) Устава Организации Объединенных Наций, при условии утверждения пунктов соглашения двумя третями государств - членов.
## Статья 26
### Часть XIII. ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЯ С ДРУГИМИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯМИ
#### Статья 26
a) Организация устанавливает эффективные взаимоотношения и работает в тесном сотрудничестве с другими межправительственными организациями каждый раз, когда она считает это своевременным. Каждое официальное соглашение, которое будет установлено с подобными организациями, должно быть заключено Исполнительным комитетом, при условии одобрения двумя третями государств - членов.
b) Организация может принимать все необходимые постановления по вопросам своей компетенции для сотрудничества с другими неправительственными международными организациями и, при согласии заинтересованного правительства, с национальными правительственными или неправительственными организациями.
c) При условии одобрения двумя третями государств - членов Организация может принимать от других международных учреждений или организаций, цели и деятельность которых входят в ведение Организации, все функции, ресурсы и обязательства, которые могут быть переданы Организации путем международного или взаимного соглашения между компетентными властями соответствующих организаций.
## Статья 27
### Часть XIV. ЮРИДИЧЕСКИЙ СТАТУТ, ПРИВИЛЕГИИ И ИММУНИТЕТЫ
#### Статья 27
a) Организация пользуется на территории каждого из своих членов юридической дееспособностью, которая необходима ей для выполнения своих функций и достижения целей.
b) i) Организация пользуется на территории каждого из своих членов, к которым применяется настоящая Конвенция, привилегиями и иммунитетами, необходимыми ей для выполнения своих функций и достижения целей.
b) ii) Представители членов и должностные лица Организации пользуются также привилегиями и иммунитетами, которые им необходимы для выполнения функций Организации в полной независимости.
**c) Юридическая дееспособность, привилегии и иммунитеты, упомянутые выше, будут определены в отдельном соглашении, которое будет подготовлено Организацией после консультации с Генеральным секретарем Организации Объединенных Наций и заключено между государствами - членами.**
## Статья 28
### Часть XV. ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ
#### Статья 28
a) Генеральный секретарь сообщает членам Организации о каждом проекте изменения Конвенции не менее чем за 6 месяцев перед представлением его на обсуждение Конгресса.
b) Каждое изменение настоящей Конвенции, влекущее за собой новые обязанности членов Организации, утверждается Конгрессом, согласно [статье 10](https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy/statya-10#p100065) настоящей Конвенции, большинством голосов в две трети и вступает в силу, при принятии двумя третями государств - членов, для каждого из членов, которые принимают указанное изменение, и для всех других членов при их согласии. Такие исправления входят в силу для каждого члена, который не несет ответственности за свои собственные международные отношения, после принятия их от его имени членом, ответственным за ведение его международных отношений.
**c) Другие исправления входят в силу после одобрения их двумя третями государств - членов.**
## Статья 29
### Часть XVI. ТОЛКОВАНИЕ И СПОРЫ
#### Статья 29
**Всякий вопрос или спор, относящиеся к толкованию или применению настоящей Конвенции, которые не могут быть урегулированы путем переговоров или Конгрессом, направляются к независимому посреднику, назначенному председателем Международного Суда, если только заинтересованные стороны не могут придти к соглашению путем другого метода урегулирования.**
## Статья 30
### Часть XVII. ВЫХОД ИЗ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ
#### Статья 30
a) Каждый член может выйти из Организации после предупреждения в письменной форме, представленного за год Генеральному секретарю Организации, который сообщит об этом всем членам Организации.
b) Каждый член Организации, который не несет ответственности за свои собственные международные отношения, может выйти из Организации после письменного предупреждения, представленного за год членом или другим органом, ответственным за его международные отношения, Генеральному секретарю Организации, который немедленно сообщит об этом всем членам Организации.
## Статья 31
### Часть XVIII. ВРЕМЕННОЕ ОТСТРАНЕНИЕ
#### Статья 31
Если какой-нибудь член не выполняет свои финансовые обязательства по отношению к Организации или не выполняет другие обязательства, возложенные на него настоящей Конвенцией, Конгресс путем соответствующего решения может отстранить данного члена от пользования правами и привилегиями как члена Организации до тех пор, пока будут выполнены финансовые и другие обязательства.
## Статья 32
### Часть XIX. РАТИФИКАЦИЯ И ПРИСОЕДИНЕНИЕ
#### Статья 32
**Настоящая Конвенция будет ратифицирована государствами, подписавшими ее, и ратификационные грамоты будут сданы Правительству Соединенных Штатов Америки, которое сообщает дату сдачи грамот всем государствам, подписавшим Конвенцию или присоединившимся к ней.**
## Статья 33
#### Статья 33
Согласно [статье 3](https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy/statya-3#p100228) настоящей Конвенции, присоединение к Конвенции происходит путем сдачи на хранение Правительству Соединенных Штатов Америки документа о присоединении, которое вступит в силу в день получения документа этим правительством. Правительство сообщает об этом всем государствам, подписавшим Конвенцию и присоединившимся к ней.
## Статья 34
#### Статья 34
a) Согласно [статье 3](https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-vsemirnoy-meteorologicheskoy/statya-3#p100228) настоящей Конвенции, каждое Договаривающееся государство может заявить в момент ратификации или своего присоединения к ней, что настоящая Конвенция действительна для той или иной территории или группы территорий, за международные отношения которых оно несет ответственность.
b) Настоящая Конвенция может в любое время быть применима к территории или группе территорий после нотификации в письменном виде Правительству Соединенных Штатов Америки и вступит в силу для данной территории в день получения нотификации этим правительством, которое сообщит всем государствам, подписавшим Конвенцию или присоединившимся к ней.
c) Объединенные Нации смогут применить настоящую Конвенцию к любой территории или группе территорий, находящихся под опекой, управление которыми лежит на их обязанности. Правительство Соединенных Штатов Америки сообщит об этом всем государствам, подписавшим Конвенцию или присоединившимся к ней.
## Статья 35
### Часть XX. ВСТУПЛЕНИЕ В СИЛУ
#### Статья 35
Настоящая Конвенция вступит в силу через 30 дней после сдачи на хранение 30-го документа о ратификации или о присоединении. Настоящая Конвенция вступит в силу для каждого государства, которое ратифицировало ее или присоединилось к ней, через 30 дней после передачи на хранение документа о ратификации или о присоединении.
Настоящая Конвенция будет носить дату, когда она будет открыта для подписания и останется затем открытой для подписания в течение 120 дней.
В удостоверение чего нижеподписавшиеся, будучи уполномочены своими правительствами, подписали настоящую Конвенцию.
Составлена в Вашингтоне 11 октября 1947 года на английском и французском языках, оба текста считаются одинаково подлинными, оригинал которых будет передан в архивы Правительства Соединенных Штатов Америки, которое направит заверенные копии всем странам, подписавшим Конвенцию или присоединившимся к ней.
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**Приложение I**
**ГОСУДАРСТВА,**
**ПРЕДСТАВЛЕННЫЕ НА КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ ДИРЕКТОРОВ**
**МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ**
**В ВАШИНГТОНЕ 22 СЕНТЯБРЯ 1947 ГОДА**
Аргентина Норвегия
Австралия Новая Зеландия
Бельгия Пакистан
Бирма Парагвай
Бразилия Нидерланды
Канада Филиппины
Чили Польша
Китай Португалия
Колумбия Доминиканская Республика
Куба Румыния
Дания Соединенное Королевство
Египет Великобритании и Северной
Эквадор Ирландии
Соединенные Штаты Америки Сиам
Финляндия Швеция
**Франция Швейцария**
**Греция Чехословакия**
**Гватемала Турция**
**Венгрия Союз Советских Социалистических**
Индия Республик
Ирландия Южно-Африканский Союз
Исландия Уругвай
**Италия Венесуэла**
Мексика Югославия
Приложение II
**ТЕРРИТОРИИ ИЛИ ГРУППЫ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ,**
**ИМЕЮЩИЕ СВОИ СОБСТВЕННЫЕ МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ СЛУЖБЫ,**
ПРЕДСТАВЛЕННЫЕ НА КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ ДИРЕКТОРОВ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ
МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, СОЗВАННОЙ ГОСУДАРСТВАМИ,
КОТОРЫЕ НЕСУТ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ ЗА ИХ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ
ОТНОШЕНИЯ, В ВАШИНГТОНЕ 22 СЕНТЯБРЯ 1947 Г.
Французская Экваториальная Африка Острова Зеленого Мыса
Британская Западная Африка Нидерландская Индия
Французская Западная Африка Индокитай
**Португальская Западная Африка Ямайка**
Британская Восточная Африка Мадагаскар
**Португальская Восточная Африка Малайя**
**Бермудские острова Марокко (кроме Испанской**
**Камерун зоны)**
Цейлон Новая Каледония
Бельгийское Конго Палестина
Кюрасао Родезия
Французские колонии в Океании Французское Сомали
Британская Гвиана Англо-Египетский Судан
Гонконг Суринам
Остров Маврикий Французское Того
Тунис
OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
(Washington, 11.X.1947)
With a view to coordinating, standardizing, and improving world meteorological activities and to encouraging an efficient exchange of meteorological information between countries in the aid of human activities the contracting States agree to the present Convention, as follows:
**The World Meteorological Organization (hereinafter called the Organization) is hereby established.**
Article 2
Purposes
**The purposes of the Organization shall be:**
**(a) To facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for the making of meteorological observations or other geophysical observations related to meteorology and to promote the establishment and maintenance of meteorological centers charged with the provision of meteorological services;**
(b) To promote the establishment and maintenance of systems for the rapid exchange of weather information;
(c) To promote standardization of meteorological observations and to ensure the uniform publication of observations and statistics;
(d) To further the application of meteorology to aviation, shipping, agriculture, and other human activities; and
(e) To encourage research and training in meteorology and to assist in coordinating the international aspects of such research and training.
Members
The following may become Members of the Organization by the procedure set forth in the present Convention:
(а) Any State represented at the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization convened at Washington, D.C., on September 22, 1947, as listed in Annex I attached hereto, and which signs the present Convention and ratifies it in accordance with Article 32, or which accedes thereto, in accordance with Article 33;
(b) Any Member of the United Nations having a meteorological service by acceding to the present Convention in accordance with Article 33;
(c) Any State, fully responsible for the conduct of its international relations and having a meteorological service, not listed in Annex I of the present Convention and not a Member of the United Nations, after the submission of a request for membership to the Secretariat of the Organization and after its approval by two-thirds of the Members of the Organization as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Article by acceding to the present Convention in accordance with Article 33;
(d) Any territory or group of territories maintaining its own meteorological service and listed in Annex II attached hereto, upon application of the present Convention on its behalf, in accordance with paragraph (a) of Article 34, by the State or States responsible for its international relations and represented at the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization convened at Washington, D.C., on September 22, 1947, as listed in Annex I of the present Convention;
(e) Any territory or group of territories, not listed in Annex II of the present Convention, maintaining its own meteorological service but not responsible for the conduct of its international relations, on behalf of which the present Convention is applied in accordance with paragraph (6) of Article 34, provided that the request for membership is presented by the Member responsible for its international relations, and secures approval by two-thirds of the Members of the Organization as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Article;
(f) Any trust territory or group of trust territories maintaining its own meteorological service and administered by the United Nations to which the United Nations applies the present Convention in accordance with Article 34.
Any request for membership in the Organization shall state in accordance with which paragraph of this Article membership is sought.
**(a) The Organization shall comprise:**
**(1) The World Meteorological Congress (hereinafter called the Congress);**
(2) The Executive Committee;
(3) Regional Meteorological Associations (hereinafter called the Regional Associations);
(4) Technical Commissions;
(5) The Secretariat.
**(b) There shall be a President and two Vice-Presidents of the Organization who shall also be President and Vice-Presidents of the Congress and of the Executive Committee.**
(a) Eligibility for election to the offices of President and Vice-President of the Organization, of President and Vice-President of the Regional Associations, and for membership, subject to the provisions of Article 13 (c) of the present Convention, on the Executive Committee should be confined to the Directors of Meteorological Services of Members of the Organization.
(b) In the performance of their duties, the officers of the Organization and the members of the Executive Committee should regard themselves as representatives of the Organization rather than as representatives of particular Members thereof.
Composition
(a) The Congress is the supreme body of the Organization and shall be composed of delegates representing Members. Each Member shall designate one of its delegates, who should be the director of its meteorological service, as its principal delegate.
(b) With a view to securing the widest possible technical representation, any director of a meteorological service or any other individual may be invited by the President to be present at and participate in the discussions of the Congress.
Article 7
**Functions**
**The functions of the Congress shall be:**
(a) To determine general regulations, subject to the provisions of the present Convention, prescribing the constitution and the functions of the various bodies of the Organization;
(b) To determine its own rules of procedure;
(c) To elect the President and Vice-Presidents of the Organization, and other Members of the Executive Committee, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 (a) (4) of the present Convention. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of Regional Associations and Technical Commissions shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Articles 18 (e) and 19 (c), respectively, of the present Convention;
**(d) To adopt technical regulations covering meteorological practices and procedures;**
**(e) To determine general policies for the fulfilment of the purposes of the Organization as set forth in Article 2 of the present Convention;**
**(f) To make recommendations to members on matters within the purposes of the Organization;**
(g) To refer to any other body of the Organization any matter within the provisions of the present Convention upon which such body is empowered to act;
(h) To consider the reports and activities of the Executive Committee and to take such action in regard thereto as the Congress may determine;
(i) To establish Regional Associations in accordance with the provisions of Article 18; to determine their geographical limits, coordinate their activities, and consider their recommendations;
**(j) To establish Technical Comissions in accordance with the provisions of Article 19; to define their terms of reference, coordinate their activities, and consider their recommendations;**
(k) To determine the location of the Secretariat of the Organization;
**(l) To take any other appropriate action to further the purposes of the Organization.**
**Article 8**
Execution of Congress Decisions
(а) All Members shall do their utmost to implement the decisions of the Congress.
(b) If, however, any Member finds it impracticable to give effect to some requirement in a technical resolution adopted by Congress, such Member shall inform the Secretary General of the Organization whether its inability to give effect to it is provisional or final, and state its reasons therefor.
**Article 9**
**Meetings**
Meetings of the Congress shall be convened by decision of the Congress or of the Executive Committee at intervals not exceeding four years.
Article 10
Voting
(a) Each Member shall have one vote in decisions of the Congress, except that only Members of the Organization which are States, as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 3 of the present Convention (hereinafter referred to as "Members which are States"), shall be entitled to vote on any of the following subjects:
(1) Amendment or interpretation of the present Convention of proposals for a new Convention;
(2) Membership of the Organization;
(3) Relations with the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations;
(4) Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Organization and of the members of the Executive Committee other than the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Regional Associations.
(b) Decisions of the Congress shall be by two-thirds majority of the votes cast for and against, except that elections of individuals to serve in any capacity in the Organization shall be by simple majority of the votes cast. The provisions of this paragraph, however, shall not apply to decisions taken in accordance with Articles 3, 25, 26 and 28 of the present Convention.
A majority of the Members shall be required to constitute a quorum for meetings of the Congress. For those meetings of the Congress at which decisions are taken on the subjects enumerated in paragraph (a) of Article 10, a majority of the Members which are States shall be required to constitute a quorum.
**Article 12**
**First Meeting of the Congress**
The first meeting of the Congress shall be convened by the President of the International Meteorological Commitee of the International Meteorological Organization as soon as practicable after the coming into force of the present Convention.
**Article 13**
**Composition**
The Executive Committee shall consist of:
(a) The President and Vice-Presidents of the Organization;
(b) The Presidents of Regional Associations, or in the event that Presidents cannot attend, alternates as provided for in the general regulations;
**(c) Directors of Meteorological Services of Members of the Organization or their alternates, equal in number to the number of Regions, provided that not more than one-third of the members of the Executive Committee, including the President and Vice-Presidents of the Organization, shall come from one region.**
**Article 14**
Functions
The Executive Committee is the executive body of the Congress and its functions shall be:
(а) To supervise the execution of the resolutions of the Congress;
(b) To adopt resolutions arising out of recommendations of the Technical Commissions on matters of urgency affecting the technical regulations, provided that all Regional Associations concerned are given an opportunity to express their approval or disapproval before adoption by the Executive Committee;
(c) To provide technical information, counsel, and assistance in the field of meteorology;
(d) To study and make recommendations on any matter affecting international meteorology and the operation of meteorological services;
(e) To prepare the agenda for the Congress and to give guidance to the Regional Associations and Technical Commissions in the preparation of their agenda;
(f) To report on its activities to each session of the Congress;
(g) To administer the finances of the Organization in accordance with the provisions of Part XI of the present Convention;
(h) To perform such other functions as may be conferred on it by the Congress or by the present Convention.
The Executive Committee shall meet at least once a year. The time and place of the meeting shall be determined by the President of the Organization, taking account of the views of the other members of the Committee.
Article 16
**Voting**
**Decisions of the Executive Committee shall be by two-thirds majority of the votes cast for and against. Each member of the Executive Committee shall have only one vote, notwithstanding that he may be a member in more than one capacity.**
Article 17
The quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the Executive Committee.
(а) Regional Associations shall be composed of the Members of the Organization, the networks of which lie in or extend into the Region.
(b) Members of the Organization shall be entitled to attend the meetings of Regional Associations to which they do not belong, take part in the discussions, present their views upon questions affecting their own Meteorological Service, but shall not have the right to vote.
**(c) Regional Associations shall meet as often as necessary. The time and place of the meeting shall be determined by the Presidents of the Regional Associations in agreement with the President of the Organization.**
(d) The functions of the Regional Associations shall be:
**(i) To promote the execution of the resolutions of Congress and the Executive Committee in their respective regions;**
(ii) To consider matters brought to their attention by the Executive Committee;
(iii) To discuss matters of general meteorological interest and to coordinate meteorological and associated activities in their respective regions;
(iv) To make recommendations to Congress and the Executive Committee on matters within the purposes of the Organization;
(v) To perform such other functions as may be conferred on them by the Congress.
**(e) Each Regional Association shall elect its President and Vice-President.**
**(a) Commissions consisting of technical experts may be established by the Congress to study and make recommendations to the Congress and the Executive Committee on any subject within the purposes of the Organization.**
(b) Members of the Organization have the right to be represented on the Technical Commissions.
(c) Each Technical Commission shall elect its President and Vice-President.
(d) Presidents of Technical Commissions may participate without vote in the meetings of the Congress and of the Executive Committee.
The permanent Secretariat of the Organization shall be composed of a Secretary General and such technical and clerical staff as may be required for the work of the Organization.
(a) The Secretary General shall be appointed by the Congress on such terms as the Congress may approve.
**(b) The staff of the Secretariat shall be appointed by the Secretary General with the approval of the Executive Committee in accordance with regulations established by the Congress.**
(a) The Secretary General is responsible to the President of the Organization for the technical and administrative work of the Secretariat.
(b) In the performance of their duties, the Secretary General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officers. Each Member of the Organization on its part shall respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary General and the staff and not seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities to the Organization.
(a) The Congress shall determine the maximum expenditures which may be incurred by the Organization on the basis of estimates submitted by the Secretary General and recommended by the Executive Committee.
(b) The Congress shall delegate to the Executive Committee such authority as may be required to approve the annual expenditures of the Organization within the limitations determined by the Congress.
The expenditures of the Organization shall be apportioned among the Members of the Organization in the proportions determined by the Congress.
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.
(a) The Organization shall establish effective relations and co-operate closely with such other inter-governmental organizations as may be desirable. Any formal agreement entered into with such organizations shall be made by the Executive Committee, subject to approval by two-thirds of the Members which are States.
(b) The Organization may on matters within its purposes make suitable arrangements for consultation and co-operation with non-governmental international organizations and, with the consent of the government concerned, with national organizations, governmental or non-governmental.
(c) Subject to approval by two-thirds of the Members which are States, the Organization may take over from any other international organization or agency, the purpose and activities of which lie within the purposes of the Organization, such functions, resources, and obligations as may be transferred to the Organization by international agreement or by mutually acceptable arrangements entered into between competent authorities of the respective organizations.
(a) The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each Member such legal capacity as may be necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes and for the exercise of its functions.
**(b) (i) The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each Member to which the present Convention applies such privileges and immunities as may be necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes and for the exercise of its functions.**
(b) (ii) Representatives of Members and officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization.
**(c) Such legal capacity, privileges, and immunities shall be defined in a separate agreement to be prepared by the Organization in consultation with the Secretary General of the United Nations and concluded between the Members which are States.**
(a) The text of any proposed amendment to the present Convention shall be communicated by the Secretary General to Members of the Organization at least six months in advance of its consideration by the Congress.
(b) Amendments to the present Convention involving new obligations for Members shall require approval by the Congress, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the present Convention, by a two-thirds majority vote, and shall come into force on acceptance by two-thirds of the Members which are States for each such Member accepting the amendment and thereafter for each remaining such Member on acceptance by it. Such amendments shall come into force for any Member not responsible for its own international relations upon the acceptance on behalf of such a Member by the Member responsible for the conduct of its international relations.
**(c) Other amendments shall come into force upon approval by two-thirds of the Members which are States.**
Any question or dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation or by the Congress shall be referred to an independent arbitrator appointed by the President of the International Court of Justice, unless the parties concerned agree on another mode of settlement.
(a) Any Member may withdraw from the Organization on twelve months' notice in writing given by it to the Secretary General of the Organization, who shall at once inform all the Members of the Organization of such notice of withdrawal.
(b) Any Member of the Organization not responsible for its own international relations may be withdrawn from the Organization on twelve months' notice in writing given by the Member or other authority responsible for its international relations to the Secretary General of the Organization, who shall at once inform all the Members of the Organization of such notice of withdrawal.
If any Member fails to meet its financial obligations to the Organization or otherwise fails in its obligations under the present Convention, the Congress may by resolution suspend it from exercising its rights and enjoying privileges as a Member of the Organization until it has met such financial or other obligations.
**The present Convention shall be ratified by the signatory States and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, which will notify each signatory and acceding State of the date of deposit thereof.**
Subject to the provisions of Article 3 of the present Convention, accession shall be effected by the deposit with the Government of the United States of America of an instrument of accession, which shall take effect on the date of its receipt by the Government of the United States of America, which will notify each signatory and acceding State thereof.
Subject to the provisions of Article 3 of the present Convention,
(a) Any contracting State may declare that its ratification of, or accession to, the present Convention includes any territory or group of territories for the international relations of which it is responsible.
(b) The present Convention may at any time thereafter be applied to any such territory or group of territories upon a notification in writing to the Government of the United States of America and the present Convention shall apply to the territory or group of territories on the date of the receipt of the notification by the Government of the United States of America, which will notify each signatory and acceding State thereof.
(c) The United Nations may apply the present Convention to any trust territory or group of trust territories for which it is the administering authority. The Government of the United States of America will notify all signatory and acceding States of any such application.
The present Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession. The present Convention shall come into force for each State ratifying or acceding after that date on the thirtieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.
The present Convention shall bear the date on which it is opened for signature and shall remain open for signature for a period of 120 days thereafter.
In witness whereof the undersigned, having been duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.
Done at Washington this eleventh day of October 1947, in the English and French languages, each equally authentic, the original of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall transmit certified copies thereof to all the signatory and acceding States.
Annex I
STATES
REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE OF DIRECTORS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION CONVENED
AT WASHINGTON, D.C., ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1947:
Argentina.
Australia.
Belgium.
Brazil.
Burma.
Canada.
Chile.
China.
Colombia.
Cuba.
Czechoslovakia.
Denmark.
Dominican Republic.
Ecuador
Egypt.
Finland.
France.
Greece.
Guatemala.
Iceland.
**India.**
**Ireland.**
**Italy.**
**Mexico.**
**Netherlands.**
**New Zealand.**
Norway.
Pakistan.
Paraguay.
Philippines.
Poland.
Portugal.
Rumania.
Siam.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Turkey.
Union of South Africa.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
United States of America.
Uruguay.
Venezuela.
Yugoslavia.
Annex II
TERRITORIES OR GROUPS OF TERRITORIES
WHICH MAINTAIN THEIR OWN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
AND OF WHICH THE STATES RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS ARE REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE OF DIRECTORS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
CONVENED AT WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPTEMBER 22, 1947:
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Belgian Congo.
Bermuda.
British East Africa.
British Guiana.
British West Africa.
Cameroons.
Cape Verde Islands.
Ceylon.
Curaçao .
French Equatorial Africa.
French Oceanic Colonies.
French Somaliland.
French Togoland.
French West Africa.
Hong Kong.
Indo China.
Jamaica.
Madagascar.
Malaya.
Mauritius.
Morocco (not including the Spanish Zone).
Netherlands Indies.
New Caledonia.
Palestine.
Portuguese East Africa.
Portuguese West Africa.
Rhodesia.
Surinam.
Tunisia.
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