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Contents
3 Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The beginning
5 The International Meteorological Organization
6 The birth of WMO 7 The International Geophysical Year 8 Commercialisation 9 Resolution 40 10 Building on Resolution 40
10 The Australian involvement ( additional focus )
10 Conclusion 11 References
ISSN 1035‐6576 Editor : Melissa Lyne Editor-in-Chief : Damien Irving Design : Jeanette Dargaville Publisher : AMOS , GPO Box 1289 , Melbourne VIC 3001 , Australia
Cover image : Signing of the WMO Convention in 1947 . The first WMO President , Dr Francis Reichelderfer of the US , signs the WMO Convention . He is watched by the last IMO President , Sir Nelson Johnson of the UK ( left ), and Mr Norman Warren of Australia — who had chaired the IMO Committee that negotiated the final text of the Convention . © WMO .