Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) met in Geneva for its ninth session, September 24 to October 14, 1957, under the presidency of André Viaut. Discussing the International Geophysical Year (IGY), which had taken precedence in WMO activities, the committee approved the report of the working group on the IGY, re-established the group with revised terms of reference, and adopted a resolution on IGY world data centers. In its consideration of the meteorological aspects of the peaceful uses of atomic energy the committee endorsed the existing policy for action and examined the report of a panel of experts which had met in Geneva in December 1956. The committee pointed out the need for members to keep informed on the subject, and suggested that the Secretary-General prepare and distribute consolidated bibliographical lists from information supplied by members of the panel and by other WMO members. The Secretary-General was also authorized to negotiate an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
1 WMO Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 7–10. For a summary of the eighth session, see International Organization, X, p. 644–645.
2 World Meteorological Organization, Annual Report of the World Meteorological Organization, 1956, Geneva, 1957Google Scholar.
3 WMO Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 134–138.
4 Ibid., Vol. 7, No. I, p. 25.
5 Ibid., Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 146–149.
6 Ibid., Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 18–21.
7 Ibid., Vol. 6. No. 3, p. 106.
8 Ibid., Vol. 7, No. I, p. 26.
9 Ibid., Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 108.
10 Ibid., Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 10–14.
11 Ibid., Vol. 6, No. 4. p. 130.