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Statements and announcements

9 March 2010 WMO Secretary-General statement at the presentation of the Strategic Development Plan for the National Meteorological Service of Mexico

3 March 2010 WMO Secretary-General statement at the opening of the 2010 Africa Environment Day Celebration

3 February 2010 WMO Secretary-General statement at the opening of the Fourteenth Session of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology

14 January 2010 WMO Secretary-General statement at the presentation of the 54th IMO Prize to Dr Eugenia Kalnay

3 December 2009 WMO Secretary-General message at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signature of the Antarctic Treaty

2 September 2009 WMO Secretary-General statement at the opening of the World Climate Broadcasts Forum

1 September 2009 WMO Secretary-General statement at the opening of the Annual Conference of the Climate Broadcasters Network-Europe

31 August 2009 WMO Deputy Secretary-General statement on the occasion of the launching of "Climate Sense"

31 August 2009 WMO Secretary-General statement on the occasion of the opening of the Expert Segment of the World Climate Conference - 3

17 June 2009 WMO Secretary-General presentation on the occasion of the Pictet Event (available in French only)

10 June 2009 WMO Secretary-General statement on the occasion of Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award Ceremony for 2009 (French)

24 February 2009 WMO Secretary-General statement at the opening of "Our polar heritage" photo exhibition

10 December 2008 WMO Secretary-General comments on the occasion of the UNFCCC Fourteenth Conference of Parties (COP14), (French, Arab, Chinese, Russian, Spanish)

12 November 2008 WMO Secretary-General statement on the occasion of the High-Level Segment of the 2008 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council, pdf (french)

4 November 2008 WMO Secretary-General statement on the occasion of the Thriteenth Session of the WMO Commission for Hydrology, pdf (french)

24 October 2008 Note for your diary (French), pdf (Arab), pdf (Chinese), pdf (Russian), pdf (Spanish)

6 October 2008 Statement at the Gambia Climate Change Forum

31 August Statement at the Opening Plenary of the 29^th session of the IPCC by M. Jarraud Secretary-General World Meteorological Organization (French)

24 June WMO message at the 2008 Annual meeting of the Global Humanitarian Forum:
The Human Face of Climate Change

20 June WMO Secretary-General statement on the occasion of the WMO – ROSHYDROMET agreement on HYDROLARE

10 June Statement at the 12th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (French)

29 May Statement at the International Conference on Climate Change and Human Security (Climate change: a challenge to human security)

15 May Statement at the side event on "Agriculture and environment: climate change challenges and policy options" (French)

3 March Statement at the opening of the International Workshop on Climate and Natural Resources in the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (French)

13 December Statement at the high-level segment of the thirteenth session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (French)

7 November 2007 Statement at the second edition of the European Development Days "Climate Change and Development Cooperation" (French)

5 November 2007 Statement on the occasion of the presentation ceremony of the 2007 WMO Research Award for Young Scientists (French)

12 October 2007 Statement on the occasion of the Nobel Peace Prize award for 2007 (French, Russian, Spanish)

13 September 2007 Statement at the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (French, Spanish)

3 September 2007 Statement at the Opening of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water

6 July 2007 Statement on the occasion of the fifty-sixth session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC)

14 June 2007 Statement at the Fifth International Tourism Forum for Parliamentarians and Local Authorities(French)

23 April 2007 Statement on the occasion of the Fifth Meeting of the African water facility governing council

14 April 2007 Statement at the Opening of the RA I Training Workshop on Human Resources Development Planning in Cairo, Egypt ( Arabic, French)

4 avril 2007 Allocution prononcée à l'occasion de la Rencontre sur  les changements climatiques et leurs impacts sur les ressources en eau, mesure d'adaptation à Rabat (Maroc)

19 March 2007
Statement at the opening of the International Conference on: “Secure and Sustainable Living: Social and Economic Benefits of Weather, Climate and Water Services"
[French, Russian, Spanish]

12 March 2007
Statement on the occasion of the inauguration of WMO Office for West Asia in Bahrain
[Arabic]

28 January 2007
WMO Communiqué following allegations [French]

6 December 2006
Statement on the occasion of the First Professor Dr. Vilho Väisälä Award for the Development and Implementation of the Instruments and Methods of Observation
[Arabic] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]

23 November 2006
Statement of the opening of the Thirteenth Session of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology by M. Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General in Geneva
[Arabic] [Chinese] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]

15 November 2006
Statement at the Twelfth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by M. Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General in Nairobi (Kenya) [French] [Russian] [Spanish]

9 November 2006
Statement at the opening of the Extraordinary Session of the Commission for Basic Systems, Seoul [Arabic] [Chinese] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]

30 October 2006
Statement at the opening of the Fourteenth Session of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology by M. Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General in New Delhi (India)
[Arabic] [Chinese] [French] [Russian] [Spanish])

16 October 2006
Statement on the occasion of the opening of the Seven EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa, Maputo, Mozambique [French version]

26 September 2006
Opening Statement at the International Conference on the problems of Hydrometeorological Safety (Prediction and Adaptatio of the Society to the Extreme Climate Changes) by M. Jarraud - WMO SG, Moscow, Russia [Russian]

18 September 2006
Tenth WMO Symposium on Education and Training Meteorological and Hydrological Education and Training for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation by M. Jarraud - WMO SG, Nanjing, China

7 September 2006
Fourteenth Session of Regional Association III (South America) by M. Jarraud - WMO SG, Lima, Peru [Spanish]

4 September 2006
Strategic Lecture at the opening of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society and Sixth European Conference on Applied Climatology - Climate Information and Services: Leveraging Opportunities and Risk Management by M. Jarraud - WMO SG, Ljubljana, Slovenia [French version]

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