This publication includes 15 presentations made at the Sub-Forum convened jointly by WMO and UNESCO at the closing of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Also included is the Sub-Forum Statement, which reflects the results and conclusions of the deliberations, and summarizes the major conclusions of the Sub-Forum.--Publisher's description.

This book describes the main WMO activities in the 1990s and the link-up with the new century, and summarizes the achievements in the WMO programs set out in the WMO long-term plans, which were approved by the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth World Meteorological Congresses in 1991, 1995 and 1999.--Publisher's description.