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SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization

SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization

Date
30 Apr 1975
Updated
22 Aug 2019
SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related services and observations, suspended South Africa from the organisation until it renounced its racial discrimination policy. The decision to suspend SA was taken at its seventh Congress held in Geneva, Switzerland. South Africa regained its membership on 9 June 1994. In its three consecutive congresses in 1995, 1999 and 2003 South Africa was elected on to the Executive Council.  Sources: http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/inter/wmo.htm Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012229

South African History Online (2011) 'SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012229 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).

South African History Online, SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012229, (accessed 5 August 2026).

"SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012229. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012229.

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