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June 2008
Former WMO Secretary-General Prof. Obasi has Passed Away
Geneva, 6 March 2007 (WMO) - Professor Godwin Patrick Olu Obasi, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization from 1 January 1984 to 31 December 2003, passed away on 3 March 2007 in Abuja, Nigeria.
It was with great sadness that the Board of the IABM learned of the recent death of Professor Godwin Obasi, Secretary General Emeritus of the World Meteorological Organisation.
Professor Obasi was a towering figure in world meteorology for over two decades. As a strong leader of WMO from 1983 to 2003, he brought the organisation into the modern era, building on the long tradition of consensus but still managing to ensure that the hard questions were answered in a positive and decisive manner.
His forward thinking ensured that the problem of Climate Change was firmly on the WMO agenda from a very early stage. This allowed the organisation, through the formation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and then the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to provide global leadership in assessing this most fundamental of problems facing mankind, and to identify the difficult path which humanity must follow if the stability of our climate is to be confirmed.
Perhaps his most enduring memorial, however, is the wonderful building which now serves as the Headquarters of WMO; a building which gives the organisation a commanding presence in Geneva and which embodies a confident, dynamic science which – rightly – considers itself to be at the very centre of human activity and development.
From our own point of view, we appreciate the extent to which Prof Obasi was open to our own dialogue and engagement with WMO; an engagement which brings weather broadcasters right to the centre of world meteorology; which allows their voices to be heard.
He was granted very few years to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. We pass our condolences to all in WMO who knew him and who worked alongside him, and, through you, his most eminent successor, to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
On behalf of the Board of the IABM
Gerald J Fleming
It was with great sadness that the Board of the IABM learned of the recent death of Professor Godwin Obasi, Secretary General Emeritus of the World Meteorological Organisation.
Professor Obasi was a towering figure in world meteorology for over two decades. As a strong leader of WMO from 1983 to 2003, he brought the organisation into the modern era, building on the long tradition of consensus but still managing to ensure that the hard questions were answered in a positive and decisive manner.
His forward thinking ensured that the problem of Climate Change was firmly on the WMO agenda from a very early stage. This allowed the organisation, through the formation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and then the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to provide global leadership in assessing this most fundamental of problems facing mankind, and to identify the difficult path which humanity must follow if the stability of our climate is to be confirmed.
Perhaps his most enduring memorial, however, is the wonderful building which now serves as the Headquarters of WMO; a building which gives the organisation a commanding presence in Geneva and which embodies a confident, dynamic science which – rightly – considers itself to be at the very centre of human activity and development.
From our own point of view, we appreciate the extent to which Prof Obasi was open to our own dialogue and engagement with WMO; an engagement which brings weather broadcasters right to the centre of world meteorology; which allows their voices to be heard.
He was granted very few years to enjoy a well-
On behalf of the Board of the IABM
Gerald J Fleming
Patrick with some of the IABM Committee in San Fransisco