- Celeste Saulo of Argentina has been appointed as the first woman Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- Saulo won a landslide victory at the Congress of the United Nations Climate and Weather Agency in Geneva. Saulo has served as director of Argentina’s National Meteorological Service since 2014.
- The leadership of the World Meteorological Congress is elected every four years. The agency plays an important role in coordinating international meteorological operations.
- It relies on satellites and thousands of weather stations to measure key parameters of the atmosphere, land and sea.
Qns : Who has been appointed as the first woman Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)?
(A) Celeste Saulo
(B) Angela Merkel
(C) Christine Lagarde
(D) Ursula von der Leyen
Ans : (A) Celeste Saulo