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RESOLUTIONS 95RESOLUTION 15 (XIII-RA II)WORKING GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGYREGIONAL ASSOCIATION II (ASIA),NOTING:(1) Resolution 14 (Cg-XIV) — AgriculturalMeteorology Programme,(2) The Abridged Final Report with Resolutionsand Recommendations of the ThirteenthSession of the Commission for AgriculturalMeteorology (WMO-No. 951),(3) Resolution 12 (XII-RA II) — Working Groupon Agricultural Meteorology,(4) The recommendations made by the sessionof the RA II Working Group on AgriculturalMeteorology held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,from 15 to 17 December 2003,CONSIDERING:(1) The economic importance of agriculture tothe countries in Region II,(2) The need for promoting more active use ofagrometeorological research products by theend-users for sustainable agriculture in theRegion,(3) That drought and deforestation continue toimpact the sustainability of agriculture in theRegion,(4) The importance of climate change and itspotential impacts on agriculture and waterresources in the Region,(5) The potential for improved applications ofwater harvesting for sustainable agriculturein the Region,URGES Members:(1) To undertake studies on the more activeapplications of agricultural meteorology forpromoting sustainable agriculture in theRegion;(2) To assess the potential impacts of climatechange on sustainable agriculture in theRegion and develop appropriate strategiesto cope with such impacts;DECIDES:(1) To establish a Working Group onAgricultural Meteorology with the followingterms of reference:(a) To review the approaches in promotingthe more active use ofagrometeorological research productsby the end-users for sustainableagriculture in the Region;(b) To review and summarize the status ofseasonal and early warning predictionas well as the monitoring of drought inthe region by both conventional andremote-sensing techniques;(c) To review and summarize the latestinformation on the impact of climatechange on the agricultural and waterresources sectors, and the adaptationstrategy to cope with the impacts;(d) To review and summarize the currentprocedures of agrometeorologicalforecasts in particular with respect topest and disease management;(e) To review and summarize both themodern and traditional methods ofrainwater harvesting for agriculturaluse;(f) To review and summarize theapplications of agrometeorologicalmodelling in the Region;(g) To evaluate the status of education andtraining of agrometeorologicalpersonnel with particular reference toearly warning and monitoring ofdroughts so as to promote and supportthe activities of centres in the Regionsuch as the RDMEC in Jeddah;(h) To review and evaluate the importanceof urban and indoor agriculture in theRegion and the strategy to promotethem for sustainable agriculture;(2) To invite the following experts to serve asmembers of the Working Group:Mr Wang Jianlin (China)Mr R.P. Samui (India)Ms Yelena V. Antipova (Kazakhstan)Mr D. Erdenetsetseg (Mongolia)Mr Ramesh Kumar (Nepal)Mr Bari Farooqi Anjum (Pakistan)Ms Kyungsuk Cho (Republic of Korea)Mr Viktor Zhukov (Russian Federation)Mr Somchai Baimoung (Thailand)Mr A’lo Abdullaev (Uzbekistan)Mr Nguyen Van Viet (Viet Nam)(3) To invite Mr G.A. Kamali (Islamic Republic ofIran) to act as chairperson of the WorkingGroup on Agricultural Meteorology;(4) To request the chairperson to allocateresponsibilities in consultation with themembers of the Group for the various taskscontained in the terms of reference;(5) To request the chairperson to submit a finalreport comprising individual reports of themembers to the president of the regionalassociation no later than six months beforethe next session of the Association.
96 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION OF RA IIRESOLUTION 16 (XIII-RA II)RAPPORTEUR ON REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THE AERONAUTICALMETEOROLOGY PROGRAMME IN REGION IIREGIONAL ASSOCIATION II (ASIA),NOTING:(1) The need for monitoring and keeping underreview developments in aeronauticalmeteorology in the Region,(2) The need for coordination among RA IIMembers of activities related to aeronauticalmeteorology and for reporting these activitiesto the Region and to the Commission forAeronautical Meteorology (CAeM),CONSIDERING that the monitoring, review andcoordination of aeronautical meteorological issueswould be of great benefit to Members in the Region,DECIDES:(1) To appoint a Rapporteur on Regional Aspectsof the Aeronautical Meteorology Programme(AeMP) with the following terms of reference:(a) To review and advise on observationaldata and product requirements ofcountries in the Region in the context ofthe AeMP;(b) To review the status of theimplementation of the AeMP in theRegion, including observing systems ataerodromes, aircraft data collection, andservices provided under the World AreaForecast System (WAFS), and toformulate proposals through the WMOSecretariat to the appropriateInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) bodies for its future developmentand implementation;(c) To monitor and promote capacity-buildingactivities related to the AeMP within theRegion and to identify trainingrequirements;(d) To keep abreast of matters related to theimplementation of AMDAR programmesand projects in the Region;(e) To liaise by correspondence with CAeMOpen Programme Area Groups (OPAGs)and the ICAO meteorological groupsthrough their respective secretariats onspecific regional matters, in particularthose related to cost recovery ofaeronautical meteorological services;(f)To provide advice to the president of RAII on aeronautical meteorology mattersand to take actions in this regard;(2) To invite Mr C.M. Shun (Hong Kong, China) toserve as Rapporteur on Regional Aspects ofthe Aeronautical Meteorology Programme inRegion II;(3) To request the Rapporteur to submit anannual report on his activities to the presidentof the Association as well as a final report sixmonths before the next session of theAssociation, both copied to the WMOSecretariat.RESOLUTION 17 (XIII-RA II)PILOT PROJECT TO DEV ELOP SUPPORT FOR DEV ELOPING COUNTRIES IN THEAERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY PROGRAMMEREGIONAL ASSOCIATION II (ASIA),NOTING:(1) That a number of NMHSs, especially those ofLeast Developed Countries (LDCs), encounterpractical difficulties in cost recovery foraviation weather services and cannot affordthe cost associated with the reception ofWAFS products via satellite broadcast,(2) That over one third of the Members in RA II,including a number of LDCs, do not haveaccess to WAFS products,(3) That the provision of en route weatherproducts in chart form would ceasesubsequent to the migration to exclusive useof BUFR and GRIB coded WAFS productswithin a couple of years,(4) That many of the Members in the Region haveyet to acquire the capability to operationallyconvert GRIB and BUFR coded WAFSproducts,CONSIDERING:(1) The importance of weather information for thesafe operation of aviation,(2) That LDCs in the Region are in need ofassistance in building-capacity in the provisionof aviation weather services,(3) The long established tradition of partnership,mutual cooperation and sharing of weatherproducts among the Members in the Region,RECOGNIZING:(1) That the NWP capacity to develop andgenerate numerical weather guidance
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