Contributions to the WMO's regular budget are assessed upon members by the congress. The maximum expenditure for the financial period 2000–2003 as approved by the Thirteenth World Meteorological Congress is SFr 253 million. Extrabudgetary resources support scientific components of programs such as technical cooperation, education and training, improvement of the World Weather Watch, and some urgent environmental and climatological monitoring, research, and cooperative work. Extrabudgetary expenditures are funded through UNDP, the WMO Voluntary Cooperation Program, and funds-in-trust.
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