International Cooperation 



Table II 1-1 — U.S. Contributions to Selected Intergovernmental Organi 

 zations for Marine Programs 



(In thousands of dollars) 



FY 1968 



FY 1969 



FY 1970 



Food and Agriculture Organization: " 



Regular Budget 



U.N. Development Program 



FAO Subtotal 



U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization: ' 



Regular Budget 



U.N. Development Program 



UNESCO Subtotal 



International Maritime Consultative Orga- 

 nization : 



Regular Budget 



U.N. Development Program 



IMCO Subtotal 



International Hydrographic Bureau: 



Regular Budget 



Total 



4,598 



4,869 



4,885 



<» Fisheries Department. 



>> Oceanographic activities, including Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. 



examined and recommended various new initiatives including an interna- 

 tional buoy program, standardization of instrumentation, and a proposed 

 manned platform on the Continental Shelf. Also, the Organization for 

 Economic Cooperation and Development has established a permanent com- 

 mittee to consider the preservation of materials in the marine environment 

 as a further stage in strengthening its role in marine sciences, and the 

 European Economic Community has established a committee on 

 oceanography. 



As part of the action program looking to economic and social betterment 

 in Latin America, the Presidents of the Americas, in their Punta del Este 

 Declaration in April 1967, proposed that multinational technological and 

 scientific training and research institutions at the postgraduate level be 

 established, and that existing institutions be strengthened. The Secretariat 

 of the Organization of the American States has proposed, inter alia, a. multi- 

 national program in marine sciences, consisting of six projects: three in- 

 volving postgraduate training and three directed to oceanographic research 



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