Marine Science Affairs 



Appendix C-1 — Resolutions Adopted by United Nations General 

 Assembly — Continued 



Noting that the Bureau and Consultative Council of the Intergovernmental 

 Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization considered the proposed International Decade of Ocean Exploration a 

 useful initiative for broadening and accelerating investigations of the oceans and for 

 strengthening international co-operation, 



Endorsing the objectives expressed in Economic and Social Council resolutions 

 1380 (XLV), 1381 (XLV) and 1382 (XLV) of 2 August 1968 and recalling particu- 

 larly the invitation to the General Assembly to endorse the concept of a co-ordinated 

 long-term programme of oceanographic research, taking into account such initiatives 

 as the proposal for an International Decade of Ocean Exploration and international 

 programmes already considered, approved and adopted by the Intergovernmental 

 Oceanographic Commission for implementation in co-operation with other specialized 

 agencies. 



Aware of the consideration given to the proposal in the Ad Hoc Committee to 

 Study the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of 

 National Jurisdiction, arising from the contribution which the Decade would make 

 to scientific research and exploration of the sea-bed and ocean floor, as an important 

 part of a co-ordinated long-term international programme of oceanographic research, 



Seeking to enrich the knowledge of all mankind by encouraging a free flow of 

 scientific information on the oceans to all States, 



1. Welcomes the concept of an International Decade of Ocean Exploration to be 

 undertaken within the framework of a long-term programme of research and explora- 

 tion, including scientific research and exploration of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, 

 under the aegis of the United Nations on the understanding that all such activities 

 falling under the national jurisdiction of a State shall be subject to the previous con- 

 sent of such State, in accordance with international law; 



2. Invites Member States to formulate proposals for national and international 

 scientific programmes and agreed activities to be undertaken during the Decade with 

 due regard to the interests of developing countries, to transmit these proposals to the 

 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the Intergovern- 

 mental Oceanographic Commission in time to begin the Decade in 1970, and to em- 

 bark on such activities as soon as practicable ; 



3. Urges Member States to publish as soon as practicable the results of all ac- 

 tivities which they will have undertaken within the framework of the Decade as part 

 of a long-term co-ordinated programme of scientific research and exploration, and at 

 the same time to communicate these results to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission ; 



4. Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 

 that its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: 



(a) Intensify its activities in the scientific field, within its terms of reference and 

 in co-operation with other interested agencies, in particular with regard to co-ordinat- 

 ing the scientific aspects of a long-term and expanded programme of world-wide 

 exploration of the oceans and their resources of which the Decade will be an important 

 element, including international agency programmes, an expanded international ex- 

 change of data from national programmes, and international efforts to strengthen the 

 research capabilities of all interested nations with particular regard to the needs of the 

 developing countries; 



(b) Co-operate with the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 4 of 

 General Assembly resolution 2414 (XXIII) of 17 December 1968 (Resources of the 

 sea) in the preparation of the comprehensive outline of the scope of the long-term 

 programme of oceanographic research of which the Decade will be an important ele- 



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