Table XIII-1 — U.S. Contributions to Selected Intergovernmental 

 Organizations for Marine Programs 



[111 thoiisaiuis of dolhirsj 



Fiscal year Fiscal year 



1969 1970 



Fiscal year 

 1971 



Food and Agriculture Organization: i 



Regular budget 1, 026 1, 026 1, 058 



U.N. development program 3,360 3,800 4,260 



FAO subtotal 



U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization: 2 



Regular budget 



U.N. development program 



UNESCO subtotal 



International Maritime Consultative Organ- 

 ization : 



Regular budget 



U.N. development program 



IMCO subtotal 



International Hydrographic Bureau : Regular 

 budget 



Total 4, 770 5, 277 5, 779 



' Fisheries Department. 



' Oceanograpbic activities, including Intergovermnental Oceanograpliic Commission. 



Research. The resolution commended past cooperation among U.N. orga- 

 nizations in marine science and requested further cooperative efTorts on the 

 part of member states and United Nations and other organizations in 

 implementing the program outlined by the IOC. 



In 1969, ECOSOC considered several reports relating to marine science. 

 It approved and decided to publish as a U.N. publication "Mineral Re- 

 sources of the Sea," a completed and updated report on mineral resources 

 on and beyond the Continental Shelf. It also reviewed a report on "Marine 

 Science and Technology" which had been prepared in 1968 by the U.N. 

 Secretary General. The ECOSOC also considered the IOC's report on the 

 Long-Term and Expanded Program of Oceanic Exploration and Research. 



During the debate on the latter report, the cooperation which has devel- 

 oped in the U.N. family relating to the Expanded Program was emphasized, 

 and it was announced that the U.N. was joining with UNESCO, the World 

 Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Intergovernmental Maritime 

 Consultative Organization (IMCO) and the Food and Agriculture Orga- 

 nization (FAO) in creating an Intersecretariat Committee on Scientific 

 Programs Relating to Oceanography. ECOSOC also endorsed the role of 



187 



