IOC in connection with the scientific aspects of oceanography and decided 

 to request the U.N. Secretary-General, in cooperation with the specialized 

 agencies, to report regularly to the Council on progress in marine science. 



During 1969 the IOC increased its activities in cooperation with other 

 U.N. agencies to fulfill its role as a focal point for planning and coordinat- 

 ing the Expanded Program. A Joint Working Party nominated by the 

 WMO, the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the 

 International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the Advisory Com- 

 mittee on Marine Resources Research (ACMRR) of the FAO met in 1969 

 and drafted a comprehensive scientific report entitled "Global Ocean Re- 

 search." This report served as a base for IOC preparation in June and 

 approval in September of the Expanded Program outline. To equip itself 

 better to handle its expanded marine science activities and responsibilities, 

 the IOC adopted revised statutes and recommended increases in its level of 

 support. It also decided to accept an appropriate WMO scientific advisory 

 body as an advisory body to the IOC and to establish a group of scientific 

 experts to assist in developing and implementing the Expanded Program. 



The IOC also discussed and adopted resolutions concerning other ocean 

 surveys and programs already underway or in planning by — 



(1) Adopting a General Plan and Implementation Program of the 

 Integrated Global Ocean Station System (IGOSS)^ for phase I, and 

 calling for continued U.N. agency support and cooperation for 

 IGOSS; 



(2) Endorsing a recommendation by the International Coordination 

 Group for the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Re- 

 gions that a South China Sea Survey be carried out; 



(3) Accepting reports of the Coordination Group for the Coopera- 

 tive Investigation of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CICAR) ; 



(4) Calling for further work by its International Coordination 

 Group for the Southern Ocean and of the Joint Coordination Group 

 on cooperative Systematic Studies in the North Atlantic; and 



(5) Adopting in principle the proposed Cooperative Investigations 

 on the Northern Part of the Eastern Central Atlantic (CINECA) to 

 be implemented in cooperation with the International Council for the 

 Exploration of the Seas (ICES) and FAO. 



The IOC continued its efforts to promote fundamental scientific research 

 in the oceans by reducing impediments to oceanographic research. In par- 

 ticular it sought to reduce restraints impjosed by coastal states on oceano- 

 graphic research off their shores stemming largely from concern about 

 potential development of ocean or continental shelf resources. The IOC 

 Working Group on Legal Questions Related to Scientific Investigation of 

 the Ocean prepared a draft resolution designed to assist scientists in obtain- 

 ing research vessel clearances for scientific research. After discussion and 

 modification the resolution was adopted by the IOC in 1969. Also the IOC 

 continued preparatory work on a convention which would regularize the 



° IGOSS is contemplated as a worldwide system for observing the marine environ- 

 ment, communicating and processing the data, and disseminating the products in 

 'real time' for use by marine interests. IGOSS would be closely related to and coor- 

 dinated with the World Weather Watch programs. 



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