(c) Seeking the views of Member States on the desirability and feasi- 

 bility of an international treaty or treaties on the subject; 



2. Requests the SecretarA-General to report to the Economic and Social 

 Council and the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference 

 on the Human Environment, as appropriate, in the framework of the 

 preparations for the Conference. 



13 December 1969 



G. 2580 (XXIV) 



Co-ordination of maritime activities 



The General Assembly, 



Having considered the report of the Enlarged Committee for Pro- 

 gramme and Co-ordination, 



Noting that the Enlarged Committee was unable in the time available 

 to give thorough consideration to a proposal for more systematic co-ordina- 

 tion of continuing activities of the United Nations system relating to the 

 seas and oceans, is. 



Aware of the complexity of the co-ordination of existing international 

 activities with regard to marine science and its applications and that the 

 field of marine science is only one aspect of the existing activities of the 

 United Nations system relating to the seas and oceans, 



Noting that use by States of the marine environment is rapidly becom- 

 ing intensified and diversified. 



Noting with appreciation the work done in this field by the organiza- 

 tions in the United Nations system. 



Concerned that present international machinery may not permit a 

 prompt, efTective and flexible response to existing and emerging needs of 

 States members of the United Nations, 



Recognizing that, in order to avoid the overlapping and duplication of 

 programmes and gaps in competence, a full review of the existing activities 

 of United Nations system of organizations relating to the seas and oceans 

 may be urgently required, 



1. Requests the Economic and Social Council, at its organizational ses- 

 sion in January 1970, to consider instructing the Committee for Programme 

 and Co-ordination, after reconstitution, to examine the need for a compre- 

 hensive review of existing activities of the United Nations system relating to 

 the seas and oceans in the light of present and emerging needs of Member 

 States, with a view to making the Committee's recommendations available 

 to the Council at is forty-ninth session ; 



2. Requests the Secretary-General to assist the Committee for Pro- 

 gramme and Co-ordination in the fulfillment of this task; 



3. Invites the specialized agencies and the intergovernmental bodies 

 concerned to extend their full co-operation and assistance to the Committee 

 for Programme and Co-ordination. 



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