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Among the fields of possible interest that were 

 mentioned (which, of course, are not formal proposals by governments) 



- deep ocean rift exploration; development of 

 research vessels and cooperative programmes; 



- ocean margin drilling; cooperative programmes; 



- deep geological exploration; development of 

 technology and cooperative programmes; 



- mineral extraction technology; development of 

 new technologies; 



- public service technologies; comparison of 

 programmes and sharing of development tasks 

 in, for example, waste disposal, urban 

 technologies, transportation; 



- regulatory technologies; development of testing 

 technologies, for example for toxic chemical 

 evaluation; 



- technologies for developing countries, co- 

 operative R&D or cooperative programmes in 

 specific countries; 



- large scientific facilities; joint funding 

 and development of new particle accelerators 

 or large telescopes; 



- generic technology centres; institutional 

 cooperation among similar centres in 

 different countries. 



Each of these has a particular history, often 

 national programmes of substantial size, and in some cases 

 international experience. It must be kept in mind that the 

 issue is whether the subjects can be more effectively and 

 expeditiously pursued through some form of cooperation, or 

 more intensive cooperation, than they can through present 

 patterns of support. 



