Having considered UN Resolution 2467-B (XXIII), the Bureau 

 and Consultative Council decided to note with appreciation 

 the particular attention paid by the UN General Assembly to 

 the important and urgent problem of marine pollution and to 

 offer the IOC's co-operation in the UN's proposed study (see 

 Recommendation 9.3). 



During discussion of UN Resolution 2467-C (XXIII), Ambassador 

 McKernan and Mr. De Jammet (France) expressed the view that 

 the request to the Secretary-General to undertake a study on 

 the question of establishing appropriate international machin- 

 ery for the promotion of the exploration and exploitation of 

 the resources of the sea was premature. Professor Muromtsev 

 (USSR) and Dr. H. U. Roll (Federal Republic of Germany), 

 while agreeing that this particular development was premature, 

 nevertheless called upon the Bureau to take note of this part 

 of the resolution and to try to influence further development 

 in this regard. Mr. A. J. Lee (United Kingdom) remarked that 

 his interpretation of Parts C and D of UN Resolution 2467, 

 as taken together, would be that the necessary machinery 

 already existed in the form of the IOC to which the UN 

 General Assembly entrusted the development of the program 

 for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. 



With regard to UN Resolution 2467-D (XXIII), the Bureau and 

 Consultative Council discussed the concept of the Decade. 

 Reference was made to the proposal of the United States 

 contained in document IOC/B-50 (2) (See Annex II) and to the 

 fact that all countries members of the IOC were invited to 

 submit their proposals on the content of the program prior 

 to January 1, 1969. (The USSR proposal is still expected.) 

 It was agreed that the United Nations should be advised of 

 the IOC's readiness to undertake coordination of the Inter- 

 national Decade of Ocean Exploration, and of related on- 

 going activities (see Recommendation 9.^B). 



The Bureau and Consultative Council next considered the 

 program resolutions in oceanography adopted by the 15th Gen- 

 eral Conference of UNESCO and presented to the meeting in 

 document IOC/B-53 (Annex I) . Following an exchange of 

 views as to the actual status of a number of documents related 

 to the same subject, viz.. General Conference Resolution 2.343^ 

 the Recommendations of Consultants (IOC/B-48) (Annex III) and 

 the Note of the Director-General on the possibility of 

 "broadening" the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 

 it was decided to proceed first with examination of the UNESCO 

 resolutions, which would provide the necessary framework for 

 further study of the Recommendations of Consultants which take 

 into account the Note of the Director-General. Professor 

 Muromtsev (USSR) requested clarification as to whether UNESCO 

 Resolution 2.343 constituted a certain measure of endorsement 

 of the Recommendations of Consultants. The Secretary, speaking 

 on behalf of the Director-General, said that the Resolution 

 authorized the Director-General to act in the light of the 



