(xi) It is considered advisable that the IOC 



Bureau "be enlarged from its present three 

 members to a total of five. Vice-Chairmen 

 would be increased from two to four. The 

 Bureau and Consultative Council with its 

 membership of 17 should become an Executive 

 Council of 17 Members, consisting of a 

 Chairman, four Vice-Chairmen and 12 Member 

 countries. This arrangement would eliminate 

 the present distinction in the responsibilities 

 of the Bureau and the Consultative Council. 



(xii) Further consideration should be given to the 

 relationship between the IOC programme and 

 the UNESCO oceanography programme. The pur- 

 pose of this consideration would be to deter- 

 mine whether to keep IOC and UNESCO programmes 

 apart or to integrate them fully under the 

 IOC. On the basis of this consideration a 

 decision should be taken whether to separate 

 functionally the IOC Secretariat from the 

 UNESCO Office of Oceanography or to continue 

 having them integrated, bearing in mind the 

 object of reducing administrative overheads 

 and of eliminating duplication of effort, 

 and also problems that might arise in connec- 

 tion with the contributions of other agencies 

 to the IOC Secretariate 



(xiii) Taking into account the proposal for an 



Interagency Panel for the Support of the IOC, 

 the utility of which was fully recognized, 

 the following suggestions are presented: 



a. Such a mechanism could consist of senior 

 representatives of the Executive Heads 

 of UNESCO, FAO and WMO, and other organi- 

 zations of the UN System prepared to 

 contribute to the Commission's Secre- 

 tariat, to carry out their own programmes 

 to sustain the work of the Commission, 

 and to use the Commission for advice and 

 review in the area of marine science 

 affairs, and of the Chairman of the 

 Commission„ 



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