noted that UNESCO had increased its budgetary support by 

 50^ following the IOC Vth Session. The Chairman suggested 

 that the ability of the other specialized agencies to come 

 to the financial assistance of the IOC would depend on the 

 degree to which the agencies could depend on the IOC to help 

 them fulfill their tasks. Mr. Popper (FAO) and Mr. N. L. 

 Veranneman (WMO) concurred with the Chairman's statement. 

 They then reviewed the rather limited extent of their agencies' 

 financial support for the IOC at present. 



In response to a question from Professor Muromtsev (USSR), 

 Mr. Popper suggested that if the Group of Consultant's recom- 

 mendations were acted upon, FAO might be able to make additional 

 funds available for IOC staff support. Mr. Verraneman said 

 that the Executive Committee of WHO will consider a WMO 

 budget line item for WMO activities resulting from the 

 recent U. N. Resolutions (see Annex I). 



Dr. H. Kasahara (U. N,/UNDP) personally recognized the IOC's 

 need for increased financial support. He suggested that UNDP 

 might possibly be able to provide assistance at some point in 

 the future, but he did not encourage the IOC in this regard. 

 If such funding were to become available, he suggested, it 

 might take the form of: general support to the IOC Secre- 

 tariat, on behalf of developing nations participating in the 

 IOC's program; support for a specific IOC program; or UNDP 

 assuimption of responsibility for a specific sector of the 

 program. 



Recommendation 9«l8 was adopted under this agenda item. 



Recommendation 9«l8 



The Bureau, noting the increased needs of the 

 IOC Secretariat to meet expanded IOC responsibilities, 

 requested the Chairman of the IOC to inform the 

 Director-General of UNESCO that high priority should 

 be given to the IOC program and budget needs in 

 the overall UNESCO program and budget for 1971-72, 

 recognizing at the same time the desirability of 

 seeking increased efficiency through a rationali- 

 zation of the dual activities undertaken by the 

 Office of Oceanography in view of the inevitable 

 limitations on the total UNESCO budget. 



The Bureau stressed the need for substantial 

 increases in the UNESCO budget for IOC during 1971- 

 72 for personnel as set forth below, as well as to 

 meet the anticipated substantial increased costs 

 for the servicing of meetings, travel of experts to 

 meetings, studies, consultants and publications. 



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