that no formal letter of transmission would be required 

 on this occasion and that it was the Director-General's 

 intention to await the results of the deliberations of 

 the Commission's Bureau and Consultative Council in this 

 connection before giving a substantial reply to the 

 Secretary-General. The Secretary felt that this small 

 reference to a procedural matter was necessary before 

 the IOC Bureau could take any formal action with regard 

 to the requests contained in Resolution 2467. 



This example helps to illustrate the fact that the IOC 

 is still too much the creature of UNESCO and not enough 

 the creature of the other specialized agencies also 

 interested in oceanic matters. The other specialized 

 agencies will have to participate in the work of the IOC 

 if it is to be successful in its undertakings as reported 

 under agenda items 3j ^3 and 5^ and U. S. recommendations 

 for remedying the present situation should be vigorously 

 advanced at the forthcoming subsidiary-body meetings on 

 revision of the IOC Statutes and formulation of the 

 expanded program^ and at the Vlth Session of the Commis- 

 sion. 



Secondly^ the over-all IOC program must be redeveloped 

 and expanded to accomodate properly the marine science 

 needs of the world's developing nations. This point 

 was made more than once by the Chairman of the U, S. 

 Delegation during the Ninth Meeting^ and it is a point 

 which requires continuing attention. Were the Inter- 

 governmental Oceanographic Commission to remain a 'rich 

 man's club' giving little useful attention to the needs 

 of the LDC'Sj it is highly unlikely that it would continue 

 to be regarded as the appropriate co-ordinating body for 

 the development of the long-term and expanded program of 

 the United Nations. 



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