now Include professional staff members whose duties will be 

 defined on a functional rather than on a disciplinary basis. 



The Bureau and the Consultative Council, having examined the 

 above reports and the background information supplied by the 

 Secretariat, put on record their appreciation of the work 

 accomplished through the joint efforts of the IOC Secretariat 

 and the Commission's Chairman. 



3, ^, & 5. Recommendations of Consultants Concerning Future 

 Development of the IOC. 



Recent Decisions of the UNESCO General Conference, 

 ECOSOC, the U. N. General Assembly and other 

 Bodies, and their Implications for the Future 

 Development of the IOC. 



Matters Pertaining to the Formulation of the 

 Expanded Program 



a) Formulation of Specific Questions to 

 SCOR and ACMRR in Connection with their 

 Consideration of the Scientific Content 

 of the Expanded Program. 



b) Recommendations to the Secretary-General 

 of the United Nations in Connection with 

 his Presenting the 47th Session of ECOSOC 

 with a Comprehensive Outline of the Scope 

 of this Program. 



Dr. Fedorov introduced these Agenda Items reviewing the new 

 resolutions adopted by ECOSOC, Resolutions I38O, 1381, 

 1382; the 15th General Conference of UNESCO Resolutions 2„34l, 

 2.342, 2.343, 2.344; and the 23rd General Assembly of the 

 United Nations Resolutions 24l3, 24l4, and 246? A-D {See Annex 

 I). He outlined further the recent developments which took 

 place as regards joint action by several international organi- 

 zations of the UN System in the field of marine science and 

 fisheries. He called on the delegates to the Consultative 

 Council and the members of the Bureau to consider all the new 

 resolutions in the light of the three major developments 

 taking place simultaneously within the UN System: 



(a) The concern of the IOC with its further development 

 and with the necessity to adjust its ways of opera- 

 tion, its means and facilities, to the continuously 

 growing intensity and scope of its work, 



(b) The particular interest of the UN General Assembly 

 in further strengthening of international coopera- 

 tion in marine science and technology, and 



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