budget and it will have to give special attention to the 

 needs of the Lesser Developed Countries. 



1. Adoption of the Agenda. 



Professor A. M. Muromtsev (USSR) noted that the provisional 

 agenda did not include any discussion of the Commission's 

 program for 1969* It was agreed to amend Item 8, "Considera- 

 tion of the Work of Subsidiary Bodies/' to read "Consideration 

 of Co-operative Programs and the Work of Subsidiary Bodies." 

 It was further agreed to add Item 8 (vi), "Upper Mantle 

 Research Programs and Geotraverses . " Finally, because of 

 their interrelated nature, it was agreed that Items 3^ ^ 

 & 5 would be considered together. The provisional agenda 

 as amended was approved and adopted. Under this agenda 

 item Mr. De Jammet (France) lamented the fact that not all 

 of the meeting's documents were available in French. The 

 Chairman reminded him of Recommendations adopted at the 6th 

 B&CC meeting, and said that he would welcome written sugges- 

 tions for modification of these procedures. 



2. Information by the Secretary on Current Activities 



Dr. K. N. Fedorov, IOC Secretary, made reference to the Back- 

 ground Information to the Provisional Agenda (IOC/B-51) and 

 commented on document IOC/B-52, the report of the Chairman 

 and the Secretary of the Commission on IOC's participation 

 in interagency cooperation as regards the ocean between the 

 8th and 9'th meetings of the Bureau and Consultative Council. 

 He reported that there had been nine meetings of IOC sub- 

 sidiary bodies between June I968 and February I969 and stressed 

 that the evident intensification of the Commission's activities 

 should be taken into account when considering Item 8 (v) of 

 the agenda. He also briefly reviewed the progress of work in 

 connection with the IOC's co-operative expeditions. 



Dr. Fedorov reported the following IOC personnel actions. 

 Mr. R. C. Junghans (USA) was appointed by the Director-General 

 of UNESCO to the new post (grade P-5) established in 1968 

 specifically for organizing IGOSS activities. France, Canada, 

 and the United States had each seconded an individual for six 

 weeks to assist on IGOSS matters o Another new post (P-4 grade) 

 will be filled during the Spring of I969. The incumbent of 

 this post will devote full time to problems of education and 

 training in oceanography. The establishment of these two new 

 posts, he said, represents the beginning of the new structure 

 of the IOC Secretariat which, in addition to comprising 

 specialists in principal disciplines of marine science, will 



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