I. Background of the Meeting 



The Ninth Meeting of the Bureau and Consultative Council of 

 the Intergovernmental Oceanographlc Commission was held at 

 Woods Hole Oceanographlc Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 

 U. S. A., from February 3-7^, 1969- 



At its First Session, the Intergovernmental Oceanographlc 

 Commission established a Consultative Committee to serve as 

 a steering committee and to assist the IOC Bureau and Secre- 

 tariat in the development of the program of the Commission 

 prior to the Second Session. The Committee was continued by 

 the Second Session. 



The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographlc 

 Commission adopted a resolution requesting the UNESCO General 

 Conference to amend the statutes to provide for the designa- 

 tion at each Session of a Consultative Council which would 

 serve with the Bureau as a steering committee at Sessions. 

 Prior meetings of the Bureau and Consultative Council were 

 held as follows: April 10-12, I962, Paris; May 6-8, I963, 

 Moscow; October 29-November 1, 1963j Paris; December 7-11^ 

 1964, Paris; June l4-l8, I965, Rome; May 16-I8, I966, Paris; 

 January 30-February 2, 1967^ Monaco; and June 10-l4, I968, 

 London. 



II. Agenda as Finally Adopted 



1. Adoption of the agenda. 



2. Information by the Secretary on current activities. 



3. Recommendations of consultants concerning future develop- 

 ment of the IOC. 



4. Recent decisions of the UNESCO General Conference, ECOSOC, 

 in UN General Assembly and of other bodies, and their 

 implications for the future development of the IOC. 



5. 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. 



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