PROGRAMi.IE RESOLUTIONS 



910 Resolution 2.3^1 : Ilember States are invited: 



(a) to intensify their cooperation in the scientific 

 investigation of the oceans, by participating in 



the activities of the Intergovemnjental Oceanographic 

 Commission established hy the General Conference at 

 its eleventh session (I9b0); 



(b) to cooperate in mailing internationally available 

 the knowledce so obtained, by f\irther improving 

 through the Coomission, the international exchange 

 of data and thus establishing a solid foundation 

 for various international cooperative imdertakings 

 for the practical application for the benefit of 

 mankind of the scientific knowledge about the nature 

 and resources of the oceans; and 



(c) to develop further voluntary efforts in support of 

 the Commission's work. 



911 Resolution 2.3^+2 : The Director-General is authorized, acting 



in cooperation with the United Nations, the Food and 

 Agriculture Organization and its Committee on Fisheries, the 

 World I«Ietecrological Organization, the Intergovemntental 

 Maritime Consultative Organization, the International Atonic 

 Jinergjr Agency and other interested international, regional and 

 national, governmental and non-governmental, organizations, 

 with the assistance of appropriate advisory bodies and taking 

 into account resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly 

 2172 (XXI) on the resources of the sea and 23^0 (XXII) on 

 the question of the reservation exclusively for peacefial 

 purposes of the sear-bed and the ocean floor, and the sub-soil 

 thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present 

 national jurisdiction, and the use of their reso\irces in the 

 interests of mankind: 



(a) to continue to support and assist the organization of 

 the meetings of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission and of its subsidiary bodies end to strengthen 

 the Secretariat services provided to the Commission; 



(b) to facilitate the short- and long-term planning and 

 coordinating by the Commission of international expeditions 

 and other research activities in liaison with the Scientific 

 Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the International 

 Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (lAPSO) 

 and to continue to ensure the publication of data, 



atlases and reports resulting from such activities; 



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