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5. Urges Member States to publish as soon as practicable the results of 

 all activities which they will have undertaken within the framework of the 

 International Decade of Ocean Exploration as part of a long-term co-ordinated 

 programme of scientific research and exploration, and at the same time to 

 communicate these results to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; 



k. Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization that its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: 



(a) Intensify its activities in the scientific field, within its terms of 

 reference and in co-operation with other interested agencies, in particular with 

 regard to co-ordinating the scientific aspects of a long-term and expanded 

 programme of world-wide exploration of the oceans and their resources of which 

 the International Decade of Ocean Exploration will be an important element, 

 including international agency programmes, an expanded international exchange 



of data from national programmes, and international efforts to strengthen the 

 research capabilities of all interested nations with particular regard to the 

 needs of the developing countries; 



(b) Co-operate with the Secretary -General, in accordance with paragraph h 

 of General Assembly resolution 2U1U (XXIII) of 17 December I968 on the resources 

 of the sea in the preparation of the comprehensive outline of the scope of the 

 long-term programme of oceanographic research of which the International Decade 

 of- Ocean Exploration will be an important element, making available its views 



as to the appropriate relationship between the several international programmes 

 already considered, approved and adopted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission for implementation, the Decade, and the long-term programme; 



(c) Keep the Secretary -General informed of all proposals, programmes and 

 activities of which it is informed in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 above 

 together with any comments it may consider appropriate; 



(d) Report through appropriate channels to the General Assembly at its 



twenty-fourth session on progress made in the implementation of the present 



resolution. 



1732nd plenary meeting , 

 21 December I968 . 



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