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I. CIRCULAR LETTER No. 212 



The following is the text of the Circular Letter (No. 212) sent to all the 

 Members of the Intergovernmental Oceanographlc Commission on 26 July I968 In ac- 

 cordance vd.th the Correspondence Manual of the IOC: 



Subject : Eicpan d ed pro^amme of international co-operation 

 in oceanic re sear ch and furt her development of 

 the~IivtergoverriPiental Oceanographlc Commission 



Sir, 



I have pleasure in transmitting to your government several Recommendations 

 (8.1, 8.2, 8.3, B.k, 8.5 and 8.I8) of the recent 8th Meeting of the IOC Bureau 

 with the Consultative Council. These Recomroendations refer to the proposals for* 

 raulated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with resolu- 

 tion 2172 (XXI) "Resources of the Sea", for consideration and approval bt the 

 25rd General Assembly of the United Nations in late I968. The Report of the 

 Secretary-General containing these proposals (document E/lMj) has already been 

 made available to your government by the United Nations Secretariat. 



One of the Secretaiy-General' s most important proposals is of direct concern 

 to our Commission: 



"The Secretary-General proposes that the General Assembly recommend 



to member governments, Unesco, FAG, WMO and such other organizations of the 

 United Nations family as may be concerned that they agree as a matter of 

 urgency to broaden the base of IOC so as to enable it to formulate and co- 

 ordinate the expanded progranme. This agreement should provide, througji 

 appropriate modification of the IOC statutes among other things, for ade- 

 quate Joint financial support by the agencies concerned for such a broad- 

 ened IOC, for a secretariat organized Jointly and for an equitable partici- 

 pation of the agencies concerned in organizing the Commission's work. 

 Another necessary step will be that member governments concerned provide ap- 

 propriate direct financial support to the Commission. The modified statutes 

 should permit the use of directly contributed funds for all aspects of the 

 Commission's work." 



It would be appreciated if the Secretariat of the IOC might receive^ if pos- 

 sible by 1 Septembe'r I968 and, in any event, not later tl^ 1 October ^^f .the ^-^ 

 of your government and all practical, administrative and financial aspects of the 

 proposed broadening of the Commission's base, as well as on the scope and charac- 

 ter of the expended programme to be fonnulated and co-ordinated by the "broadened 

 IOC. Governments are also Invited to prepare and send to the IOC Secretariat their 

 detailed proposals for the expanded programme prior to 1 January 19b9. 



Yours very truly. 



Signed: 



K.N. Fedorov 



Secretary, IOC. 



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