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enhance their capabilities to participate in and contribute to more fundamental 

 marine science activities. 



8. IOC activities would be cau?ried out liirough global co-opei?atlve progi*ammes - 

 such as the proposed International Decade of Ocean Exploration, and regional pro- 

 grajnnes underway - such as CSK arid CICAR, and the work of various subsidiary 

 bodies which deal with specific scientific and technical problems - such as data 

 exchange and marine pollution. Regional programmes would be carried out in areas 

 where no suitable regional organization exists; v^ere one exists IOC would co- 

 operate with it, especially on matters of wider scope than encompassed by such 

 organization. IOC would continue and Increase its co-operation v;lth all organi- 

 zations having responsibilities in the oceanic field. 



9. IOC should uphold the tradition of freedom of scientific research on the 

 high seas and also should encourage its member governments to facilitate scien- 

 tific research in waters of their Jurisdiction by research vessels of other 

 nations . 



10. Illustrative of the types of activities IOC might co-ordinate or collaborate 

 on with other international organizations are: 



(a) Assessment of living resources useful to man in loncharted regions of the 

 world ocean. 



(b) Assessment of current utilization of known fishery stocks. 



(c) Acquisition of knowledge relating living resources to their environment 

 In order that greater efficiency in their capture and conservation can 

 be achieved. 



(d) Determination of the geological structure and mineral and energy re- 

 sources potential of the world's continental margins. 



(e) Prepairatlon of topographic, geological, and geophysical maps of selected 

 ai'eas of the deep ocean floor. 



(f ) Coring and drilling on the continental margins and deep ocean floor in 

 selected areas. 



(g) Study of sceiles of motion In the sea and the dynamics of ocean current 

 systems . 



(h) Investigations of surface boiaidaiy processes, such as the growth and 

 propagation of ocean waves. 



(i) Investigations and evolutionary processes of ocean basins. 



Organizational relationships 



1 1 . IOC should be recognized and supported as the focal point within the United 

 Nations system for ocean science and related IOC activities mentioned herein, and 

 shoxild be substantively independent in carrying out its programmes, consonant with 

 appropriate arrangements with supporting organizations- IOC should seek addi- 

 tional support from Unesco, PAO, WD, and other United Nations agencies; such 



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