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various agencies. Since many governments, including the United States, would re- 

 quii?e a suitable treaty or legislative base for assessment of funds, which might 

 require considerable time to establish, this should be avoided at present. 



19. Regardless of whether personnel is provided by agencies, members, or throu^ 

 utilization of voluntary contributions, consideration should be given to making 

 the IOC staff substantively responsible only to IOC. 



20. Arrangements should be made for participation by other international orgair- 

 izatlons in all appropriate meetings end activities of IOC. 



Statutory amendment 



21 . It is obvious that Statutory amendment will be necessary or desirable to 

 implement some of these suggestions. No suggestions for specific changes In the 

 Statutes are made at this time in the belief that first consideration should be 

 given to the substance of an expended programme in international co-operation In 

 the marine sciences and the broadening and strengthening of the IOC. 



2. UNITED KINGDOM 



Extract from the letter of 9 September I968 from Dr. R.J.H. Beverton of the 

 Natural Environment Research Council; 



"The Future Role of the IOC 



The accompanying paper is submitted on behalf of Her Majesty' s Government 

 in accordance with recommendations 8.5 and 8.1 8 of the Eighth Meeting of the 

 Bureau and Consultative Council of the IOC. 



The submission contains the consldei^ed views not only of my Council on sci- 

 entific aspects but of all the interested government departments, including the 

 Foreign Office and Treasury. It is sub-divided into 



Section A; proposals for the future activities of the IOC. 



Section B; proposals for the administiTatlon and organization of the IOC. 



These are, of course, closely interdependent topics and we hope that the 

 Working Party in its discussion may find It profitable to consider them in the 

 above sequence, that is, to decide first on what the IOC should do and then con- 

 sider the means of doing it." 



THE FUTURE PROGRAMME AND AIMD^ISTRATION OF THE 

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



Note by the United Kingdom 



INTRODUCTICM 



1 . The views of the United Kingdom contained herein are based on a firm belief 

 in the importance of a better understanding, through international co-operation, 



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