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desirable. Participation in such a programme might be possible, on a scale cor- 

 responding to the resources at the disposal of Tanish oceanographsrs. Due to tha 

 extended activities of the Commission a broadening of its base is in the opinion 

 of the Danish National Couiicil Justified." 



5. C/"iJADA 



Extract from the letter of 2k September 1968 from the Under-Secretary of 

 State for External Affairs: 



"With reference to the practical administrative and financial aspects of the 

 proposed broadening of the Commission's base, the Government of Canada has no 

 comments to offer at the moment but wishes to await the report of the group of 

 consultants, autVicrizcd by Recommondation 8.4 of the IOC Bureau and Consultative 

 Ccuncil, with a view to discussing these at the 9th meeting of the IOC Bureau and 

 Consultative Council early in I969. 



Referring to tlie cecond clause of above sontence "as well as on tha scope 

 and charac-er cf the expanded programine to be formulated and co-ordinated by the 

 broadened IOC", the government can state that it looks forward to co- operating 

 when It can in the expanded programme. While each Instance of significant ex- 

 pansion of the present level of effort will require formal govor.imant approval and 

 additional resources of course, Canada will be most co- operative in assisting in 

 projects where her resources and experience can be most effective. 



Finally, although Canada is not prepared at this time to make the detailed 

 proposEls referred to in the ;.?cor.d scntenca, tlie Canadian Committee on Oceejio- 

 graphy awaits with interest, suggestions that may arise from the United States 

 proposal, "A Decade cf Ocean Er^cploration" . " 



6. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OP GERMANY 



Comments enclosed to the transmission note of 2? September I968 signed by 

 Mr. R. Kenschel of the Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany to 

 Unesco: 



"The Federal Republic of Germany has noted with interest and approval that, 

 in accordance with resolution 2172 (XXI) "Resources of the Sea" of the United 

 Nations, international co-operation in the field of oceanic research shall be inr 

 tenslf ied and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations proposed in 

 United Nations document E/UU87 to broaden the base of the Intergovernmental Ocean- 

 ographic Cormission (lOC) belonging to Unesco. She supports the proposal con- 

 tained in the ECOSOC resolution 1531 (XLV) and the suggestions made by the Chair- 

 man of IOC in the Ad hoc Committee of the United Nations in Rio de Janeiro 

 (A/AC.155/SR.I5 and 18). 



Such broadening of the base will largely depend on which tasks the future 

 IOC will have to fulfil. In the opinion of the Federal Republic of Germany, the 

 following tasks should have priority in the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Com- 

 mission enlarged and strengthened as to staff, administration, and finances. 



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