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activities throughout the world asks for concerted action to enlarge the now 

 existing international collaboration in these fields would therefore gladly sup- 

 port the Secretary-Ocr.eral's proposal for an expanded progranime of international 

 co-operation to assist in a better understanding of the marine environment 

 through science. 



The Netherlands Government shares the opinion of the Secretary-General in 

 considering the IOC as the most appropriate intergovernmental scientific body to 

 carry out the task of the development of the expanded programme, realizing also 

 that this implies the need for a broadening of the base of the IOC In order to 

 enable it to formulate and co-ordinate the expanded programme. 



The Netherlands Government notes in this respect with satisfaction that in 

 the considerations of the Secretary-General the role of the Specialized Agencies 

 and o?her organizations concerned is recognized end their collaboration encouraged 

 and eafeguardsd. 



With regard to financial consequences of the broadening of the IOC the 

 Netherlands Government would suggest that for additional expenditures required 

 for developing the expanded programme a trust fund could be form2d preferably 

 w?th Unesoo wMch will be used for the activities of the broadened IOC exclusively. 



The Netherlands Government endorses the view of the Bureau and Consultative 

 Council o^ th- IOC as to the need for extensive preparatory study in order to 

 formulate "in detail the required fr^unawork of future administrative arrangements 

 fo^^he work of the broadened IOC and its Secretariat and welcomes therefore the 

 establisiiment of a small group of consultants to do this study. 



In th^s respect it is noted th^t a broadening of the IOC has at ^^ast th^ee 

 aspects which should be taken into consideration by the group of consultants in 

 its study regarding the broadening of the IOC. These aspects are: 



the structural base of the IOC 



its workload, and 



the field of responsibilities of this Commission. 



AS to the terms of reference of the group of consultants regarding the 

 formulation of the estimated requirement for means and facilities, which "^11 ^e 

 needed to meet the workload associated with the expanded P-^^^^^^^^J^/^^f ^^^^^^ 

 Government would like to suggest that this group would not consider for the pre- 

 senHime other housing facilities for the broadened IGO than those now provided 

 by Une?.co ." 



12. MONACO 



Extract from the letter of h October I968 from the Minister of State of 



Monaco: 



„._ „-. _!- .„ ri^„«v»,n,«v,+. ^c nr«>nared to participate in an interr 



Lt to 



"....His Highness, s Government is prepared to ^^l^^^^^.ll%^\TJllTX 

 tional agreement aimed at broadening the Commission with a view to v. abling it 



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