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Among these activities we would stress those of the working group on pol- 

 lution of the seas, the J:)int study of the Mediterranean, the setting up of a 

 subma:.''ine laboratory (viz. resolution 12 adopted at the third session of the IOC 

 in November 1 965 ) • 



Noting the IOC's directing activity, we think that its authority might be 

 strengthened and that it mi^^t be entrusted with the co-ordination of interna- 

 tional CO- operation, which is already operative or partially established. For the 

 joint study of the Mediterranean, for Instance, positive action miist be taken to 

 achieve the close co-operat:'.on betw3en the General Fisheries Council for the 

 Mediterranean (PAO) and the International Commission for the Scientific Explora- 

 tion of the Mediterranean Sea advised by the Council of the IOC in January last. 

 Similarly, the experimental work undertaken by Sealab and Prdcontinent, the lat- 

 ter conducted and financed by Commandant Cousteau, should be more closely co- 

 ordinated through the IOC. 



13. INDIA 



Extract from the letter of 10 October I968 from Mr. N.N. Datta, Education 

 Officer, Ministry of Education of India: 



" Tlie Government of India (National Institute of Oceanography) generally 



support the proposal to enlarge the scope of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission as outlined in the United Nations resolution 2172 (XXI ) - Resources of 

 the Sea." 



11+. IVORY COAST 



Extx^act from the letter of 1^+ October I968 from the Ministry of Foreign Af- 

 fairs: 



"The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Coramissicn having asked for the views 

 of Member States on a project for the broadening of its basis, I have the honour 

 to inform you of the position of the Ivory Coast with regard to oceanographic re- 

 search cind studies, which may be siiramed up as follows: 



1 . Interest of our country in the development of any studies aimed at im- 

 proving the exploitation of the ocean. 



2. Participation, within its means, in bilateral and multilateral agreements. 



3. Limitation of the sphere of activities to the Gulf of Guinea. 



k. Participation in the discussions and decisions on oceanographic problems. 



With regard to the rocominendations formulated by the Bureau and the Consulta- 

 tive Council of the xOC at its eighth meeting, the Government of the Ivory Coast 

 suggests that it would be advisable: 



to support recommendation 8.2 concerning the responsibility of the Bureau to 

 the IOC; 



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