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5. The Norwegian SCOR Committee will submit to SCOR the views of Norwegian 

 oceanographers on details of an expanded programme in order that they be talcen 

 into accoiont when SCCR is giving its advice to IOC in this matter. 



6. Norway's international co-operation in oceanographic research is at present 

 to a great extent taking place within ICES and ICNAP, and this practice may be 

 expected to continue in the future. Participation in international projects out- 

 side these organizations will depend on the funds granted for oceanographic re- 

 search in our coimtry as well as on the expansion which Norway's resources may 

 permit of the staff at the institutions concerned. A close co-ordination of the 

 activities of the regional organizations £ind of IOC is in any case a prerequisite 

 for an effective participation of our country, as well as of many other Member 

 States of regional organizations, in an expanded programme in marine science. 



7. The Norwegian Government accepts in principle the proposals in the Secretary- 

 General's report and intends to support them within the limits of its resoxirces. 



The Norwegian Government reserves, however, its final acceptemce of the 

 "broadened IOC" until the Secretary- General's report has been considered by the 

 United Nations General Assembly and adequate proposals have been presented by the 

 IOC Bureau with regard to organization, financing etc." 



18. SINGAPORE 



Extract from the letter of 5 November I968 from the Ministry of Poreicn Af- 

 fairs of Singapore: 



" The GoverrjiTient of Singapore has no objection in principle to the 



proposed broadening of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's base. 

 The government would like to suggest the inclusion of the following strdies in 

 the expanded programme to be fonnulated and co-ordinated by tho "broadsnsd" IOC: 



(a) Culture and utilization of tropical marine organisms such as oysters, 

 mussels and abalone and of certain species of marine fish such as 

 gropor; 



(b) Pollution of the marine environment from industrial, domestic and other 

 effluents . 



The Government of Singapore will not be able to conmit itself financially 

 at this stage to the expanded programme for oceanographic research as it is al- 

 ready committed financially to the establishment in Singapore of the Research 

 Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre. The functions of 

 the Research Department will include: 



(a) development of fishing grounds by experimental fishing; 



(b) research into fishing gears, equipment, fishing methods and handling of 

 fish at sea; 



(c) investigation into fisheries resources and fisheries o^^eanography; 



(d) training of research personnel. 



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