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For your information, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre - a pro- 

 ject of the Ministerial Conference for Economic Development in Southeast Asia - 

 is regional in character involving the joint efforts of Japan, Malaysia, South 

 Viet-Nam, Thailand and Singapore." 



19 MP.DACiASCAR 



Extract from the letter of 12 November I968 from the Ministry of Foreign 

 Affairs: 



"Agreement in principle with the broadening of the basis of the IOC to en- 

 able it to prepare an expanded programme and co-ordinate the resulting activities. 



Agreement in principle ;7ith an increase in the financial aid provided by 

 the various Specialized Agencies of the United Nations and with their participa- 

 tion in the organization of the work. 



Possibilities of participating in research and study in Malagasy waters ow- 

 ing to the importance of the existing infrastructure (Tuldas Maritime Station, 

 Nosy-B^ Oceanographic Research Centre, possible participation of the Maritime 

 Fisheries Service in applied research programmes or in the organization of ex- 

 perimental fishing campaigns). 



Reservations concerning the increase in financial participation in the ab- 

 sence of information. 



Interest of the Malagac^- Republic in any research involving the prospection 

 of the resources of the sea and the utilization or processing of sea products." 



20. MEXICO 



Extract from the letter of 29 November I968 from the Permanent Delegate of 

 Mexico to Unesco; 



" After a meeting of representatives of the Ministries of the Marine, 



Industry and Commerce and the National Autonomous University of Mexico to discuss 

 the new structure of the IOC, it was agreed that the IOC would gain in principle 

 by having a broadened Secretariat with the assistance of FAO and the World Mete- 

 orological Organization. The meeting also considered that it could recommend 

 that our country should provide adequate financial support for the Commission 

 through its contributions to the United Nations, leaving to the future the deci- 

 sion as to whether it should increase that financial support or make a direct 

 contribution as recommended by the Secretary-General of the United Nations." 



21. AUSTRIA 



Extract from the letter of 5 December I968 from the Permanent Delegate of 

 Austria to Unesco: 



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