Annex III 



Distribution: limited IOC/B-48 



14 October I968 



Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



9th Meeting of the IOC Bureau and Consultative Council 

 (Woods Hole, U.S.A., 3 - 7 February 1969) 



Report on the consultations between the IOC Bureau and 

 representatives of UNESCO, FAO, WMO, SCOR and ACMRR on 

 future development of the IOC in connection with the 

 expanded programme of international cooperation . 

 (UNESCO, Paris, 10 - 12 October 19b«j 



In accordance with Bureau Recommendation 8.4, the 

 small group of consultants met on 10 October under the 

 chairmanship of Rear-Admiral Langeraar, Chairman of the 

 Commission. A list of participants is given in Annex I. 

 Professor Wooster and Dr. Giermann were appointed as 

 rapporteurs . 



The Chairman opened by describing the tasks of the 

 meeting, namely (l) to consider the future workload of 

 the Commission, its subsidiary bodies and its secretariat, 

 (2) to formulate the needs and requirements to meet this 

 workload, and (3) to propose details of the administraLlve, 

 organizational and legal structure of the Commission and 

 its ties with prospective sponsoring organizations. 



An agenda reflecting these tasks was adopted (Annex II) 



The Secretary of the Commission then reported his 

 views on the present and future requirements of the IOC 

 for funds and other assistance. At the present time a 

 staff of 5 professionals and 5 clerks handle both IOC and 

 Unesco programmes. A sixth professional, to deal with 

 IGOSS, will arrive in November and a seventh is foreseen in 

 early 1969 . The Secretary considered that the staff would 

 still be inadequate, even for the present level of activity, 

 and that it was desirable to have different persons handle 



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