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The Director-General of Unesco had proposed that the 

 Secretariat of the broadened IOC be separate from Unesco 's 

 future Division of Oceanography, and that the appointment 

 of the IOC Secretary would be at a high level. These 

 proposals were welcomed. It was agreed that the members 

 of the Commission's Secretariat, however funded, should 

 work: under the supervision of the IOC Secretary who, In turn, 

 would be placed under the authority of the Chairman, 

 assisted by the Bureau. Administratively, members of the 

 Commission's Secretariat would, however, during the Interim 

 period referred to above, be under the Director-General of 

 Unesco, who would act on behalf of the Interagency Board 

 for the IOC in exercising this authority. 



The Director-General of Unesco, on behalf of the 

 Interagency Board for the IOC, would appoint the Secretary 

 after nominations by the IOC Chairman of at least three 

 candidates for the post. The Chairman, in preparing this 

 list of nominees, would consult with the Executive Heads 

 of the sponsoring agencies. 



It was agreed that the future Secretariat of the 

 Commission should be appropriately structured, the details 

 of this structure to be worked out by the Secretary as the 

 responsible administrative officer. 



Funds for the Commission's work would fall into several 

 categories. Programmes of support of the participating 

 agencies would be developed under their usual budgetary 

 processes, although coordinated through the Interagency 

 Board for the IOC. Estimates of the Commission's require- 

 ments for operating funds to be provided by the sponsoring 

 agencies would be developed by the Commission in consulta- 

 tion with the Board which would recommend financing to the 

 agencies and would supervise utilization of the funds so 

 provided. When a trust fund is established It would be 

 administered in accord with the conditions stated by the 

 contributors . 



Because of the broadening of IOC it will be necessary 

 to broaden the field from which scientific advice is drawn 

 beyond that covered at present by SCOR and ACMRR. It was 

 agreed that WMO should be invited to consider providing 

 independent scientific advice on the meteorological aspects 

 of IOC programmes. It was also noted that there are other 

 areas, such as ocean engineering, where it may become 

 necessary to establish appropriate advisory channels. 



In order to broaden IOC along the lines discussed In 

 this report, revision of the IOC Statutes will be required. 

 The following portions of the Statutes would be affected: 



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