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Item 9: Fritjof Nansen Memorial Session 



Professor A.D. Dobrovolsky from Mo3cow State University gave a lecture honouring 

 the memory of the great explorer and humanist Fritjof Nansen. He described his life 

 and work and the enormous impact which his oceanographical achievements made and 

 still make on the development of marine sciences. 



Dr. BShnecke (Federal Republic of Germany) followed Professor Dobrovolsky with his 

 own recollections of Nansen's influence on his own scientific progress. 



Professor Mosby from the University of Bergen gave a short talk of his own contacts 

 with Nansen and showed some original slides depicting certain of Nansen's expeditions. 



(See Annex VII) 



Item 10: Election of the Bureau, creation of a Consultative Committee, date and place of the 

 second session of the IOC 



At the end of the session, the Bureau, comprising: 



Chairman: Dr. A. BRUUN (Denmark) 



Vice-Chairmen: Dr. W.M. Cameron (Canada) 



Vice-Admiral V.A. Tchekourov (USSR) 



was re-elected for a full term of office expiring at the end of the second session. 



The Commission also decided to establish a consultative committee to work with the 

 Bureau and the Secretariat in the development of the programme of the Commission 

 during the period prior to the beginning of the second session. This committee consists 

 of representatives of France, India, U.S.A., Argentina, Japan, United Kingdom, 

 Federal Republic of Germany, Poland, Brazil, Australia and others as needed. 



The Commission had previously received an invitation from the Government of Monaco 

 to hold the second session in the Principality. The Commission heartily welcomes 

 this gesture of recognition and expresses its gratitude to the Government of Monaco. 

 However, a fairly strong tendency was demonstrated among the delegates towards hold- 

 ing the second session of the IOC in Unesco Headquarters. The Commission decided in 

 favour of that opinion, but asked its Secretariat to inform the Government of Monaco 

 that it was favourably disposed to holding a future session in Monaco. It was therefore 

 agreed that the second session of the IOC take place in Paris in September/October of 

 1962 and that the Provisional Agenda should be distributed three months in advance to 

 all Member States, which recommendation was introduced into the Revised Provisional 

 Rules of Procedure. The importance of not conflicting with the dates of the 1962 meet- 

 ing of ICES was pointed out. 



The representative of the USSR proposed that a second paragraph should be added to 

 Rule 6 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure stipulating that the provisional agenda for 

 each session of the Commission should be distributed to Member States six months in 

 advance of the session. The Commission decided not to accept the proposal in that 

 form, but considered it an important suggestion for the work of the Secretariat which 

 should be incorporated in the report of the session. 



In closing the first session of the Commission, its Chairman, Dr. Bruun, on behalf of the 

 Bureau, expressed his thanks for the help received during the session from all representatives 

 and observers, members of the Secretariat and Unesco, including interpreters and technical staff, 

 and especiaUy noted the sincere spirit of international co-operation which had dominated the whole 

 session. He also expressed, on behalf of the re-elected Bureau, their appreciation of the Confi- 

 dence manifested by the Commission. 



In issuing this Summary Report, the Secretariat of the Com- 

 mission wishes to record its deep sorrow at the passing away of 

 its distinguished Chairman. Dr. Bruun died in Copenhagen on 

 13 December 1961 . He leaves in the memories of all those who 

 worked with him in Paris in October the memory of a wise and 

 eminent man of science devoted to the cause of international co- 

 operation in oceanography. 



