The Seventh Session of the IOC in 1971 

 established the Global Investigation of Pollu- 

 tion in the Marine Environment (GIPME) as 

 a major element of the IDOE, and the IOC 

 Executive Council subsequently established 

 the International Coordination Group for 

 GIPME. The group is to draw on a variety 

 of recommendations, such as those of the Joint 

 Working Party on GIPME and those from the 

 Stockholm Conference on the Human Envi- 

 ronment, to prepare a comprehensive plan 

 for implementation of GIPME. This plan is to 

 include specific recommendations for long- 

 term coordination and establishment of proj- 

 ect priorities. The Coordination Group con- 

 sists of representatives from Brazil, France, 

 the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the 

 Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the 

 United States, as v^^ell as six scientific experts 

 — one from each of the following specialized 

 organizations of the United Nations system: 



Food and Agriculture Organization, Interna- 

 tional Atomic Energy Agency, Intergovern- 

 mental Maritime Consultative Organization, 

 U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Or- 

 ganization, and the World Meteorological 

 Organization. The first meeting was held in 

 April 1973, in the United Kingdom. The Envi- 

 ronmental Quality Program of the U.S. IDOE 

 is the national focal point for United States 

 participation in GIPME. 



In summary, the IOC has recognized the 

 IDOE as the acceleration phase of its long- 

 term program; it has adopted a series of pro- 

 grams to be implemented under the IDOE; 

 and it has established a formal mechanism for 

 the coordination of GIPME. The United States 

 has actively participated in supporting these 

 developments as well as in encouraging other 

 IOC member states to sponsor these or simi- 

 lar projects. 



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