Appendix 2 

 United Nations Geneil\l Assembly, Twenit-first Session 



Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly [on the Rr:roRT of the 

 Second Committee (A/6533) ] 



2112 {XXI). Resources of the sea 



The Oeneral Assembly. 



Recognizing the need for a greater knowledge of the oceans and of the opjior- 

 tunities available for the utilization of their resources, living and mineral, 



Realising that the effective exploitation and development of these resources 

 can raise the economic level of peoples throughout the world, and in particular 

 of the developing countries, 



Taking into account with appreciation the activities in the field of resources 

 of the sea at present being undertaken by the United Nations, the United Nations 

 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and, in i>articular, its Inter- 

 governmental Oceanographic Commission, the Food and Agriculture Organiza- 

 tion of the United Nations and, in particular, its Committee on Fisheries, the 

 World Meteorological Organization, the Advisory Committee on the Application 

 of Science and Technology to Development, other intergovernmental organiza- 

 tions concerned, various Governments, universities, scientific and technological 

 institutions and other interested organizations, 



Considering the need to maximize international co-operative efforts for the 

 further development of marine science and technology and to avoid duplication 

 or overlapping of efforts in this field, 



1. Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1112 (XL) of 7 March 

 1966 requesting the Secretary-General to make a survey of the present state of 

 knowledge of the resources of the sea beyond the continental shelf, excluding 

 fish, and of the techniques for exploiting these resources ; 



2. Requests the Secretary-General — in co-operation with the United Nations 

 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and, in particular, its Inter- 

 governmental Oceanographic Commission, the Food and Agriculture Organiza- 

 tion of the United Nations and, in particular, its Committee on Fisheries, the 

 World Meteorological Organization, other intergovernmental organizations con- 

 cerned, and the Governments of interested Member States, and utilizing, inter 

 alia, such voluntary services as may be offered — to undertake, in addition to the 

 survey requested by the Economic and Social Council, a comprehensive survey 

 of activities in marine science and technology, including that relating to mineral 

 resources development, undertaken by members of the United Nations family 

 of organizations, various Member States and intergovernmental organizations 

 concerned, as well as by universities, scientific and technological institutes and 

 other interested organization ; 



3. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the United Nations 

 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and, in particular, its Inter- 

 governmental Oceanographic Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organi- 

 zation of the United Nations and, in particular, its Committee on Fisheries, and 

 in the light of the above-mentioned comprehensive survey to formulate proposals 

 for: 



(a) Ensuring the most effective arrangements for an expanded programme of 

 international co-operation to assist in a better understanding of the marine en- 

 vironment through science and in the exploitation and development of marine 

 resources, with due regard to the conservation of fish stocks ; 



( b) Initiating and strengthening marine education and training programmes, 

 bearing in mind the close interrelationship between marine and other sciences; 



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