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United Nations Bodies with Responsibilities in the (Marine Sciences 



INTERNATIONAL 



' TELECOMMUNICATION 



UNION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL 

 MARITIME CONSULT- 

 ATIVE ORGANIZATION 



INTERNATIONAL BANK 



■FOR RECONSTRUCTION 



AND OEVELOPMENT 



FOOD AND 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 ORGANIZATION 



WORLD 



METEOROLOGICAL 



ORGANIZATION 



SOCWL COONCIt. 



ADVISORY CU^'Mli >' I 



ON SCIENLt 



AND TECHNOLOGY 



CHILDREN'S FUND 



ECONOMIC 



COMMISSION FOR ASIA 



AND THE FAR EAST 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL 



OCEANOGRAPHIC 



COMMISSION 



INTERNATIONAL 



ATOMIC ENERGV 



COMMISSION 



U.N. CONFERENCE 



ON TRADE 

 AND DEVELOPMENT 



U.N. SECRETARIAT 



•From: Marine Science Affairs — A year of Plans and Progress. The second report of the President I 

 and engineering development. March 1968, p. 24. 



Figure 6. — United Nations bodies with responsibilities in the marine sciences. 



One of the more active arms of the United Nations is the TJNT Educa- 

 tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The UN- 

 ESCO program is concerned with stimulating and coordinating basic 

 oceanic research and associated scientific work throughout the world, 

 and with providing technical assistance in oceanography to the de- 

 veloping countries. The work involves large numbers of scientists and 

 experts in the diverse fields of oceanography on an international scale. 

 Marine science programs are conducted by UNESCO's Office of 

 Oceanography, which also serves as secretariat for the Intergovern- 

 mental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). 



The desire of the participating scientists and the oceanographic com- 

 munity at large in involving the support of governments for world- 

 wide cooperation resulted in the establishment of the IOC in 1960. 

 This occurred as a direct outcome of experiences gained during the In- 

 ternational Geophysical Year. Since then, the IOC has been actively 

 coordinating major oceanographic expeditions on a global basis, such 

 as the International Indian Ocean Expedition, the Cooperative In- 

 vestigations of the Mediterranean, and the International Decade of 

 Ocean Exploration. 



The Food and Agriculture Organization established in 1961 an Ad- 

 visory Committee on Marine Eesources Research manned by another 

 group of scientists and experts concerned with all aspects of ocean 

 fisheries. The sea/air interface is the target of extensive research and 

 observation networks coordinated by the World Meteorological Orga- 

 nization on a global basis. The International Atomic Energy Agency 

 has an acknowledged competence in the field related to discharge or 

 release of radioactive materials in the sea, and the Inter-governmen- 



