NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 ai 
Parallel to the governmental structure for coordinating international pro- 
grams there exists, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences 
Committee on Oceanography (NASCO), a U.S. National Committee to SCOR 
which as you recall is the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research of the 
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). SCOR acts as the scientific 
advisor and conscience to the Intergovernmental Commission in much the 
same manner as the NASCO does to our ICO. Therefore, this provides for this 
interaction between university and governmental scientists both at the national 
and international levels. 
As I have mentioned, there have been three meetings of the L[10C—the last of 
these terminated only last Friday, June 19. At this third session, 17 resolu- 
tions were adopted. To give you an idea of the activities of the Commission, 
I shall mention some of the more salient resolutions. In the long run perhaps 
the most significant was the acceptance of a draft of the General Scientific 
Framework for World Ocean Study. I have taken the liberty of using some of 
the material from this draft in my opening remarks. This document is in- 
tended to provide the basic framework around which future programs of the 
Commission can be designed in order that logical international programs for 
the study of the ocean can be developed. As I have already mentioned, the 
Commission adopted the cooperative study of the Kuroshio and adjacent regions 
as an official program. The Commission also approved of the U.S.S.R. proposal 
for a Second World Oceanographic Congress to be held in the Soviet Union in 
1866 under the sponsorship of UNESCO. Further, the Commission recom- 
mended that all member states adopt the recent recommendation approved by 
the general assembly of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organiza- 
tion (IMCO) concerning the marking and identification of oceanographic sta- 
tions. This is particularly significant because it may, in future years, provide 
the basis for international conventions concerning research in the open ocean. 
Another important resolution recommended that member states assist each other 
in encouraging and developing national programs in marine research. 
The Commission elected Dr. Panikkar of India its new Chairman, along with 
Dr. Lacombe of France and Dr. Sugiwara of Japan as Vice Chairmen. These 
officers will serve from the present time till the end of the next meeting of 
the Commission which will be in Paris in 1965. The following member states 
were appointed to the Consultative Council of the Commission—Argentina, Aus- 
tralia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Poland, United Arab Republic, United King- 
dom, Ukraine, United States of America, and U.S.S.R. 
Although in the coming months the Panel on International Programs of the 
Interagency Committee on Oceanography will spend a large share of its time 
on matters connected with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 
other matters of international importance are coming to the forefront. Some of 
these will include discussions on how the United States can effectively exploit 
the natural resources of the sea such as fish and minerals and discussions on the 
international conventions which may apply thereto. Further, in order that the 
United States maintain leadership in world oceanography the Panel has con- 
sidered calling a small conference which would include, besides the Panel mem- 
bers, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography, the Inter- 
national Panel of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, Office of the 
Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, Office of International 
Scientific Affairs of the Department of State, and appropriate members of the 
Agency for International Development (AID). The main purpose of this con- 
ference would be to insure that future U.S. international programs in oceanog- 
raphy are as effective as possible from the scientific, economic, and political 
aspects. 
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today and I will be pleased to 
answer any questions you may have. 
(Whereupon, at 12:05 p.m., the committee adjourned, to reconvene 
at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 25, 1964.) 
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