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THE UNITED NATIONS 3 



Summary 3 



Early Activities 3 



The Malta Proposal 4 



Ad Hoc Committee on the Sea-Bed 9 



Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly 14 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON MARINE SCIENCE, 

 ENGINEERING AND RESOURCES 18 



Summary 18 



The Proposed National Oceanic and 



Atmospheric Agency 18 



Recommendations on International Agreements 22 



Additional Commission Recommendations 24 



POLLUTION OF THE SEA 27 



The United Nations 27 



The United States 30 



PROGRAMS OF THE U. S. NAVY 34 



ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 1968 AND 1969 37 



Support of U. S. Oceanography Programs 37 



International Decade of Ocean Exploration 37 



Educational Programs 37 



Proposed Council of Maritime States 38 



Great Lakes Study 38 



U. S. Research Halted by Brazil 38 



Oceanography in Other Countries 39 



Proposed Oil Supertanker Ports in New England 39 



