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e. To undertake, where appropriate, co-operative research and devel- 

 opment projects directed to this end ; 



f. To propose, and where necessary to adopt, measures to bring 

 about the standardization of scientific equipment, techniques and 

 nomenclature ; 



g. To extend its good offices in assisting its Members to secure essen- 

 tial material and equipment ; 



h. To report upon such questions relating to oceanographical, bio- 

 logical and other technical problems as may be recommended to it by 

 Members or by the Organization and other international, national or 

 private organizations with related interests ; 



i. To transmit biennially to the Director-General of the Organiza- 

 tion a report embodying its views, recommendations and decisions, and 

 make such other reports to the Director-General of the Organization 

 as may seem to it necessary or desirable. Reports of the committees 

 and working parties of the Council provided for in Article III of this 

 Agreement shall be transmitted to the Director-General through the 

 Council. 



Article V 



AREA 



The Council shall carry out the functions and duties set forth in 

 Article IV in the Indo-Pacific area. 



Article VI 



COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL BODIES 



The Council shall cooperate closely with other international bodies 

 in matters of mutual interest. 



Article VII 



EXPENSES 



1. The expenses of delegates and their alternates, experts and advisers 

 occasioned by attendance at sessions of the Council and the expenses 

 of representatives on committees or working parties established in 

 accordance with Article III of this Agreement shall be determined and 

 paid by their respective governments. 



2. The expenses of the Secretariat, including publications and com- 

 munications, and of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the immedi- 

 ately retired Chairman of the Council, when performing duties con- 

 nected with its work during intervals between its sessions, shall be 

 determined and paid by the Organization within tlie limits of a bi- 

 ennial budget prepared and approved in accordance with the Con- 

 stitution, the General Rules and Financial Regulations of the 

 Organization. 



3. The expenses of research or development projects undertaken by 

 individual Members of the Council, whether independently or upon the 

 recommendation of the Council, shall be determined and paid by their 

 respective Governments. 



