NS/IOC/RES 



Item 5(d) 



Paris, 24 October 1961 



Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



AIDS TO NAVIGATION 



(Presented to the plenary meeting 

 by Working Group No. 3) 



The Commission 



Recognizing that accurate navigation is essential for detailed 

 systematic oceanographic investigations; and further 



R ecognizing that systems of aids to navigation presently 

 available for use do not generally meet the requirements of 

 detailed oceanographic investigation except for limited 

 specific areas and that such systems, if possessing the required 

 accuracy should continue to be established in the interim; 



Aware that several systems of aids to navigation, are presently 

 under development which show promise of meeting the long- 

 range ocean-wide requirements of detailed systematic 

 oceanographic investigation; 



Resolves that the Commission through its member governments 

 actively encourage and support the continued development and 

 subsequent establishment of a ground based long-range radio 

 navigation system capable of meeting the world-wide require- 

 ments for detailed systematic oceanographic investigations; and 



Recommends that in the establishment of the accepted world-wide 

 ground based system of long range radio navigation, priority 

 be given to those areas for which no aids are presently 

 available and for which large scale oceanographic investigations 

 are planned ; 



