NS/IOC/RES 



Item 5 (d, e) 



Paris, 24 October 1961 



Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMEriTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



COMMUNICATIONS 



(Draft Resolution presented to the plenary 

 meeting by Working Group No. 3) 



The Commission 



Recognizing the vital role that communications play in any 

 substantive oceanographic investigations, and 



Recognizing further that existing frequencies in the radio 

 communications spectrum are almost completely absorbed. 



Aware that the continued development of new instrumentation 

 and techniques will further complicate the problem, 



Aware that we must move aggressively forward to a solution of 

 this vital problem, 



Authorizes the Bureau of the Commission to establish a working 

 group of experts on radio communications to be responsible for 

 the study and establishment of oceanographic radio communica- 

 tion requirements. The working group should render its 

 initial report with recommendations in time for approval, 

 adoption, and presentation by the Commission and its member 

 Governments to the next Study Session of the Administrative 

 Radio Conference, 



The expenses, including travel, of the individual members of 

 the working group should be met by the member Governments and 

 organizations having experts on the working group or by UNESCO. 



WS/1061.151 



