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Item 5 (e) 

 25 October 1961 

 Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



FIXED STATIONS 



(Draft Resolution presented to the plenary 

 meeting by Working Group No. 3) 



The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 



Considering the attached report NS/IOC/INF-16, prepared by the 

 ad hoc working group on fixed stations : 



1. Recommends to member states that they provide the Secretariat 

 of IOC annually with full information on what stations of 

 the various types are in operation, what data are being 

 gathered from them and at what time intervals, and on plans 

 for future developments (including technical information 



on engineering and instrumental matters); 



2. Recommends to member states concerned that they make fuller 

 use of weather ships for the needs of oceanography; 



3. Recommends to UNESCO that steps be taken in consultation 

 with IMCO to clarify the legal status of unmanned and 

 manned observing buoys; 



4. Requests the Bureau to establish a working group of experts 

 from member states, Vi/MO and other appropriate international 

 organizations, to study the existing network of fixed 

 stations and the needs of extending it (types, number, 

 locations, kinds of observations and their spacing in time) 

 and prepare proposals for meeting these needs. The working 

 group should report to the next session of the IOC. Expenses 

 of the individual members, including travel, should be met 



by the member governments and organizations having 

 representatives on the working group, or by UNESCO. 



WS/1061.168 



