Distribution: Limited UrJESCO/NS/ IOC/RES 



Item 6 (1) 



Paris, 25 October 1961 

 Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OC EANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



F irst Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



(Draft Resolution presented to the plenary 

 meeting by Working Group No. 3) 



The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 



Desirin g to foster the full and expeditious exchange of 

 oceanographic data; 



Noting the existence of the data centers listed in document 

 IOC/1-7, including the center for bathymetric data under the 

 International Hydrographic Bureau with sub-centers at various 

 national hydrographic offices; 



R eiterates the recommendation made by the Intergovernmental 

 Conference on Oceanographic Research at Copenhagen in July 

 1960 that oceanographic data should be exchanged and that the 

 system of World Data Centers established during the Inter- 

 national Geophysical Year should be continued in future; 



Recommends that all oceanographic data taken by ships and 

 recording stations outside territorial waters within the 

 limits of declared national programs be exchanged under the 

 headings listed and by the methods prescribed in the IGY data 

 center manual, commencing from January 1st, 1960, in accordance 

 with the attached extracts from the manual; 



Recommends to member countries the establishment of national 

 oceanographic data centers in order to facilitate the collection, 

 processing, analysis, and exchange of oceanographic data; 



Urges member countries to participate with the IHB, in cooperation 

 with World Data Centers A and B for Oceanography, in the 

 preparation of Bathymetric plotting sheets for the world ocean 

 on as large a scale as possible; 



