UNESCO/rJ S /IQC/RES (Cont i nued) 



Recommends to the governments of the USA, USSR, and UK that 

 they appoint representatives of World Data Center A, World 

 Data Center B, and the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level 



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Meteorological Organization 

 group, 



Hydrographic Bureau, and the World Meteorolo 

 to designate representatives to this working 



The mission of this working group shall be the facilitating 

 of exchanges of oceanographic data, the standardization of 

 forms for reporting and coding data, the encouragement of the 

 preparation of data catalogues, and the assistance of develop- 

 ment of national oceanographic data centers. 



The working group should meet at the call of the Secretary 

 of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and should 

 report to the next session of the Intergovernmental Oceano- 

 graphic Commission. 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. 



Requests the Secretary and the Bureau of the Commission to seek 

 advice from appropriate bodies on the volume and nature of the 

 data to be exchanged in the future. 



