NS/ IOC/RES 

 Item 6(2) 

 25 October 1961 

 ■ Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEAN QGRAP HIC COMMISSION 



FJLrst^ Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



COORDINAT ION OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL P ROGRAMMES 



(Draft Resolution presented to the plenary 

 meeting by Working Group No„ 3) 



The Commission recommends that: 



1. (a) Regional organizations and member countries, as soon 

 as possible, should submit to the Secretariat of the 

 IOC, information on their existing national and 

 regional programmes; 



(b) Plans of cruises of international interest projected 

 for the future should also be submitted together with 

 information on berths available for scientists of 

 other countries; likewise scientists prepared to 

 carry out work at sea should submit details of their 

 availability for future cruises; 



(c) Reports on the general results of all cruises should 

 be forwarded expeditiously as the cruises are 

 completed ; 



(d) Descriptions of newly-developed instruments and 

 techniques should also be forwarded to the Office of 

 Oceanography of UNESCO. 



2o (a) The oceanography newsletter which the Office of 



Oceanography of UNESCO proposes to publish should 

 contain a brief summary of the information mentioned 

 above . 



(b) The newsletter should be reproduced by any rapid and 

 economical methcd of publication and sent as quickly 

 as possible to mailing lists furnished by each 

 member country. 



