Distribution: Limited UInESCO/NS/IOC/1-4 



Paris, 25 August 1961 

 Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



Proposed International Oceanoqraphic Researc h 

 and Training Vessel 



Summary Report 

 by the Office of Oceanography of UNESCO 



INTRODUCTION 



The early history of proposals for an international 

 oceanographic vessel is recounted in the document 

 UNESCO/NS/OCEAN/78 of 5 June 1958. At the Preparatory Meeting 

 for the Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanographic Research, 

 held in Paris, 21-26 March 1960, the proposal was discussed 

 at length, as described in UNESCO/NS/163 of 13 May 1960. At 

 the Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanographic Research, 

 held in Copenhagen, 11-16 July 1960, the following resolution 

 was adopted: 



"The Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanoqraphic Research ; 



Considering that the proposal for an international 

 oceanographic vessel to be sponsored by UNESCO requires further 

 study; 



Convinced . at the same time, that the training of 

 oceanographers should be developed by all possible means; 



Recommends that the General Conference of UNESCO at its 

 Eleventh Session invite the Director-General to request the 

 proposed Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission to study 

 with the aid of the Special Committee on Oceanic Research, 

 the desirability and feasibility of UNESCO chartering or 

 acquiring an oceanographic training and research vessel, in 

 comparison with other possible methods that might be employed 

 by UNESCO in a comprehensive world-wide programme of training 

 for oceanographers particularly in countries where oceanographic 

 activities are in early stages of development, and to take the 

 results of this study into account in preparing the programme 

 and budget proposals of UNESCO in marine sciences; 



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