UNESC0/NS/ICX:/l-4 (Continued) 



Support for regional and international land-based 

 oceanographic research laboratories; 



Aid to individual scientists conducting oceanographic 

 research; 



Fellowships for participating in oceanographic expeditions 

 organized by various countries and U^ESCO, etc. 



The study will cover scientific, legal, financial, 

 administrative, and logistic problems, and the utility of 

 UNESCO's operating such a vessel for training purposes „ 



Other factors which will be considered in the study are 

 as follows: the availability of basic educationsl facilities 

 in countries where oceanography is in its early stages of 

 development; the number and qualifications of anticipated 

 trainees in the various branches of oceanography in such 

 countries; the availability and possibility of useful 

 employment for these trainees after completion of training; 

 the financial implications to UNESCO of continuing this method 

 of training, and its impact on the future development of marine 

 sciences research in the countries concerned „ 



The study will also examine whether the UNESCO training on 

 an oceanographic vessel programme for young scientists, 

 supplemented by other training facilities offered by 

 interested countries would be more likely to meet the world 

 requirement for such training than facilities offered 

 voluntarily by national vessels to trainees of other countries. 



The findings of the Commission will be submitted to the 

 Executive Board for comments and to the General Conference at 

 its Twelfth Session for decision." 



At a meeting in April 1961 of the Executive Board of the 

 Special Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) in its capacity 

 as advisory body to the UNESCO programme in marine science, 

 it was recommended that this study might best be done by the 

 Office of Oceanography, using the legal and other facilities of 

 UNESCO. This paper attempts to summarize the various aspects 

 of the question for consideration by the Intergovernmental 

 Oceanographic Commission. 



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