Distribution: Limited NS/IOC/RES 



Item 5(f)-l 



Paris, 27 October 1961 

 Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNiViE NTAL OCE ANO GRAPH I C COMMISSION 



RESOLUTION IN CO. '^ECTION WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION 

 SUBMITTED BY THE DELEGATIONS OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, 

 CUBA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, URUGUAY, AND THE DOMINICAN 



. REPUBLIC 



The Commission 



Not ing the Joint Declaration submitted by Argentina, Brazil, 

 Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, and the Dominican Republic; 



A ppreciating the needs of these Latin American countries for 

 assistance in the training of oceanographers and for the 

 development of oceanographic activities; 



Recommends that these interested members include in their 

 requests for Technical Assistance proposals in the marine 

 sciences, and also; 



R ecommends that these countries initiate and develop projects 

 in the marine sciences under the Special Fund of the United 

 Nations with the assistance of the Office of Oceanography of 

 UNESCO; and 



Recommends that the Director-General consider the possibility 

 of increasing or modifying the allocations of the UNESCO 

 oceanographic program to give further assistance to developing 

 countries interested in participating in international 

 oceanographic programs. 



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