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Item 10 

 Paris, 26 October 1961 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANQGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



AMiENDMENTS TO THE PROVISIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE 



(Suggested by the Sub-Committee of the Steering 

 Committee on Rules of Procedure) 



The Sub-Committee met on Thursday, 26 October 1961, at 

 11 a.m., to review the Provisional Rules of Procedure adopted 

 by the Commission. It had before it proposals submitted by 

 Argentina, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the 

 United Kingdom, as well as some draft changes proposed by the 

 Secretariat. 



The Sub-Committee recommends that the following changes 

 be made in the Provisional Rules of Procedure. 



Rule 6 



Add a paragraph as follows: 



"2. The Provisional Agenda shall be communicated to the 

 members of the Commission at least three months before 

 the opening of each session," 



Rule 7 



Amend sub-paragraph d) to read: 



"d) Items which the Director-General of UNESCO or the 

 Secretary of the Commission may deem necessary to raise. 



Rule 9 



Amend the Rule to read: 



"The Commission may, during a session, modify the order 

 of items on the Agenda. A majority of two-thirds shall 

 be required for the addition or deletion of items during 

 a session." 



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