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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission f Reports of Governing and Major Subsidiary Bodies ” AUG 1993 Seventeenth Session of the Assembly Paris, 25 February - 11 March 1993 UNESCO In (hit Series Languages Reports of Governing and Me|or Subsidiary Bodies, which was initiated at the beginning ol 1964, the reports ol the following meetings have already been issued: 1. Eleventh Session ol the Working Committee on international Oceanographic Data Exchange E. F, S. R 2. Seventeenth Session of the Executive Council E, F. S. R.Ar 3. Fourth Session of the Working Committee for Training, Education and Mutual Assistance E, F. S. R 4. Filth Session ol the Working Committee for the Global Investigation ol Pollution in the Marine E, F. S, R Environment 5. First Session ol the IOC Sub-Commission lor the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions E, F.S 0. Third Session of the ad hoc Task team to Study the Implications, for the Commission, of the UN E, F. S, R Convention on the Law of the Sea and the New Ocean Regime 7. First Session ol the Programme Group on Ocean Processes and Climate E. F. S, R 0. Eighteenth Session of the Executive Council E. F. S, R, Ar 9. Thirteenth Session ol the Assembly E. F. S, R, Ar 10. Tenth Session of the International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific 11. Nineteenh Session ol the Executive Council E. F. S. R. Ar 12. Sixth Session of the IOC Scientific Committee lor the Global Investigation of Pollution in the E. F.S Marine Environment 13. Twelfth Session of the IOC Working Committee on International Oceanographic Data Exchange E, F. S. R 14. Second Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean anJ Adjacent Regions E, F. S 15. First Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic E. F, S 10. Second Session of the IOC Programme Group on Ocean Processes and Climate E. F. S 17. Twentieth Session of the Executive Council E. F, S, R, Ar 10. Fourteenth Session ol the Assembly E. F. S. R, Ar 19. Fifth Session of the IOC (regional Committee for the Southern Ocean E, F. S, R 20. Eleventh Session of the International Co ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in E, F. S. R the Pacific 21. Second Session of the IOC Ftegional Committee lor the Co-operative Investigation in the North E. F and Central Western Indian Ocean 22. Fourth Session ol the IOC Ftegional Committee for the Western Pacific English only 23. Twenty-first Session of the Executive Council E. F. S, R 24. Twenty-second Session of the Executive Council E. F, S, R 25. Fifteenth Session of the Assembly E. F, S. R 20. Third Session of the IOC Committee on Ocean Processes and Climate E. F. S. R 27. Twelfth Session of the International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the E. F. S. R Pacific 28. Third Session of the Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions E.S 29. First Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific English only 30. Fifth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Western Pacific English only 31. Twenty-third Session ol the Executive Council E, F. S. R 32. Thirteenth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information English only Exchange 33. Seventh Session ol the IOC Committee for the Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine E, F, S, R Environment 34. Fifth Session of the IOC Committee for Training, Education and Mutual Assistance in Marine E, F. S. R Sciences 35. Fourth Session of the IOC Committee on Ocean Processes and Climate E, F. S. R 30, Twenty-fourth Session of the Executive Council E, F. S, R 37. Sixteenth Session of the Assembly E, F. S. R, Ar 38. Thirteenth Session of the International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in E, F, S, R the Pacific 39. Second Session of the IOC-WMO Intergovernmental WOCE Panel English only 40. Twenty-fifth Session of the Executive Council E. F. S, R 41. Fifth Session of the IOC Committee on Ocean Processes and Climate E. F. S, R 42. Second Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic E. F 43. First Session of the Joint IOC-UNEP Intergovernmental Panel for the Global Investigation E, F. S, R of Pollution in the Marine Environment 44. First Session of the IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algae Blooms E, F. S 45. Fourteenth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information E. F. S, R Exchange 46. Third Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Co-operative Investigation in the North and E. F Central Western Indian Ocean 47. Second Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Paa lie English only 40. Fourth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions E, S 49. Third Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic E. F 50. First Session of the IOC Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System E. F, S, R 51. Twenty-sixth Session of the Executive Council E. F, S, R 52. Seventeenth Session of the Assembly E, F, S, R Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Reports of Governing and Major Subsidiary Bodies Seventeenth Session of the Assembly Paris, 25 February - 11 March 1993 UNESCO SC/MD/101 Paris, 27 April 1993 Original: English SC/MD/101 page (i) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY REPORT Page 1. OPENING 1 2. BRUUN MEMORIAL LECTURES 1 3. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 1 3.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 1 3.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR 1 3.3 CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION 1 4. REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES, 1991-1992 2 4.1 SECRETARY’S REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2 4.2 REPORT ON THE COMMISSION’S ACTIVITIES 1991-1992 4 5. OCEAN SCIENCES 5 5.1 THE OCEAN’S ROLE IN CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE : OCEAN PROCESSES AND CLIMATE 5 5.1.1 Report on WCRP and JSC 5 5.1.2 Ocean Dynamics and Circulation on the Continental Shelf 6 5.1.3 IGBP Ocean Related Projects (including JGOFS, LOICZ) 6 5.2 OCEAN SCIENCE IN RELATION TO LIVING RESOURCES (OSLR) 7 5.3 OCEAN SCIENCE IN RELATION TO NON-LIVING RESOURCES (OSNLR) IO 5.4 OCEAN MAPPING 11 5.5 MARINE POLLUTION RESEARCH AND MONITORING (G1PME/MARPOLMON) AND RELATED PROGRAMMES 12 6. OCEAN SERVICES 15 6.1 GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 15 6.1.1 First Session of the IOC Committee for GOOS 15 6.1.2 Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS) 16 SC/MD/101 page (ii) Page 6.1.3 GOOS Global Coastal Zone and Shelf Sea Module 18 6.1.4 Drifting-Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) 19 6.1.3 Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) 20 6.1.6 Satellite Remote Sensing 21 6.1.7 Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) 21 6.2 INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IODE) AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 22 6.2.1 Fourteenth Session of the IOC Committee for IODE 22 6.2.2 Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP) 25 6.2.3 Ocean Personal Computer Project (OCEAN-PC) 25 6.3 INTERNATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM IN THE PACIFIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 26 7. TRAINING, EDUCATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE MARINE SCIENCES (TEMA) 27 8. REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND CO-OPERATION 30 8.1 MATTERS ARISING FROM REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES 30 8.1.1 IOCARIBE 30 8.1.2 WESTPAC 30 8.1.3 IOCINCWIO 31 8.1.4 IOCINDIO 32 8.1.5 IOCEA 32 8.1.6 Collaboration with ROPME 33 8.1.7 MEDITERRANEAN 35 8.1.8 Other regions, including South-west Atlantic, Southern Ocean and Southeast Pacific 36 9. CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AND OTHER BODIES 39 9.1 THE INTER-SECRETARIAT COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES RELATING TO OCEANOGRAPHY (ICSPRO) 39 9.1.1 Sessions of ICSPRO and related co-operation with the ICSPRO Agencies 39 9.1.2 Study of Legal Aspects of Ocean Data Acquisition Systems, Aids and Devices (ODAS) 41 9.2 CO-OPERATION WITH THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) 41 SC/MD/101 page (iii) Page 9.3 CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) 43 9.4 CO-OPERATION WITH ICSU AND SCOR 44 9.5 CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER BODIES INCLUDING CPPS, ICES, ECOR 45 IO. FOLLOW-UP OF THE 1992 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: IOC STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN 46 10.1 AGENDA 21 47 10.2 FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 48 10.3 CONVENTION ON BIO-DIVERSITY 49 10.4 RESPONSE OF THE IOC TO RELATED STRUCTURAL MATTERS AND UNCI,OS 50 11. PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 50 11.1 PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1993 51 11.2 DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 1994-1995 51 11.3 OTHER ASPECTS OF THE UNESCO ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 52 12. ENHANCING THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION 53 13. ELECTIONS 56 13.1 ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION 56 13.2 ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 56 14. DATES AND PLACES OF THE EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TWENTY-SEVENTH (INCLUDING PROPOSAL ON AGENDA ITEMS) AND THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57 15. ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT 59 16. CLOSURE 59 SC/MD/101 page (iv) ANNEXES I Agenda II Resolutions III Opening Addresses A.