Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission was established by resolution 2.31 adopted by the General Conference of Unesco. It first met in Paris at Unesco Headquarters from 19 to 27 October 1961. Initially, 40 States became members of the Commission.

The IOC is composed of its Member States (129 in 2004), an Assembly, an Executive Council and a Secretariat. The Secretariat is based in Paris, France. Additionally the IOC has a number of Subsidiary Bodies.

IOC oversees the [http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/ International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific] .

History

The founding 40 member states were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Viet-Nam.

External links

* [http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/ About IOC]


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