1 - Opening
1.1 - Chair Welcoming Speech
2 - Organization of the Session
2.1 - Adoption of the Agenda
2.2 - Designation of the Rapporteur
2.3 - Establishment of Intrasessional Committees
2.4 - Introduction of Documentation and Timetable
2.5 - A. BRUUN AND N.K. PANIKKAR MEMORIAL LectureS
3 - STATUTORY REPORTS
3.2 - Report BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME
Rule of Procedure 8.1(b); Rule of Procedure 49.1; Res. EC XXXIX.10 Parts A and B
3.3 - REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE IOC (2005–2006) FOR PRESENTATION
Statutes Art. 3.2; Rule of Procedure 49.2
4 - PROGRAMME MATTERS REQUIRING DECISIONS BY THE ASSEMBLY
4.1 - GENERAL Policy Issues
4.1.1 - Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects
Rule of Procedure 21.2(c)
4.1.2 - Presentation by the Executive Secretary of the IOC Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 2008–2013
Res. EC-XXXIX.1; Res. EC-XXXVII.11
4.1.3 - Preparation for the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IOC (1960–2010)
Rule of Procedure 8.1(g)
4.1.4 - IOC Participation in the International Polar Year 2007–2008 and in the International Year of Planet Earth 2007–2009
Res. EC-XXXVII.3; Instr. EC-XXXIX item 4.1.3 para. 76
4.1.5 - Secretariat Report on the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Rule of Procedure 21.2(c); Res. XXIII.1
4.2 - Ocean Sciences Section
4.2.1 - Secretariat Report on Ocean Sciences Section Programme, Structure and Activities
nstr. EC-XXXIX item 4.2.2 para. 106
4.2.2 - Eighth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-VIII) & HAB and GEOHAB Programme
Rule of Procedure 48.3
4.2.3 - Report on work plan and budget of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the IOC Ocean and Climate Programme
EC-XXXIX item 4.2.3 para. 117
4.3 - Ocean OBSERVATION AND Services Section
4.3.1 - Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)
Rule of Procedure 48.3
4.3.2 - Proposal for a GOOS-GTOS Joint Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations (J-PICO)
Instr. EC-XXXIX item 4.3.2 para 152
4.3.3 - Report of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) in support of the implementation of GOOS
Instr. XXII item 4.4.5 para. 241 & 242
4.3.4 - Report on Planning and Implementation Activities of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Rule of Procedure 8.1(g)
4.3.5 - Nineteenth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XIX)
Rule of Procedure 48.3
4.3.6 - Report on the Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management
Res. EC-XXXV.2; EC-XXXIX item 4.3.3 para. 159 and 172
4.4 - CAPACITY-BUILDING section
4.4.1 - Secretariat Report on IOC Capacity-Developing Activities, 2005–2007
Rule of Procedure 21.2(c)
4.5 - Regional Activities
4.5.1 - Secretariat Report on the implementation of IOC Programmes in Regions and Regional Programmes
Rule of Procedure 21.2(c)
4.5.2 - Follow-up to the Report of the Intersessional Working Group on Regional Programmes
Res. XXIII-6; Dec. EC-XXXIX Item 4.5.4 para. 249
4.6 - UN CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS
4.6.1 - Seventh Meeting of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE–LOS VII): Report of the Chairman
Rule of procedure 48.3
4.7 - TSUNAMIS and other marine hazards
4.7.1 - Secretariat Report on the implementation of IOC activities in the Tsunami Programme & strategic approach
Rule of Procedure 21.2(c)
4.7.2 - Follow-up to the Report of the ad hoc Working Group on the Framework for a Global Tsunami and Other Ocean-related Hazards Early Warning System
Res. XXIII-15; Dec. EC-XXXIX Item 4.7.5 para 369
4.7.3 - Third and Fourth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
Rule of Procedure 48.3
4.7.4 - Third Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS)
Rule of Procedure 48.3
4.7.5 - Second Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS)
Rule of Procedure 48.3
5 - ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
5.1 - DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2008–2009
Statutes Art. 1.2; Res. EC-XXXIX.10
5.2 - ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Statutes Art. 6.B.5 and 7; Annex I to the Rules of Procedure
5.2.1 - Election of the Chairperson of the Commission
5.2.2 - Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission
5.2.3 - Election of the Members of the Executive Council
5.3 - DATES AND PLACES OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY AND THE FORTY-FIRST AND FORTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Rules of Procedure 4 and 19.2
5.4 - THEMES OF THE NEXT A. BRUUN AND N.K. PANIKKAR MEMORIAL LECTURES
6 - ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS and SUMMARY REPORT
7 - CLOSURE