25th Session of the IOC Assembly

16 - 25 June 2009,

7 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
France



Agenda



1 OPENING
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
3.1 STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC
3.2 REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION (2008–2009) AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2010–2011
3.3 REPORT OF THE IOC ACTIVITIES (2007–2008) TO THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO
4 PROGRAMME MATTERS REQUIRING DECISIONS BY THE ASSEMBLY
4.1 GENERAL POLICY ISSUES, UN CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS
4.1.1 Preparation for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IOC (1960–2010) and the Ministerial Round Table at the Thirty-fifth General Conference of UNESCO
4.1.1.1 Preparation for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
4.1.1.2 Ministerial Round Table at the 35th General Conference
4.1.2 Consideration of the Legacy of the International Polar Year (IPY) (2007–2009)
4.1.3 Relations with the Convention on Biological Diversity
4.1.4 Report of the Ninth Session of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE–LOS IX)
4.2 MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES & POLICIES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COASTAL & OCEAN ENVIRONMENT & RESOURCES (High Level Objective 4)
4.2.1 Data and Information
4.2.1.1 Report of the Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX)
4.2.1.2 IOC Collaboration with the Ocean Bio-geographic Information System (OBIS)
4.2.2 Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects
4.2.3 Report of the Tenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE-X)
4.2.4 Report of the Seventh Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO-VII)
4.2.5 Report on the Follow-up to the Seventh Session of the IOC Sub-Commission
4.3 SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH OF OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
4.3.1 Secretariat Report on Ocean Sciences Section: Programme, Structure and Activities
4.3.2 IOC role in Standard Settings and Guidelines
4.3.2.1 Adoption of the Equation of State of Sea Water
4.3.2.2 The International Nutrients Scale System: a proposal for a joint ICES-IOC Working Group to develop international standards for nutrients
4.3.2.3 Nutrient Export from Watersheds - User Scenario Evaluation (NEWS2USE)
4.3.3 Report of the Ninth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-IX) – HAB and GEOHAB Programme
4.3.4 Secretariat Report on Capacity-Development Section: Programme, Structure and Activities
4.4 MITIGATION OF THE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY (High Level Objective 2)
4.4.1 Oceans and Climate
4.4.1.1 WMO-IOC-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Report and Review
4.4.1.2 Climate Observations – GCOS, UNFCCC and OceanObs’ 09
4.4.2 Report of the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS)
4.4.3 Instructions to the Third Session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM-III)
4.4.4 Report on Ocean Fertilization
4.5 PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL HAZARDS
4.5.1 Report of the Second Meeting of the IOC TOWS Working Group: Tsunamis and Other Ocean Hazards Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-II)
4.5.2 Reports from the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Groups
4.5.2.1 Sixth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
4.5.2.2 Fifth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS)
4.5.2.3 Fourth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS)
4.5.2.4 Twenty-Third Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the Pacific (ICG/PTWS)
5 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
5.1 REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE IOC DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2010–2011 (DRAFT 35 C/5)
5.2 ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS
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 26TH ASSEMBLY AND THE 42ND AND 43RD SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
5.4 THEMES OF THE A. BRUUN AND N.K. PANIKKAR MEMORIAL LECTURES
6 SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS
6.1 FUTURE OF THE IOC
6.2 EXPANSION OF QUOTA OF SEATS FOR GROUP II MEMBER STATES IN THE IOC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
6.3 PROCEDURES IN FUTURE CONSULTATION PROCESS ESTABLISHING A SHORT LIST FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IOC
7 ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND SUMMARY REPORT
8. CLOSURE