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| 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 AND WORKING GROUPS |
| 2.4 | INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION, TIMETABLE AND MEMORIAL LECTURES |
| 3. | STATE OF THE IOC, ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND ITS PROGRAMME AND BUDGET |
| 3.1 | STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC |
| 3.2 | REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET (2014–2015) IMPLEMENTATION |
| 3.3 | REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE IOC SUB-COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES |
| 3.3.1 | IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific: 10th Session of WESTPAC, 12–15 May 2015, Phuket, Thailand |
| 3.3.2 | IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 13th Session of IOCARIBE, 25–28 May 2015, Merida, Mexico |
| 3.3.3 | IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States: 3rd Session of IOCAFRICA |
| 3.3.4 | Report of the IOC Meeting of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies |
| 3.4 | INTRODUCTION TO DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017 |
| 3.5 | REPORT OF THE IOC (2014–2015) TO THE THIRTY-EIGHTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO |
| 4. | THE FUTURE OF IOC |
| 5. | OCEAN RESEARCH |
| 5.1 | STATUS REPORT OF THE IOC GLOBAL OCEAN SCIENCE REPORT (GOSR) |
| 5.2 | WMO-IOC-ICSU WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP): REPORT AND REVIEW |
| 5.3 | SECOND INTERNATIONAL INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION |
| 6. | ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION FOR POLICY |
| 6.1 | UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT |
| 6.2 | REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE GENERAL BATHYMETRIC CHART OF THE OCEANS (GEBCO) GUIDING COMMITTEE |
| 7. | OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT |
| 7.1 | OBSERVING SYSTEMS |
| 7.1.1 | Global Ocean Observing System |
| 7.1.2 | WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) |
| 7.1.3 | Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) |
| 7.2 | DATA MANAGEMENT |
| 7.2.1 | International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 23rd Session of IODE, 17–20 March 2015, Bruges, Belgium |
| 8. | EARLY WARNING AND SERVICES |
| 8.1 | REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS |
| 8.1.1 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 26th Session of ICG/PTWS, 22–24 April 2015, Hawaii, USA |
| 8.1.2 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 10th Session of ICG/IOTWS, 24–26 March 2015, Muscat, Oman |
| 8.1.3 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 10th Session of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS, 19–21 May 2015; Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 8.1.4 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: 11th Session of ICG-NEAMTWS, 12–14 November 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 8.2 | GLOBAL COORDINATION OF WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS |
| 8.3 | HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: 12TH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (IPHAB), 28–30 APRIL 2015, UNESCO, PARIS |
| 9. | CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT |
| 9.1 | REPORT OF THE INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IOC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY |
| 10. | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE |
| 10.1 | UN COORDINATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO OCEAN GOVERNANCE |
| 10.2 | INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (ICAM) |
| 10.3 | INTERNATIONAL POLAR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE |
| 11. | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| 11.1 | REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE IOC DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017 (DRAFT 38 C/5) |
| 11.2 | SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE IOC GOVERNING BODIES IN FOLLOW-UP TO THE UNITED NATIONS JOINT INSPECTION UNIT’S (JIU) RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE METHODS OF WORK OF UNESCO’S INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES |
| 11.3 | ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 11.3.1 | Election of the Chairperson of the Commission |
| 11.3.2 | Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission |
| 11.3.3 | Election of the Members of the Executive Council |
| 11.4 | 29TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND 49TH AND 50TH SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 12. | ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS |
| 13. | CLOSURE |