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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 |
| 2.4 | INTRODUCTION OF TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION |
| 2.5 | ROGER REVELLE MEMORIAL LECTURE |
| 3 | DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE 24th SESSION OF THE IOC ASSEMBLY |
| 3.1 | REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| 3.2 | REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION |
| 4 | PROGRAMME MATTERS REQUIRING DECISIONS BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 4.1 | GENERAL POLICY AND COORDINATION |
| 4.1.1 | Working Group on the Future of the IOC |
| 4.1.2 | The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
| 4.1.3 | IOC Biennial Strategy and Operating Plan for 2008–2009 |
| 4.1.4 | Report on the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Implementation |
| 4.1.5 | Follow-up of the Seventh Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VII) |
| 4.1.6 | Relations with Other Marine-Related Programmes of UNESCO |
| 4.1.7 | Relations with the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) |
| 4.1.8 | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) |
| 4.2 | UN CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS |
| 4.2.1 | IOC and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) |
| 4.2.2 | Follow-up of the Eighth Session of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS VIII) |
| 4.2.3 | IOC and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
| 4.2.4 | IOC and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
| 4.3 | ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY, INCLUDING SEA LEVEL RISE [MLA 2.1] |
| 4.3.1 | IOC Participation in the International Polar Year 2007–2008 and in the International Year of Planet Earth 2007–2009 |
| 4.3.2 | Report on WMO-IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Programme Implementation |
| 4.3.3 | Report on Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Programme Implementation |
| 4.3.4 | Interaction with the WMO–ICSU–IOC World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) |
| 4.3.5 | Report on the IMO London Convention Scientific Group Meeting on Ocean Iron Fertilization |
| 4.4 | SAFEGUARDING MARINE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT [MLA 2.2] |
| 4.4.1 | Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-Economic Aspects |
| 4.4.2 | Interaction with the Census of Marine Life (CoML) and Other Research Programmes on Marine Biodiversity |
| 4.4.3 | Integrated Coastal Research |
| 4.5 | CAPACITY-BUILDING, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND PROCEDURES FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [MLA 2.3] |
| 4.5.1 | Report on the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme |
| 4.5.2 | Report on Implementation of the IOC Capacity-Development Activities |
| 4.6.3 | Follow-up of the Third Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS) |
| 4.6.4 | Follow-up of the Twenty-Second Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the Pacific (ICG/PTWS) |
| 4.6.5 | Follow-up to the First Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG) |
| 4.6 | MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF TSUNAMIS AND OTHER MARINE HAZARDS [MLA 3.1] |
| 4.6.1 | Follow-up of the Fifth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) |
| 4.6.2 | Follow-up of the Fourth 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) |
| 5. | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| 5.1 | MAIN LINES OF ACTION FOR THE DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2010–2011 |
| 5.2 | DATES AND PLACES FOR THE FORTY-SECOND AND FORTY-THIRD SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 5.3 | RECRUITMENT OF THE IOC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY |
| 6. | ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS |
| 7. | CLOSURE |