IOC-24
Twenty-fourth Session of the IOC Assembly
19-28 June 2007, Paris, France

Agenda and Timetable

New provisional agenda & timetable: Since the release of the invitation a revised provisional agenda and timetable (in English only) were issued on 18 April and 8 June respectively.

hour

Monday

18 June

Tuesday

19 June

Wednesday

20 June

Thursday

21 June

Friday

22 June

Saturday

23 June

Monday

25 June

Tuesday

26 June

Wednesday

27 June

Thursday

28 June

09.30

-

11.00

40 th Executive Council

IOC/EC-XL

1. Opening

 

2. Organization of the Session

(2.1 – 2.4)

4. Programme matters

4.1 General Policy

4.1.1 Regular Process

4.2 Ocean Sciences Section

4.2.2 IPHAB VIII

 

4.2.3 WCRP

4.3.5

IODE-XIX

 

4.3.6 IODE Strategy

4.7 Tsunamis and other marine hazards

4.7.1 Secretariat Report

4.7.2 Global System

5.2 Elections

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6. (Cont’d)

report

11.00 -

11.15

 

COFFEE BREAK

11.15

-

12.30

40 th Executive Council

 

(cont’d)

3. Statutory Reports

(3.1 – 3.2)

4.1.3 IOC’s 50 th Anniversary

 

4.1.4 International Polar Year

4.3 Operational Observing

4.3.1 I-GOOS-VIII

 

4.3.2 J-PICO

 

2.5 Panikaar lect. (Intellectual property)

 

4.4 Capacity Building Secretariat’s Report

4.7.3 IOTWS

4.7.4 NEAMTWS

4.7.5 CARIBE-EWS

5.3

Dates and place of next Assembly & EC

5.4

Next Bruun & Panikkar Lec.

 

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6.

Adoption of of report

6. (Cont’d)

report

12.30 -

14.30

 

LUNCH BREAK

14.30

-

16.00

Meeting of Regional Subsidiary Bodies

3. Statutory Reports (3.3)

 

4.1.2 Draft MTS 2008-2013 /

5.1 Draft Program & Budget 2008–09

(introduction)

4.1.4 (Cont’d)

 

 

4.1.5 GEOSS

4.2.4 IPCC

4.3.4 GCOS

4.6 UN Conventions & Agreements

4.6.1. IOC/ABE–LOS-VII Report

4.5 Regional Activities

4.5.1 Impl. of IOC Programs in Regions

 

4.5.2. Report of the WG on Regions

 

4.1.2 Draft IOC MTS 2008-2013

(cont’d)

 

5.1. Draft Programme & Budget 2008-2009 (cont’d)

 

5.2

Elections(results)

 

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6. (Cont’d)

report

16.00 -

16.15

 

COFFEE BREAK

16.15

-

17.30

(Cont’d)

· Statement GEOSS (4.1.5)

 

2.5 Bruun lect. (International Polar Year)

4.2 Ocean Sciences Section

4.2.1 Secretariat Report

4.6.1 (Cont’d)

 

4.3.3 JCOMM

5. Administ. & Management

 

5.1 (Cont’d)

6.

Adoption of DRs

 

6. (Cont’d)

DRs

6. (Cont’d)

report

7. Closure

Adoption SR IOC/ECXL

After

17.30

 

Reception

Closing date for the nominations for elections (17h30)

 

 

Closing date for DRs (17h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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

            [Rule of Procedure 8.1(a)]

3.2       Report BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME
and budget IMPLEMENTATION (2006–2007)

            [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
TO THE thirty-fourth GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO

            [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
[Instr. 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]

4.2.4       Report on IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
[Rule of Procedure 8.1(i)]

 

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

 

 

© IOC of UNESCO, 2007