Report on national co-ordinators for international oceanographic data exchange

Abstract

Participants in the Sixth Session of the Working Group on International Oceanographic Data Exchange (IODE) proposed that the Secretariat request Member States to designate a National Coordinator for International Oceanographic Data Exchange (SC/IOC.WG-1(VI)/10, paragraph 41). The Secretariat therefore issued Circular Letter No. 357 of 29 October 1971 inviting Member States to designate a National Co-ordinator. The Chairman of the Working Group on IODE then circulated a questionnaire (Attachment I) to each designated National Co-ordinator, requesting that the completed questionnaire be returned before 1 March 1973. A list of National Co-ordinators by name and/or designated activity and a summary of the responses to the questionnaire are contained in Attachment II. If the questionnaire was signed by the National Co-ordinator, the name is not included in the last column; if the signature was other than the National Co-ordinator, the name is included. The Working Group may wish to consider the modus operandi for the National Co-ordinators and the responses to the questionnaire under Provisional Agenda Item 5.8 (IOC/IODE-VII/l).