Meeting U.S. National Committee for the IOC

The United States National Committee for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission met on March 25th. Its recommendations will be passed to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO for consideration and probable transmission to UNESCO. The meeting was informed by a number of recent reports from UNESCO and the IOC:

• IOC Strategic Plan
• Baker report regarding GOOS Planning and Implementation
• OceanObs '09 conference statement, September 2009
• Ocean Sciences Workplan as proposed to the 25th Assembly, June 2009
• OBIS Strategy and Workplan Meeting, November 2009
• IOC Establishes a Trust Fund for OBIS (IOC Circular 2333)
• Assessment of Assessments Report
• Refresh of the US Oceans Research Priorities Plan
• International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM)