The Assembly concluded its work on Thursday 25 June afternoon. The full report of the Session is available on the bottom of this page. In other languages than English, the report consists of four parts and three resolutions adopted in plenary session on 25 June. The parts of the Provisional summary reports below are unedited at this stage.
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt. 1=Provisional Summary Report, Part 1
- IOC-XXVIII/3 Prov. Pt. 2= Provisional Summary Report, Part 2
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.3= Provisional Summary Report Part 3
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.4= Provisional Summary Report Part 4
- Resolution XXVIII-1= Second International Ocean Indian Expedition
- Resolution XXVIII-2= IOC Capacity Building Strategy (2015-2021)
- Resolution XXVIII-3= Financial Matters of the Commission
Results IOC elections 2015: Elections have been held and the results have been posted on the website. IOC Ocean Science Day, 2015: A scientific forum took place on 17 June to discuss the current challenges and emerging issues of ocean science through lectures and panel discussions. Find more on the dedicated webpage. Evaluation questionnaire: Give your opinion on the session arrangements by filling out the online before July, 1st here. Documents published during the session.
- Thursday 25 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.4= Draft Summary Report Part 4
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.3= Draft Summary Report Part 3
- Resolution XXVIII-1= Second International Ocean Indian Expedition (item 5.3)
- Resolution XXVIII-2= IOC Capacity Building Strategy (2015-2021) (item 9.1)
- Resolution XXVIII-3= Financial Matters of the Commission (item 11.1)
- Wednesday 24 June 2015
- Results of the IOC elections, 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/5 Prov.=Provisional List of Participants as of 24 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/3 Prov. Part 2= Draft Summary Report, Part 2 (items 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1.1 & 7.1.2)
- Tuesday 23 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/DR.(11.1)=Draft Resolution: Financial Matters of the Commission
- IOC-XXVIII/DR.(5.3)Rev.= Draft Resolution: Second International Indian Ocean Expedition
- IOC-XXVIII/DR.(9.1)Rev.= Draft Resolution: IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021)
- IOC-XXVIII/NOM/WP3=List of Candidates for Elections (22 June 2015, 18.30 hours)
- La gouvernance de l’UNESCO et des fonds, programmes et entités rattachés - Projet de rapport final avant publication = Item 11.2 (Self-Assessment of the IOC Governing Bodies
- Monday 22 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Part 1=Draft Summary Report, Part 1 (items 1 (to be continued), 2, 3.1-3.4 & 4
- IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 Corr.= IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015-2021 – Corrigendum
- Friday 19 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/2 Prov. Corr.= Revised draft decision on item 4 (Future of the IOC)
- Thursday 18 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/RSB/3s= Executive Summary Report of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies meeting (Paris, 15 June 2015)
- IOC/GOOS-SC-4/3s= Executive Summary Report of the 4th Meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee, Townsville, Australia, 24–26 May 2015
- Wednesday 17 July 2015
- IOC/EC-XLVIII/3s = Executive Summary Report of the Forty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, 16 June 2015
- IOC-XXVIII/1 Add. Rev. = Revised Provisional Agenda
- IOC-XXVIII/2 annex 2 Corr. = Report on Budget Execution (2014) -Corrigendum
- IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 4= Report of the Chair of the Intersessional Working Group on ‘The Future of the IOC’
Location
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OPENING
ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
ESTABLISHMENT OF INTRASESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION, TIMETABLE AND MEMORIAL LECTURES
STATE OF THE IOC, ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND ITS PROGRAMME AND BUDGET
STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC
REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET (2014–2015) IMPLEMENTATION
REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE IOC SUB-COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES
IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific: 10th Session of WESTPAC, 12–15 May 2015, Phuket, Thailand
IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 13th Session of IOCARIBE, 25–28 May 2015, Merida, Mexico
IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States: 3rd Session of IOCAFRICA
Report of the IOC Meeting of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies
INTRODUCTION TO DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017
REPORT OF THE IOC (2014–2015) TO THE THIRTY-EIGHTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO
OCEAN RESEARCH
STATUS REPORT OF THE IOC GLOBAL OCEAN SCIENCE REPORT (GOSR)
WMO-IOC-ICSU WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP): REPORT AND REVIEW
SECOND INTERNATIONAL INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION
- The Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) - A Basin-wide Research Program (Draft Science Plan, version 1, 13 May 2015)
- Strategic Framework for Implementation of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition – Report of the IOC Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) Interim Planning Committee
- International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution
ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION FOR POLICY
UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT
REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE GENERAL BATHYMETRIC CHART OF THE OCEANS (GEBCO) GUIDING COMMITTEE
OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT
OBSERVING SYSTEMS
Global Ocean Observing System
WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
- A Strategy for JCOMM
- Report by the Co-presidents of the Commission
- Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, 4th session
- Eleventh Session of the Management Committee
- Report by the co-presidents of Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
DATA MANAGEMENT
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 23rd Session of IODE, 17–20 March 2015, Bruges, Belgium
EARLY WARNING AND SERVICES
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 26th Session of ICG/PTWS, 22–24 April 2015, Hawaii, USA
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 10th Session of ICG/IOTWS, 24–26 March 2015, Muscat, Oman
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
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
GLOBAL COORDINATION OF WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: 12TH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (IPHAB), 28–30 APRIL 2015, UNESCO, PARIS
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
REPORT OF THE INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IOC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE
UN COORDINATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO OCEAN GOVERNANCE
INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (ICAM)
INTERNATIONAL POLAR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE IOC DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017 (DRAFT 38 C/5)
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
ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Election of the Chairperson of the Commission
Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission
Election of the Members of the Executive Council
29TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND 49TH AND 50TH SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS
- Template for Submission of Written Records to the Assembly Summary Report
- Provisional Summary Report Part 1 (IOC-28)
- International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution
- IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021) - Draft Resolution
- Financial matters of the Commission - Draft Resolution
- Provisional Summary Report Part 2 (IOC-28)
- Provisional Summary Report Part 3 (IOC-28)
CLOSURE
Report Documents
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| IOC-XXVIII/3 | Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Assembly, Paris, 18–25 June 2015 |
Agenda Documents
| Agenda | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | IOC/INF-1330 | UN Coordination: a potential role for IOC under a new UNCLOS implementing agreement on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction | |
| 10.1 | IOC/INF-1328 | Update on IOC Contribution to United Nations initiatives (2015) | |
| 10.2 | IOC/INF-1329 | Progress in the implementation of the Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) Strategy, including marine spatial planning and Large Marine Ecosystems | |
| 10.3 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 9 | Concept: International Polar Partnership Initiative (IPPI), 2015 revision | |
| 11.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 3 | Draft Programme and Budget for 2016-2017 | |
| 11.1 | IOC-XXVIII/Dr.(11.1) | Financial matters of the Commission - Draft Resolution | |
| 11.2 | 196 EX/23.INF.5 | New audits by the External Auditor, Part V: interim report on the audit of the governance of UNESCO and dependent funds, programmes and entities | |
| 11.2 | Final report on Governance of UNESCO and dependent funds, programmes and entities by the external auditors (August 2015) | ||
| 11.3 | IOC-XXVIII/NOM/WP3 | List of Candidates for Elections (22 June 2015, 18.30 hours) | |
| 11.3 | Results of the Elections for Officers and Seats at the IOC Executive Council 2015 | ||
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Add. | Template for Submission of Written Records to the Assembly Summary Report | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/3 Prov. Part 1 | Provisional Summary Report Part 1 (IOC-28) | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/DR.(5.3) Rev.2 | International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/DR.(9.1) Rev. | IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021) - Draft Resolution | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/Dr.(11.1) | Financial matters of the Commission - Draft Resolution | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.2 | Provisional Summary Report Part 2 (IOC-28) | |
| 12. | IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.3 | Provisional Summary Report Part 3 (IOC-28) | |
| 2. | IOC/EC-XLVIII/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Forty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council | |
| 2.1 | IOC-XXVIII/1 Prov. Rev. | Revised Provisional Agenda (IOC-28) | |
| 2.1 | IOC-XXVIII/1 Add. Prov. Rev. | Revised Provisional Timetable (IOC-28) | |
| 2.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Prov. | Provisional Action Paper (IOC-28) | |
| 2.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Prov. Add. | Provisional Action Paper - Addendum (IOC-28) | |
| 2.4 | IOC-XXVIII/1 Add. Prov. Rev. | Revised Provisional Timetable (IOC-28) | |
| 2.4 | IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Add. | Template for Submission of Written Records to the Assembly Summary Report | |
| 2.4 | IOC-XXVIII/4 Prov.Rev. | Revised Provisional List of Documents (IOC-28) | |
| 3.1 | IOC-XXVIII/Inf.3 Rev. | Statement of the Chair on the State of the IOC, 2015 | |
| 3.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 2 | Report on Budget Execution (2014) | |
| 3.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 1 | Report of the Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the previous session | |
| 3.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 1 Add. Rev. | Report of the Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the previous session - Addendum | |
| 3.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 annex 2 Corr. | Report on Budget Execution (2014) -Corrigendum | |
| 3.3 | IOC/INF-1322 Rev. | Update on the Status of IOC Subsidiary Bodies, 2015 | |
| 3.3.1 | IOC/WESTPAC-X/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Tenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), 12–15 May 2015, Phuket, Thailand | |
| 3.3.2 | IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XIII/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Thirteenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Region (IOCARIBE), 25–28 May 2015, Merida, Mexico | |
| 3.3.3 | IOC/WR-269 | Forum on Sustained Ocean Observations and Services in IOC Group V (Africa and Arab countries) | |
| 3.3.3 | IOCAFRICA-III/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Third Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA), 13–15 April 2015, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| 3.3.4 | IOC-XXVIII/RSB/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies meeting (Paris, 15 June 2015) | |
| 3.4 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 3 | Draft Programme and Budget for 2016-2017 | |
| 3.5 | IOC-XXVIII/6 | Draft Report of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (2014–2015) to the 38th General Conference of UNESCO | |
| 4. | UK Natcom Policy Brief 13 | An evaluation of the Integovernmental Oceanographic Commission's role in global marine science and oceanography, February 2015 | |
| 4. | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 4 | Report of the Chair of the Intersessional Working Group on ‘The Future of the IOC’ | |
| 4. | IOC-XXVIII/2 prov. corr. | Provisional Action Paper - Corrigendum (IOC-28) | |
| 5.1 | IOC/INF-1321 | Global Ocean Science Report: Progress, challenges, prospects | |
| 5.2 | IOC/INF-1323 | World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Year 2015 Report | |
| 5.3 | SCOR document | The Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) - A Basin-wide Research Program (Draft Science Plan, version 1, 13 May 2015) | |
| 5.3 | IOC/INF-1324 | Strategic Framework for Implementation of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition – Report of the IOC Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) Interim Planning Committee | |
| 5.3 | IOC-XXVIII/DR.(5.3) Rev.2 | International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution | |
| 6.1 | IOC/INF-1331 | IOC Contribution to World Ocean Assessment and other ocean assessment processes (IPBES, TWAP), 2015 | |
| 6.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 6 | Revision of the Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the GEBCO Guiding Committee | |
| 6.2 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 7 | Review of the Role and Involvement of the IOC in the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO) Project | |
| 6.2 | IOC/INF-1325 | GEBCO Guiding Committee Report, 2013–2015 | |
| 7.1.1 | GOOS-212 | Executive Summary Report of the 4th Meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee, Townsville, Australia, 24–26 May 2015 | |
| 7.1.2 | IOC/INF-1326 | GCOS Planning and Implementation, 2015 | |
| 7.1.3 | MAN-11/BM.5.1 | A Strategy for JCOMM | |
| 7.1.3 | JCOMM-4/Doc.3 [FINAL] | Report by the Co-presidents of the Commission | |
| 7.1.3 | WMO-No.1093, WMO-IOC/JCOMM-4/3 | Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, 4th session | |
| 7.1.3 | JCOMM-MR-117, MAN-11-final-report | Eleventh Session of the Management Committee | |
| 7.1.3 | IOC/INF-1327 | Report by the co-presidents of Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) | |
| 7.2.1 | IOC/IODE-XXIII/3 | IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Twenty-third Session, Brugge Belgium, 17-20 March 2015 | |
| 7.2.1 | IOC/IODE-XXIII/3s | Summary Executive Summary of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Twenty-third Session, Bruges, Belgium, 17–20 March 2015 | |
| 8.1.1 | ICG/PTWS-XXVI/3 | Twenty-sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System; Honolulu, USA; 22–24 April 2015 | |
| 8.1.2 | ICG/IOTWS-X/3s | Executive Summary Report of the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-X), Muscat, Oman, 24–26 March 2015 | |
| 8.1.3 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-X/3 | Summary Report of the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands, 19–21 May 2015 | |
| 8.1.4 | IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS-XI/3 | 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 | IOC/TOWS-WG-VIII/3 | Report of Eighth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Morioka, Japan, 12–13 March 2015 | |
| 8.3 | IOC/INF-1320 | GEOHAB Scientific Summary for Policy Makers on Harmful Algal Blooms, 2015 | |
| 8.3 | IOC/IPHAB-XII/3s | Executive Summary Report of the Twelfth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO Headquarters, 28–30 April 2015 | |
| 9.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 | IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015-2021 | |
| 9.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 Corr. Rev. | IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015-2021 - Revised Corrigendum | |
| 9.1 | IOC-XXVIII/DR.(9.1) Rev. | IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021) - Draft Resolution | |
| 9.1 | IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 Add. | IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015–2021 - Annexes |