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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 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 |
| 3.2 | REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION (2008–2009) AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2010–2011 |
| 3.3 | REPORT OF THE IOC ACTIVITIES (2007–2008) TO THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO |
| 4 | PROGRAMME MATTERS REQUIRING DECISIONS BY THE ASSEMBLY |
| 4.1 | GENERAL POLICY ISSUES, UN CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS |
| 4.1.1 | Preparation for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IOC (1960–2010) and the Ministerial Round Table at the Thirty-fifth General Conference of UNESCO |
| 4.1.1.1 | Preparation for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary |
| 4.1.1.2 | Ministerial Round Table at the 35th General Conference |
| 4.1.2 | Consideration of the Legacy of the International Polar Year (IPY) (2007–2009) |
| 4.1.3 | Relations with the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| 4.1.4 | Report of the Ninth Session of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE–LOS IX) |
| 4.2 | MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES & POLICIES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COASTAL & OCEAN ENVIRONMENT & RESOURCES (High Level Objective 4) |
| 4.2.1 | Data and Information |
| 4.2.1.1 | Report of the Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX) |
| 4.2.1.2 | IOC Collaboration with the Ocean Bio-geographic Information System (OBIS) |
| 4.2.2 | Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects |
| 4.2.3 | Report of the Tenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE-X) |
| 4.2.4 | Report of the Seventh Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO-VII) |
| 4.2.5 | Report on the Follow-up to the Seventh Session of the IOC Sub-Commission |
| 4.3 | SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH OF OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS |
| 4.3.1 | Secretariat Report on Ocean Sciences Section: Programme, Structure and Activities |
| 4.3.2 | IOC role in Standard Settings and Guidelines |
| 4.3.2.1 | Adoption of the Equation of State of Sea Water |
| 4.3.2.2 | The International Nutrients Scale System: a proposal for a joint ICES-IOC Working Group to develop international standards for nutrients |
| 4.3.2.3 | Nutrient Export from Watersheds - User Scenario Evaluation (NEWS2USE) |
| 4.3.3 | Report of the Ninth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-IX) – HAB and GEOHAB Programme |
| 4.3.4 | Secretariat Report on Capacity-Development Section: Programme, Structure and Activities |
| 4.4 | MITIGATION OF THE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY (High Level Objective 2) |
| 4.4.1 | Oceans and Climate |
| 4.4.1.1 | WMO-IOC-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Report and Review |
| 4.4.1.2 | Climate Observations – GCOS, UNFCCC and OceanObs’ 09 |
| 4.4.2 | Report of the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS) |
| 4.4.3 | Instructions to the Third Session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM-III) |
| 4.4.4 | Report on Ocean Fertilization |
| 4.5 | PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL HAZARDS |
| 4.5.1 | Report of the Second Meeting of the IOC TOWS Working Group: Tsunamis and Other Ocean Hazards Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-II) |
| 4.5.2 | Reports from the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Groups |
| 4.5.2.1 | Sixth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) |
| 4.5.2.2 | Fifth 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) |
| 4.5.2.3 | Fourth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS) |
| 4.5.2.4 | Twenty-Third Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the Pacific (ICG/PTWS) |
| 5 | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| 5.1 | REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE IOC DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2010–2011 (DRAFT 35 C/5) |
| 5.2 | ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS |
| 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 26TH ASSEMBLY AND THE 42ND AND 43RD SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 5.4 | THEMES OF THE A. BRUUN AND N.K. PANIKKAR MEMORIAL LECTURES |
| 6 | SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS |
| 6.1 | FUTURE OF THE IOC |
| 6.2 | EXPANSION OF QUOTA OF SEATS FOR GROUP II MEMBER STATES IN THE IOC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
| 6.3 | PROCEDURES IN FUTURE CONSULTATION PROCESS ESTABLISHING A SHORT LIST FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IOC |
| 7 | ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND SUMMARY REPORT |
| 8. | CLOSURE |