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Launch of an inter-agency blueprint for ocean and coastal sustainability
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, launched the inter-agency report Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, prepared by the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as a contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which will take place next June in Brazil.
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Latest Publications
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Summary for Decision-Makers
A Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability
Publ: 2011; 16 p. Paris: IOC/UNESCO
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A Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability
Interagency paper towards the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
Publ: 2011; 42 p. Paris: IOC/UNESCO
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: Annual Report 2010
IOC Annual reports; 17
Publ: 2011; 78 p., illus., maps; IOC/2011/AR/17.
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Summary Report: 8th International Scientific Symposium
"Ocean Climate and Marine Ecosystems in the Western Pacific", Busan, Republic of Korea, 28-31 March 2011
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Global Ocean Observing System
Publ: 2010; 31 p., illus.; SC.2010/WS/13.
