The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) was established by resolution 2.31 adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO. It first met in Paris at Unesco Headquarters from 19 to 27 October 1961. Initially, 40 States became members of the Commission.
The IOC is composed of its Member States (129 in 2004), an Assembly, an Executive Council and a Secretariat. The Secretariat is based in Paris, France. Additionally the IOC has a number of Subsidiary Bodies.
For the coordinated exchange of information and data between the member states and its national oceanographic data centers, in 1961 the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) was established.
IOC oversees the International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific.
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