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24. Jahresbericht des Deutschen Hydrographischen Instituts 1969 
F. Summary 
THE GERMAN HYDROGRAPHIC INSTITUTE IN THE YEAR 1969 
The Programme Committee of the Deutsche Kommission fur Ozeano- 
graphie (DKfO) (German Commission for Oceanography), which was founded 
in 1968 by the Federal Ministry for Education and Science with the President of 
the GHl as its member and vice-chairman, convened several times and set up a 
“General Programme for Oceanography in the Federal Republic 1969—1973“ which 
was adopted unanimously on 6 June 1969 by the DKfO and subsequently con 
firmed by the Federal Cabinet. This programme comprises the projects of the 
Federal Departments, of the coastal states of the FRG, of the German Research 
Association and of the German industry. It shall serve in the above quoted period 
as a guideline for the endeavours to promote energetically oceanographic 
research and marine technology in the Federal Republic. Furthermore, the Pre 
sident of the GHl took an active part in the work of the “Committee on Inter 
national Affairs“ of the DKfO and was entrusted with the chairmanship of the 
newly founded “Committee on Marine Pollution“. The GHl, with further members 
of its staff, is represented in the latter committee as well as in the “Committee on 
Research Vessels and Underwater Systems" and in the “Committee on Mineral 
Resources of the Ocean“. 
The special group “Oceanography“ of the Working Group “Politics in the Fields 
of Scientific and Technical Research“ of the Commission of the European Com 
munities resumed its work under the chairmanship of the President of the GHl. 
A report suggesting joint activities of the six member states, of Great Britain and 
the Scandinavian countries in different fields has been submitted to the Council 
of Ministers. 
According to the decisions to investigate the natural resources of the sea and 
their exploitation during an “International Decade of Ocean Exploration", the 
United Nations requested the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 
Commission (IOC, UNESCO) to draft a long-term and expanded programme 
for oceanic exploration and research. This programme which was drafted at the 
9th and 10th sessions of the IOC-Bureau with the Consultative Council 
as well as at the meeting of a special working group, was adopted in September at 
the 6th IOC Plenary Session in Paris, as well as the new statutes which make the 
IOC more flexible and more effective. The President of the GHl represented the 
Federal Republic on the Consultative Council. He was a member of the working 
group and, at the Plenary Session, he headed the German delegation. The GHl 
continued to act as a secretariat for the German IOC Section under the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs. 
In 1969, as agreed upon, the research vessel Meteor was at the disposal of 
the German Research Association. Early in January, the Mayor of the Freie und 
Hansestadt Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Weichmann, who at the same time was also