IOC meaning in Academic & Science ?

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What is Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission mean?

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC/UNESCO) 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 assists governments to address their individual and collective ocean and coastal management needs, through the sharing of knowledge, information and technology as well as through the co-ordination of programs and building capacity in ocean and coastal research, observations and services.

The IOC is the only UN body specialized in ocean science and services. It provides a focus for other UN organizations and agencies with regard to ocean science, observations and data exchange, and services such as global tsunami warning systems. Established in 1960, the Commission celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010 and currently has 147 Member States. Since the IOC often has its own accreditation within meetings such as those of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), this gives UNESCO two seats and two voices at the table.

The IOC has been a key player in the recent international debate on sustainable development as it relates to the ocean. The Rio+20 outcome document affirmed the importance of “the ocean and coasts” to the sustainability debate, and is the basis for IOC's ongoing support to the creation of a Sustainable Development Goal dedicated to the ocean. The IOC is closely involved in several international partnerships for ocean sustainability such as with the CBD, UN-Oceans and the World Ocean Assessment.

The IOC/UNESCO is composed of its Member States (147 in 2014), an Assembly, an Executive Council and a Secretariat. The Secretariat is based in Paris, France. Additionally the IOC has a number of Subsidiary Bodies: three regional sub-commissions (IOCARIBE, IOCAFRICA, and WESTPAC), and programme and project offices in Apia (Samoa), Bangkok (Thailand), Cartagena (Colombia), Copenhagen (Denmark), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kingston (Jamaica), Nairobi (Kenya), Muscat (Oman), Perth (Australia), and Port-au-Prince (Haiti). The JCOMM in situ Observations Programme Support Centre, currently hosted in Toulouse (France), is in the process of moving to Brest (France). Additionally, IOC has a strong presence in Oostende (Belgium), where the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and the Secretariat for the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) are based. Under IOC mandate, the IODE coordinates since 1961 the exchange of information and data between the IOC Member States and its national oceanographic data centers. As for OBIS, it was established by the Census of Marine Life program (www.coml.org), and developed between 2000 and 2010 as an evolving strategic alliance of people and organizations sharing a vision to make marine biogeographic data, from all over the world, freely available over the World Wide Web. Any organization, consortium, project or individual may contribute data to OBIS.

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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission	Academic & Science
Indian Ocean Climate	Academic & Science
Indirect Object Clitic	Academic & Science
International Orchid Committee	Academic & Science
Immediate or Cancel	Accounts and Finance
Insist On Cash	Accounts and Finance
International Order of Characters	Associations & Organizations
Innovation Ontario Corporation	Business
Independent Operating Company	Business
Integration, Organization, Cohesion	Business
Inter-Office Communication	Business
International Oil Company	Business
In-organic Contaminant	Chemistry
International Ornithological Committee	Community
International Outreach Church	Community
Inner Olympic Club	Community
International Olympic Committee's	Community
Imitation Of Christ	Community
Interim Orders Committee	Community
Independent Oversight Committee	Community
Indian Oil Corporation	Company Name
Input/output Comparator	Computer Hardware
Input/output Configuration	Computer Hardware
Indicator of Compromise	Computing
ISDN Ordering Code	Computing
Infrastructure Operating Center	Computing
Install Optional Components	Computing
Instant Organizational Chart	Computing
Input Output Control	Computing
Ibm Open Class Library	Computing
Integrated Optical Circuit	Computing
Intel Online Connect	Computing
Indicators Of Compromise	Computing
Internet Of Communications	Computing
Internet Of Cores	Computing
Internet Of Customers	Computing
Internet Of Campus	Computing
Internet Of Clean	Computing
Internet Of Computer	Computing
Internet Operations Center	Computing
Internet Of Content	Computing
I/O Coin	Cryptocurrency
Impedance of Circuit	Electronics
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Integer Overflow Checker	General
Institut Obert de Catalunya	General
International Olympic	General
Iron Ore Co	General
International Outreach Center	General
itial Operational Capability	General
Interesting Olympic Campaign	General
Intelligent Orientation Control	General
Interesting Olympic Confederation	General
Invasion Of Chaos	General
Instead of Ordinary Coke	General
Intolerant Olympic Committee	General
itial Operating Capability	General
Ignore Olympic Casualties	General
Indication Of Compromise	General
Input Output Cluster	General
Instant Oil Change	General
Infiniti Owner's Club	General
Isuzu Offroad Club	General
Ibiza Owners Club	General
Internet Of Cars	General
Isetta Owners Club	General
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International Olive Council	Governmental
International Olympic a Council	Governmental
Industry Overpowers Communism	Governmental
International Organized Crime	Governmental
Ignorant Oppressive And Corrupt	Governmental
Index Of Cooperation	Governmental
Inter-Organizational Council	Governmental
In-Organic Contaminants	Governmental
Instrument Of Commitment	Governmental
Incident Operations Center	Governmental
Interception Of Communication	Governmental
Institute Of Coding	Governmental
International Outdoor Club	International
International Open College	International
International Open Coed	International
Iteration On Coefficient	Maths
VA Independent Outpatient Clinic	Medical
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IntraOral Camera	Medical
International Olympic Committee	Military and Defence
Indoor Obstacle Course	Military and Defence
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Intelligence Operations Center	Military and Defence
Investigations Operations Center	Military and Defence
Infantry Officer Course	Military and Defence
Initiative On Cities	Regional
Indian Orthodox Church	Society & Culture
Inversion of Control	Softwares
Indirect Operating Costs	Space Science
Initial Operating Capability	Space Science
Initial Operational Capability	Space Science
Input/output Controller	Space Science
International Othello Competitors	Sports
Inter-office Channel	Telecommunication