1MEETINGOFTHEIHOINTER-REGIONALCOORDINATINGCOMMITTEE IHO-IRCC13 VTC,23-25J2021 Report of the IHO Secretariat

The inclusion of Goal 3 related to participation in international initiatives on the sustainable use of the oceans, confirms that the IHO is now, also, clearly committed to reconciling the use and the preservation of the marine environment, in line with the global initiatives, such as UN Decade for Ocean Science and Seabed2030. [...] With the IHO CL 16/2021, it was established that the major focus of the IHO Secretariat’s outreach activities for 2021, as reported at the 2nd IHO Assembly, will be the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the International Hydrographic Bureau on 21 June 1921 – later to become the Secretariat of the International Hydrographic Organization. [...] Through its 98 years of existence, the IHR has counted on the important collaboration of the worldwide Hydrographers, most from the Member States Hydrographic Offices, and from the members of the IHR Editorial Board that have contributed to the maintenance of this important publication. [...] In his first editorial he expressed the intention to continue the evolution of the IHR to "best serve the need of the IHO and the hydrographic community" and be "the journal of choice for hydrographic content". [...] With IHO CL 20/2021, the Secretariat encouraged the Member States to consider the recommendation of the 2nd Session of the Assembly (A-2 Decision 36) to take part in the Project, which intends to contribute to reduce the imbalance in the participation of women in Hydrography.