THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION COMPENDIUM
BILATERAL / JAPAN
First Update; pages 713-717
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Done at Washington, D.C. and Tokyo 21 September 1993
Entered into force 21 September 1993, effective 1 October 1993
Primary source citation: Copy of text provided by the U.S. Department of State
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Between the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., for the United States of America and the Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, on the participation of Japan in the Ocean Drilling Program as a Regular Member
The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is a multinational program of scientific research in the oceans which uses drilling and logging to improve fundamental understanding of the geological history, structure and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere (sediments and crust). The Ocean Drilling Program is a successor to the Deep Sea Drilling Project, which began in 1968, and the International Phase of Ocean Drilling, which began in 1975. During the period October 1983-October 1984, the National Science Foundation, through its contractors, refitted the JOIDES Resolution for scientific ocean drilling and for scientific program operations. Early in U.S. Fiscal Year 1985, the initial nine-year phase of ocean drilling began. By 1991, eight international partners representing 20 nations had become regular supporting members of the ODP. The Ocean Drilling Program is conducted by contractors, responsible to the National Science Foundation, who carry out the functions of science planning, science operations, and vessel operations. The Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) is the international body responsible for developing scientific plans and providing general scientific direction for the Ocean Drilling Program. A Science Planning Contractor will organize and provide administrative support to JOIDES. In May 1990, JOIDES published a Long Range Plan which identifies scientific priorities and calls for continued international cooperation in ocean drilling extending through the year 2002. JOIDES has subsequently endorsed use of the JOIDES Resolution as the primary facility for ODP coring and logging through at least 1998. Accordingly, the National Science Foundation and the Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo agree to continue cooperation in the Ocean Drilling Program during at least the period 1 October 1993 to 30 September 1998, in accordance with the following articles:
"Article 1 - MEMBERSHIP STATUS
"Article 2 - DURATION
Scientific planning and direction of the Ocean Drilling Program shall be the responsibility of JOIDES. The Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo will be a member of JOIDES with the right to be represented on each committee, panel, or working group thereof. International membership and representation in JOIDES is restricted to regular members, including consortia, but excluding the individual members of consortia. The contractors will submit, to the Executive Committee of JOIDES, the annual program plan and budgets for approval prior to their adoption by the National Science Foundation.
"Article 4 - OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM COUNCIL
The Council shall serve as a consultative body reviewing financial, managerial, and other matters involving the overall support of the Ocean Drilling Program. The Council shall provide a forum for exchange of views among the contributing countries. No formal voting procedures will be established.
The National Science Foundation representative will serve as permanent Chairman of the Council. A formal agenda will be prepared for each meeting and written records of each meeting will be kept. The National Science Foundation will provide secretariat services to the Council.
The Council will normally meet once each year. The agenda of the annual meeting shall include a financial report and discussion, an audit report, a review of scientific and technical achievements for the past year, an examination of the draft program plans and budgets for the coming year, and other topics of mutual interest. Normally, all regular meetings of the Council will be scheduled in conjunction with the JOIDES Executive Committee meeting for review and approval of the annual program plans and budgets.
Liaison representatives of prime contractors and important scientific planning entities will be available to the Council.
"Article 5 - RIGHT TO MAKE PROPOSALS; DATA PRIVILEGES
Site surveys may be contributed by Japan as its scientific interests and available resources allow. Site survey requirements will be identified by JOIDES. "Article 6 - VISA AND CUSTOMS FACILITATION
"Article 7 - PARTICIPATION ON BOARD THE ODP DRILLSHIP
"Article 8 - INITIAL REPORTS OF THE OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
"Article 9 - FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
The financial contributions of all participants will be commingled to support the total program costs. "Program costs" are determined by the National Science Foundation, and are those costs incurred in support of contractors performing functions for joint planning and operations of the Ocean Drilling Program, and program direction and management costs incurred by the National Science Foundation which relate to international participation. The costs incurred in the activities which may be carried out by the National Science Foundation's contractors in direct support of United States scientific undertakings are not program costs and will not be funded from commingled accounts.
"Article 10 - SALARIES, TRAVEL, AND EXPENSES
"Article 11 - CONSULTATION
"Article 12 - TERMINATION NOTICE
by: Tetsuya Hirano Director Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo [Signature] on: September 21, 1993 Date
by: Frederick M. Bernthal Acting Director National Science Foundation [Signature] on: 21 September 1993 Date
ANNEX A to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the National Science Foundation and the Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo on the Participation of Japan in the Ocean Drilling Program as a Regular Member
Financial Contribution for the U.S. Fiscal Year 1994
The Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo will support, subject to the budget process, the Ocean Drilling Program with a total contribution of United States two million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars (U.S. $2,950,000) for the period October 1, 1993 to September 30, 1994, calculated at the rate of $245,833.33 per month of drilling operations. The National Science Foundation will bill the Ocean Research Institute for this sum in accordance with the following schedule:
On or about October 1, 1993; $983,334
On or about May 1, 1994; $1,966,666
Should the Ocean Drilling Program be terminated before September 30, 1994, Japan will be reimbursed on the basis of one-twelfth of its contribution for each month of curtailment. Should Japan withdraw from the Program, under the terms of Article 12 above, no refunds of contributions will be made.
Done in Washington, DC, U.S.A. and Tokyo, Japan in the English and Japanese languages, both of which shall be equally authoritative.
by: Tetsuya Hirano Director Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo [Signature] on: September 21, 1993 Date
by: Frederick M. Bernthal Acting Director National Science Foundation [Signature] on: 21 September 1993 Date