at Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, on May 28, 1977. In a supporting statement, Representative Benjamin A. Gilman described as "unprece dented" the adoption of such a joint position at an interparliamentary meeting "to achieve policy goals." The resolution appears below: Whereas the legislators from the United States and Mexico who attended the seventeenth Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Conference at Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, adopted the Hermosillo Declaration on Combating Traffic in Drugs at the International Level on May 28, 1977; and Whereas this declaration condemns, "without reservations of any kind the illegal cultivation of all plants that may be used to obtain substances which, when employed as narcotics, cause grave and often irreparable damage to people's health"; and Whereas this declaration recommends that "energetic, preventive, prosecuting and punitive measures be taken to discourage the cultivation of drug producing plants in order to suppress narcotics traffic"; and Whereas this declaration expresses the desire by Mexico and the United States to intensify their efforts to eradicate the "cultivation, traffic, use and abuse of drugs," particularly heroin and other dangerous drugs, and to combat the organized criminal traffickers of narcotics; and Whereas efforts to end narcotics trafficking and eliminate the illicit supply of opium production requires the concerted action of all members of the international community: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress endorses the Hermosillo Declaration and encourages other nations to adopt this declaration. SEC. 2. The Congress urges the President to encourage other nations to cooperate in an international effort to eradicate narcotics trafficking and to eliminate the illicit production of opium. 123 Cong. Rec. H 11839 (daily ed. Oct. 31, 1977). For the text of the statements of Representatives Zablocki and Gilman, see H 11839-11840. For the text of the Hermosillo Declaration and related documents, see 123 Cong. Rec. H 5541-5546 (daily ed. June 7, 1977). On October 28, 1977, the United States and France announced jointly a two-part program studying sea floor spreading processes on the East Pacific Rise Crest near 21 degrees North in the Pacific Ocean. The study will use elaborate high resolution geophysical tools on the sea bottom and exploratory dives. David Wallace, Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Yves La Prairie, President and Director General of France's National Center for the Exploitation of the Oceans (CNEXO), outlined the plans at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of the U.S.-French Cooperative Program in Oceanography, held in Bandol, France. The first phase of the two-part program calls for the collection of data by the French submersible, Cyana, in early 1978. After analysis of the data by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in California, another diving program using the U.S. submersible, Alvin, is scheduled in 1979. The scientists at the Bandol meeting also agreed upon other areas of bilateral cooperation. In the field of marine environmental research. the scientists agreed to study the environmental impact of nuclear power plants, especially the addition of chlorinated organics to the ocean, and to exchange information in the use of bacteria for oil spill cleanup and research in fish necroses. The Environmental Data Service (EDS) and the Bureau National Des Donees Oceaniques (France) approved a new general agreement in data exchange to be accomplished through the development of common formats, schedules for routine exchange and transfer of technology in marine data processing, and archiving. In the field of marine pollution, exchanges were planned in the field of remote sensing and in the study of techniques of oil spill cleanup and waste chemical incineration. In the area of oil pollution control, France is to convene a workshop in September of 1978, and at that time the utility of another workshop six months later will be considered. The cooperation in buoy technology and air-sea interaction continued during the past year with drifting experimentation in the Bay of Biscay and a proposal for further experimentation in 1979. A new element of this part of the program involves the use of radar technology for a sea echo experiment. French and U.S. scientists agreed on the importance of a multidisciplinary study of sedimentary processes on the continental shelf and the coastal zone for the formulation of coherent management guidelines for the future use of the shelf and coastal environment. Plans include participation by U.S. scientists in the French research project on the Seine Estuary shelf system. Under the Man in the Sea Program, the United States and France have conducted and will continue experiments which help increase understanding of neuro-physiological changes accompanying compression to great depths. Cooperative work also continues in understanding decompression, inert gas exchange, bubble formation, decompression sickness, respiratory physiology and aseptic bone necrosis in diving. CNEXO and NOAA will continue with plans to formulate international standards for diving, undersea platforms, and submersibles. Cooperative work continues in the aquaculture area with salmon, oysters, shrimp, and finfish. The United States plans to continue to assist France in the procurement of approximately one million coho salmon eggs per year through 1980. 77 Dept. of State Bulletin 857-858 (1977). Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreements U.S.-U.S.S.R. On July 8, 1977, the United States and the Soviet Union renewed for another five-year period the Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology signed on May 24, 1972 (TIAS 7346; 23 UST 856; entered into force May 24, 1972). The new agreement was signed by Dr. Frank Press, the President's Science Adviser, and Academician V. A. Kirillin, Deputy Chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers. In article 1 of the agreement, both parties pledge to assist and develop scientific and technical cooperation between both countries. Article 2 states that the main objective of the agreement is to provide broad opportunities for both parties to combine the efforts of their scientists and specialists in working on major problems whose solution will promote the progress of science and technology. 257-179 O 79 57 Article 3 provides for cooperation in science and technology in seven possible forms: exchange of scientists and specialists; exchange of scientific and technical information and documentation; joint development and implementation of programs and projects in the fields of basic and applied sciences; joint research, development and testing, and exchange of research results and experience between scientific research institutions and organizations; organization of joint courses, conferences and symposia; rendering of help, as appropriate, on both sides in establishing contacts and arrangements between United States firms and Soviet enterprises where a mutual interest develops; and other forms of scientific and technical cooperation as may be mutually agreed. Articles 4, 5, and 6 provide for implementing agreements for particular cooperative activities engaged in under this agreement, for each party or participating agency or enterprise to bear the costs of its participation, and for this agreement to be interpreted without prejudice to other like agreements between the parties. Article 7 continues the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Commission on Scientific and Technical Cooperation established in the 1972 agreement. The Commission meets, as a rule, once a year and is empowered to consider proposals for the development of cooperation in specific areas, prepare recommendations for the parties, and assure implementation of the agreement. The agreement is to remain in force for five years. Prior to the renewal of the agreement, Dr. Press and Academician Kirillin, Cochairmen of the Joint Commission, conducted on July 6, 1977, the Fifth Meeting of the Joint Commission. Along with a group of distinguished U.S. and Soviet scientists, they reviewed progress in the 47 individual projects underway and noted the large number of important joint symposia held and research papers published. Dept. of State File L/T. On May 26, 1977, Representative Clement J. Zablocki, Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, signed the foreword to a report, entitled "Technology Transfer and Scientific Cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union: A Review," which was prepared for the Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. The Appendix to the report contains the text of the following cooperative agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union: Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Medical Science and Public Health signed on May 23, 1972 (TIAS 7344; 23 UST 836; entered into force May 23, 1972); Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection signed on May 23, 1972 (TIAS 7345; 23 UST 845; entered into force May 23, 1972); Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology signed on May 24, 1972 (TIAS 7346; 23 UST 856; en tered into force May 24, 1972); Agreement concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes signed on May 24, 1972 (TIAS 7347; 23 UST 867; entered into force May 24, 1972); Agreement on Cooperation in Studies of the World Ocean signed on June 19, 1973 (TIAS 7651; 24 UST 1452; entered into force June 19, 1973); Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Transportation signed on June 19, 1973 (TIAS 7652; 24 UST 1463; entered into force on June 19, 1973); Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture signed on June 19, 1973 (TIAS 7650; 24 UST 1439; entered into force on June 19, 1973); Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy signed on June 21, 1973 (TIAS 7655; 24 UST 1486); Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Energy signed on June 28, 1974 (TIAS 7899; 25 UST 1604; entered into force June 28, 1974); Agreement on Cooperation in Artificial Heart Research and Development signed on June 28, 1974 (TIAS 7867; 25 UST 1331; entered into force on June 28, 1974); and the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Housing and Other Construction signed on June 28, 1974 (TIAS 7898; 25 UST 1592; entered into force on June 28, 1974). The Appendix also contained the following list of projects conducted under these U.S.-Soviet cooperative agreements: AGRICULTURE Agricultural Economic Research and Information: Agribusiness; Forecasting; Economic Information; Library Exchange. Agricultural Research and Technological Development: Plant Science; Animal and Veterinary Science; Soil Science and Land Conservation; Mechanization of Agriculture. ATOMIC ENERGY Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion. Fast Breeder Reactors. Research on Fundamental Properties of Matter. ENERGY Design and Operation of Thermal and Hydroelectric Power Stations. UHV Transmission Technology and HVDC Transmission System Experience and Design. Electric Power System Planning and Dispatching. Superconducting Transmission Technology. Development of Commercial Scale. Open Cycle MHD Power Plants. General Technology for the Utilization of Solar Energy. General Technology for the Utilization of Geothermal Energy. Prevention of Environmental Pollution During Well Drilling Production. Pipeline Transportation of Oil and Gas. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Prevention of Air Pollution: Air Pollution Modeling and Standard Setting; Instrumentation and Measurement Methodology; Gaseous Emission Abatement Technology; Process Improvement and Modification; Transportation Source Air Pollution Control Technology. Prevention of Water Pollution: Studies and Modeling of River Basin Pollution; Protection and Management of Water Quality in Lakes and Estuaries; Effect of Pollutants Upon Aquatic Ecosystems and Permissible Levels of Pollution; Prevention of Water Pollution from Industrial and Municipal Sources. Prevention of Pollution Associated With Agricultural Production: Integrated Pest Management; Interreaction Between Forests, Plants, and Pollutants; |