根据《公约》第23.4条设立《公约》缔约国科学与技术咨询机构的要求，2009年3月26日至27日在巴黎召开的缔约国会议第一届会议上成立了《公约》科学与技术咨询委员会。该委员会最初由12名高级专家与研究人员组成，以后举行的缔约国会议有可能将人数增至24人，但这取决于缔约国数量。 缔约国可提名一位专家作为咨询机构选举候选人。这些专家应具有应当具有专业道德背景、具有国际水平的水下考古专业背景，特别是在保护水下文化遗址或出水文物方面的国际法学、材料学（冶金、考古生物学、地质学）背景。《保护水下文化遗产公约》缔约国会议科学和技术咨询委员会是教科文组织《保护水下文化遗产公约》的重要组成部分，其成员经选举产生，每届任期两年，完善并确立水下遗产的保护的最佳实践是这一咨询机构的主要职责之一，具体有：
1、 应积极协助缔约国会议解决《规则》中涉及的科学和技术问题。
2、 可与缔约国会议主席团协商，就与《规则》直接相关的《业务指南》草案的拟订问题提供咨询意见；
3、在实际应用载于《公约》的国家合作机制的框架内，针对与《规则》直接相关的问题提供指导（第8条至第13条）。
4，该机构与和公约相关的非政府组织（NGO）协商和合作，即国际水下文化遗产委员会（ICUCH），以及由缔约国会议认可的其他NGO。咨询机构将在每次缔约国大会上报告其活动内容。
（水下中心编制，仅供参考）
附件： 科学和技术咨询委员会章程（英文版）
CLT/CIH/MCO/2009/PI/100
STATUTES OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
ADVISORY BODY TO THE MEETING
OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON
THE PROTECTION OF THE UNDERWATER
CULTURAL HERITAGE
As adopted in the first session of the Meeting of States
Parties to the Convention on 26/27 March 2009 in
Paris.
STATUTES OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BODY
Article 1 - Functions
a) The Advisory Body
(i) shall appropriately assist the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention in
questions of a scientific or technical nature regarding the implementation of
the ‘Rules concerning activities directed at underwater cultural heritage’, as
referred to in Article 33 of the Convention (hereinafter “the Rules”);
(ii) may be consulted for the elaboration, in consultation with the Bureau of the
Meeting of States Parties, of draft Operational Guidelines directly related to
the Rules;
(iii) shall give guidance in questions directly related to Rules in the framework of
the practical application of the State cooperation mechanism contained in the
Convention (Articles 8 to13).
b) The Advisory Body shall propose to the Meeting of States Parties standards of and
means to promote best practice in underwater cultural heritage sites protection and
materials conservation by:
(i) making technical and scientific recommendations in relation to the Rules to
the Meeting of States Parties for discussion and adoption;
(ii) identifying and monitoring practical common and emerging issues in
underwater cultural heritage sites protection and materials conservation;
(iii) identifying means of improving/developing best practices with regard to
material and site conservation;
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(iv) proposing the organization of workshops and seminars on specific technical
issues.
c) Upon decision by the Meeting of States Parties, or by delegation by its Bureau, the
Advisory Body may provide scientific and technical advice to States Parties on the
implementation of the Rules through:
(i) missions to the requesting States Parties;
(ii) presentations during the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention;
d) The Advisory Body shall report on its activities at each Meeting of States Parties
e) The Advisory Body shall consult and collaborate with non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) having activities related to the scope of the Convention, namely ICUCH, as well
as other competent NGOs accredited by the Meeting of States Parties.
Article 2 - Membership
a) The Advisory Body shall be composed of twelve Members. The Meeting of Parties may
increase this number to up to twenty four depending on the number of States Parties.
They shall have a scientific, professional and ethical background at the national and/or
international level, in particular, in the field of underwater archaeology, international law,
materials science (metallurgy, archaeo-biology, geology), and conservation of
underwater cultural heritage sites and/or archaeological underwater artefacts.
b) The members of the Advisory Body shall work impartially and in compliance with the
principles of the Convention.
Article 3 - Nomination and Election
a) Members of the Advisory Body are elected by the Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention in conformity with Rules 22 to 25 of its Rules of Procedure.
b) The Advisory Body shall elect its Chairperson and its Vice-Chairperson(s).
Article 4 - Meetings
a) The Director-General shall convene a session of the Advisory Body once a year. In
special circumstances, he/she may convene another session if funds are available. The
Director-General shall establish the agenda for the sessions of the Advisory Body after
consultation with the Chairpersons of the Meeting of States Parties and the Advisory
Body.
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b) In addition to members, experts or representatives of organizations, whose duties and
qualifications make them suitable for assisting the Advisory Body, may be invited by it to
address a meeting of the Advisory Body.
Article 5 - Secretariat
a) The Director-General shall appoint a member of the UNESCO Secretariat to represent
him/her on the Advisory Body, without a right to vote.
b) The Secretariat of the Advisory Body is ensured by the UNESCO Secretariat.
Article 6 - Recommendations
a) Recommendations of the Advisory Body are adopted by consensus, or, if no consensus
emerges, by majority vote of the members present at a meeting.
b) The sessions of the Advisory Body shall be held with a majority of its members being
present.
Article 7 - Funding
a) States Parties should endeavour to provide appropriate funding of the Advisory Body.
UNESCO shall make all reasonable efforts to identify funding from regular and extra
budgetary sources.
b) Only the members of the Advisory Body from developing countries and countries in
transition may benefit from financial assistance in order to participate to the meetings of
the Advisory Body. Whenever possible, the members of the Advisory Body should work
electronically.
Article 8 - Amendments
The Statutes of the Advisory Body may be amended by the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention.
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