The twenty-fifth session of the Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP) and twenty-fourth session of its Technical Advisory Group (TAG) were held in Baguio City, the Philippines, from 5 to 13 December 1988. The twelfth CCOP Steering Committee meeting was held before and during the course of the annual session on the 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th of December.