Appendices 



Appendix C-1 — Resolutions Adopted by United Nations General 

 Assembly — Continued 



Considering that it is important to promote international co-operation for the 

 exploration and exploitation of the resources of this area, 



Convinced that such exploitation should be carried out for the benefit of man- 

 kind as a whole, irrespective of the geographical location of States, taking into 

 account the special interests and needs of the developing countries. 



Considering that it is essential to provide, within the United Nations system, a 

 focal point for the elaboration of desirable measures of international co-operation, 

 taking into account alternative actual and potential uses of this area, and for the 

 co-ordination of the activities of international organizations in this regard, 



1. Establishes a Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean 

 Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction, composed of forty-two States; 



2. Instructs the Committee: 



(a) To study the elaboration of the legal principles and norms which would pro- 

 mote international co-operation in the exploration and use of the sea-bed and the 

 ocean floor and the subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and to 

 ensure the exploitation of their resources for the benefit of mankind, and the ecoriomic 

 and other requirements which such a regime should satisfy in order to meet the inter- 

 ests of humanity as a whole ; 



(b) To study the ways and means of promoting the exploitation and use of the 

 resources of this area, and of international co-operation to that end, taking into ac- 

 count the foreseeable development of technology and the economic implications of 

 such exploitation and bearing in mind the fact that such exploitation should benefit 

 mankind as a whole ; 



(c) To review the studies carried out in the field of exploration and research 

 in this area and aimed at intensifying international co-operation and stimulating the 

 exchange and the widest possible dissemination of scientific knowledge on the subject; 



(d) To examine proposed measures of co-operation to be adopted by the inter- 

 national community in order to prevent the marine pollution which may result from 

 the exploration and exploitation of the resources of this area; 



3. Also calls upon the Committee to study further, within the context of the title 

 of the item, and taking into account the studies and international negotiations being 

 undertaken in the field of disarmament, the reservations exclusively for peaceful pur- 

 poses of the sea-bed and the ocean floor without prejudice to the limits which may be 

 agreed upon in this respect; 



4. Requests the Committee: 



(a) To work in close co-operation with the specialized agencies, the International 

 Atomic Energy Agency and the intergovernmental bodies dealing with the problems 

 referred to in the present resolution, so as to avoid any duplication or overlapping of 

 activities ; 



(b) To make recommendations to the General Assembly on the questions men- 

 tioned in paragraphs 2 and 3 above ; 



(c) In co-operation with the Secretary-General, to submit to the General As- 

 sembly reports on its activities at each subsequent session; 



5. Invites the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and 

 other inter-governmental bodies including the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- 

 tion to co-operate fully with the Committee in the implementation of the present 

 resolution. 



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