Appendices 



Appendix C-2 — Draft Resolutions Submitted and Principles Supported by 

 the United States in the Ad Hoc Seabed Committee — Continued 



(b) Encourage their nationals to follow similar practices concerning dissemina- 

 tion of such information ; 



(c) Encourage co-operative scientific activities regarding the deep ocean floor 

 by personnel of difTerent States ; 



6. In the exploration and use of the deep ocean floor States and their nationals: 



(a) Shall have reasonable regard for the interests of other States and their 

 nationals ; 



(b) Shall avoid unjustifiable interference with the exercise of the freedom of 

 the high seas by other States and their nationals, or with the conservation of the 

 living resources of the seas, and any interference with fundamental scientific research 

 carried out with the intention of open publication ; 



(c) Shall adopt appropriate safeguards so as to minimize pollution of the seas 

 and disturbance of the existing biological, chemical and physical processes and 

 balances; each State shall provide timely announcement and any necessary ampli- 

 fying information of any marine activity or experiment planned by it or its nationals 

 that could harmfully interfere with the activities of any other State or its nationals 

 in the exploration and use of the deep ocean floor. A State which has reason to 

 believe that a marine activity or experiment planned by another State or its nationals 

 could harmfully interfere with its activities or those of its nationals in the explora- 

 tion and use of the deep ocean floor may request consultation concerning the activity 

 or experiment; 



7. States and their nationals shall render all possible assistance to one another 

 in the event of accident, distress or emergency arising out of activities on the deep 

 ocean floor. 



June 28, 1968 



B. U.S. draft resolution on preventing the emplacement of weapons of mass destruc- 



tion on the sea-bed and ocean floor 



The General Assembly, 



Desiring that workable arms limitation measures be achieved that will enhance 

 the p>eace and security of all nations and bring the world nearer to general and com- 

 plete disarmament, 



Requests the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament to take up the ques- 

 tion of arms limitation on the sea-bed and ocean floor with a view to defining those 

 factors vital to a workable, verifiable and effective international agreement which 

 would prevent the use of this new environment for the emplacement of weapons of 

 mass destruction. 



June 28, 1968 



C. U.S. draft resolution on the International Decade of Ocean Exploration 



The General Assembly, 



Recalling its concern for ascertaining practical means to promote international 

 co-operation in the exploration, conservation and use of the sea-bed and the ocean 

 floor, and the subsoil thereof, as manifested in its resolution 2340 (XXII) , 



Recalling as well that in its resolution 2172 (XXI) it requested that the Secre- 

 tary-General prepare proposals for ensuring the most effective arrangements for an 

 expanded programme of international co-operation to assist in a better understanding 

 of the marine environment through science, and for initiating and strengthening 

 marine education and training programmes, 



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