APPENDIX D— ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 



AND OTHER NATIONS 



Appendix D-1 — Resolutions Adopted by the United Nations General 



Assembly 



Question of the Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes 

 OF THE Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, 

 Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National 

 Jurisdiction, and the Use of Their Resources in the Interests 

 OF Mankind 



A. 2574A (XXIV) 



Ascertaining Member Views on Convening Law of the Sea 

 Conference 



The General Assembly, 



Recalling its resolutions 2340 (XXII) of 18 December 1967 and 2467 

 (XXIII) of 21 December 1968, 



Having regard for the fact that the problems relating to the high seas, 

 territorial waters, contiguous zones, the continental shelf, the superjacent 

 waters, and the sea-bed and ocean floor beyond national jurisdiction, are 

 closely linked together. 



Considering that the definition of the Continental Shelf contained in the 

 Convention on the Continental Shelf of 29 April 1958 does not define with 

 sufficient precision the limits of the area over which a coastal State exer- 

 cises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploration and exploitation of 

 natural resources, and that customary international law on the subject is 

 inconclusive. 



Noting that developing technology is making the entire sea-bed and 

 ocean floor progressively accessible and exploitable for scientific, economic, 

 military and other purposes, 



Affirming that there exists an area of the sea-bed and ocean floor and 

 the subsoil thereof which lies beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, 



Affirming further that this area should be used exclusively for peaceful 

 purposes and its resources utilized for the benefit of all mankind. 



Convinced of the urgent necessity of preserving this area from encroach- 

 ment, or appropriation by any State, inconsistent with the common interest 

 of mankind, 



Noting that the establishment of an equitable international regime for 

 this area would facilitate the task of determining the limits of the area to 

 which that regime is to apply, 



Noting further the continuing efforts of the Committee on the Peaceful 

 Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National 



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