5. Takes note of the suggestions contained in the report of the Economic 

 and Technical Sub-Committee; 



6. Requests the Committee to formulate recommendations regarding 

 the economic and technical conditions and the rules for the exploitation of 

 the resources of this area in the context of the regime to be set up. 



15 December 1969 



C. 2574C (XXIV) 



Requesting a Further Study on International Machinery 



The General Assembly, 



Recalling its resolution 2467 (XXIII) of 21 December 1968, 



Noting with appreciation the report of the Committee on the Peaceful 

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

 Jurisdiction, 



Noting with satisfaction the study on international machinery prepared 

 by the Secretary-General, which appears as annex II to that report, 



Bearing in mind the recommendation of the Committee that the 

 Secretary-General should be requested to continue this study in depth, 



1. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a further study on various 

 types of international machinery, particularly a study covering in depth the 

 status, structure, functions and powers of an international machinery, having 

 jurisdiction over the peaceful uses of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and 

 the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, including the 

 power to regulate, co-ordinate, supervise and control all activities relating 

 to the exploration and exploitation of their resources 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, 

 whether land-locked or coastal; 



2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit his report thereon to the 

 Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond 

 the Limits of National Jurisdiction for consideration during one of its ses- 

 sions in 1970; 



3. Calls upon the Committee to submit a report on this question to the 

 General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session. 



15 December 1969 



D. 2574D (XXIV) 



Calling for Moratorium on Exploitation of Seabed Resources 

 Pending Establishment of an International Regime 



The General Assembly, 



Recalling its resolution 2467A (XXIII) of 21 December 1968 to the 

 effect that the exploitation of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the sub- 

 soil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, should be carried out 

 for the benefit of mankind as a whole, irrespective of the geographical loca- 

 tion of States, taking into account the special interests and needs of the de- 

 veloping countries. 



Convinced that it is essential, for the achievement of this purpose, that 



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