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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 

 mankind 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 

 promote 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 economic and other requirements which such a regime should 

 satisfy in order to meet the interests 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 account 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 th- widest possible dissemination of scientific 

 knowledge on the subject; 



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

 international community in order to prevent the marine pollution which may result 

 from the exploration and exploitation of the resources of this area; 



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