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5. rn order to further international co-operatfon in the scientific investigation 

 of the deep ocean floor, States shall : 



(a) Disseminate, in a timely fashion, plans for and results of national 

 scientific programmes concerning the deep ocean floor ; 



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

 semination of such information ; 



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

 floor by personnel of different 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 conserva- 

 tion of the living resources of the seas, and any interference with funda- 

 mental scientific research carried out with the intention of open publica- 

 tion; 



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

 seas and disturbance of the existing biological, chemical and physical proc- 

 esses and balances ; each State shall provide timely announcement and any 

 necessary amplifying information of any marine activity or experiment 

 planned by it or its nationals that could harmfully interfere with the activ- 

 ities 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 ex- 

 periment planned by another State or its nationals could harmfully inter- 

 fere with its activities or those of its nationals in the exploration 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. 



B. V.S. DEAFT RESOLUTION ON PEEVENTINQ THE EMPLACEMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS 

 DESTRUCTION OF THE SEA-BED AND OCEAN FLOOR 



The General Assembly, 



Desiring that workable arms limitation measures be achieved that will enhance 

 the peace and security of all nations and bring the world nearer to general and 

 complete 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. 



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 under- 

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

 strengthening marine education and training programmes, 



Recalling further the proposals made by the Secretarv-General in his report 

 (E/4487) pursuant to resolution 2172 (XXI), 



Noting that the Bureau and Consultative Council of the Intergovernmental 

 Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO considered the proposed International 

 Decade of Ocean Exploration a useful initiative for broadening and accelerating 

 investigations of the oceans and for strengthening international co-operation, 



Noting also the recommendation adopted by the Economic and Social Council 

 on 2 August 1968, inviting the General Assembly to endorse the concept of a co- 

 ordinated long-term programme of oceanographic research, taking into account 

 such initiatives as the proposal for an International Decade of Ocean Explora- 

 tion and international programmes already considered, approved and adopted by 



