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COMMITTEE TWO 



The Second Committee held four informal meetings without 

 agenda to permit delegations to raise any questions deemed 

 important to them. The articles receiving primary attention 

 were 21 (warship passage in the territorial sea), 58 (warship 

 activities in the 200-mile economic zone), 60(1) (military 

 installations and structures), 60(3) (duty to remove installa- 

 tions), and 63 (straddling fish stocks). Private consultations 

 were also held among delegations on the subject of delimitation 

 of maritime boundaries between opposite and adjacent states. 

 No changes in text emerged as a result of work related to 

 Committee Two subjects. 



At the conclusion of the meetings, Chairman Aguilar 

 (Venezuela), drew three conclusions: (1) while there were 

 widely divergent views expressed, a practical consensus exists 

 along the basic lines of the Committee Two package; (2) there 

 remain only a very few questions of interest to a substantial 

 number of delegations; (3) it was not the time, under the 

 circumstances, to establish any working groups. 



The committee was held together, once again, by the strong 

 and able leadership'of Amb. Aguilar. Interventions in plenary 

 on the record following his report were lengthy, followed by 

 the same lines as in committee debates, and constituted a clear 

 indication that many coastal states delegations were ready and 

 willing :to do battle on a number of military-related issues 

 should the text be reopened. Peru stated that there was no 

 consensus on certain contentious provisions such as Article 21. 

 The U.S. stated that our views regarding navigation rights', 

 including those of warships, and other uses of the sea related 

 to international peace and security were well known, and that 

 we reserved our position regarding any efforts to alter these 

 rights under customary or conventional law. 



Warship Passage in Territorial Sea - Article 21 . 



Discussion on this article centered on a proposal by the 

 Philippines and others (C.2/Inf. Mtg./58) which had the effect 

 of permitting coastal states to require prior authorization or 

 notification before warships may enter the territorial sea. 

 This article absorbed the attention of the committee for most 

 of the four meetings. Of the approximately seventy speakers 

 on the subject, roughly one-half favored the amendment and 

 one-half opposed. Among those favoring the amendment, a small 

 number thought that notification only might be acceptable. 

 Those opposed were split -between those who spoke to the 

 substance of the article (it upset the balance of the text) 



