Madagascar. This country favored a continental shelf limit 

 of 200 meters and no international jurisdiction beyond those 

 limits although the U. N. might have a supervisory role over 

 certain activities. It supported a percentage distribution of the 

 income obtained from resources to be used for the development 

 of poor countries, and expressed concern about the movement 

 of submarines at great depths and their temporary stationing 

 on the ocean bottom. 



Mexico. The Mexican government was concerned with the 

 gap in international law with respect to the legal status of re- 

 sources of the sea. It wanted to expressly prohibit the installa- 

 tion of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor and to prevent the 

 contamination of the sea-bed with radioactive waste. 



Sudan. This country was firmly convinced that the U. N. 

 should take decisive action in determining how to prevent 

 national appropriation of the sea-bed, in regulating the exploi- 

 tation of resources, in reserving the sea-bed for peaceful pur- 

 poses, and in aiding the underdeveloped countries. 



Turkey. This nation urged revision of the criteria of the 

 1958 Convention with respect to deletion of the exploitability 

 clause which allows extension beyond a 200 meter depth. It 

 also felt that national jurisdiction over the continental shelf 

 areas should be safeguarded. 



United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

 This response was restricted to welcoming the proposed survey 

 of past and present activities of international organizations con- 

 cerning the sea-bed, and to suggesting that it be complemented 

 with a survey of national activities. 



Jamaica. Jamaica concurred with the program of study of 

 the Ad Hoc Committee. 



South Africa. The South African authorities recommend- 

 ed inclusion of a study of the effects on existing world markets 

 of future exploitation of mineral resources. 



Niger. This government approved of the establishment 

 of an Ad Hoc Committee for further study. 



Dahomey. This country strongly endorsed internationaliza- 

 tion by some means and the use of the resources to advance 

 the peoples of the Third World. 



Cuba. Cuba did not transmit their views but reported 

 that they were studying the various aspects of the question. 



Sweden. The Swedish government favored some type of 

 international regime for the ocean floor to insure economic ex- 

 ploitation, reservation for peaceful purposes ,and control of 

 pollution. Realizing that a solution would not be found for 



