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APPENDIX 
SOVIET INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL 
USES OF THE SEABED AND OCEAN FLOOR BEYOND THE LIMITS OF NATIONAL JURISDICTION AND 
THE LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE, 1968-1975! 
Soviet delegate affiliation at the United Nations sessions on the law of the sea 
indicates a wide representation of the ‘“‘domestic constituents” of Soviet ocean policy. 
As a gross indicator, the tabulations show the extent of Soviet institutional representa- 
tion. 
Soviet Institutions Delegates? Sessions? 
Ministry, Of EP OKcifi Attains: =) ee ee ee eee ee 17 27 
Treaty and Legal Department _______________________- 14 42 
Soviet'Mission ‘to thetUINGS!.2 2 2 Sie £ AB 2s 6 20 
Subtotals for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its sub- 
GIVISION Sila p52 RD ph A he RE Ry Sak yg ee (37) (89) 
MinistnyzoteDefense. 2-6 Rak eee as ee ee ee 7 27 
OLA WNIC ier INAV Voces eer eee ee one) ee ge ee (5) (17) 
Ministry of Fisheries = 82 232t-tee he et Rt SaaS Eee Sees 6 4 12 
Ministry7of Geology 2282 Si ase ii __ eres tye etary 3 10 
Ministryzof Maritime, Bleet sae-22 * beets S oye mie paes ool 6 13 
Subtotal for economic ministries _____________________- (13) (35) 
State Committee for Science and Technology _____________- 4 15 
WES Shoe ACAUE IY, Of SCICNCES eens eee ane te eee 3 3 
Unafithated’ 7) _ NGM ONUTRE MOTOR * SURG! haMern 5 5 
Motaliierts _Sefte-nwes peep trend Be opto wees Beith baer aeri “9 09 174 
'The data indicating Soviet delegation composition was compiled on the basis of UN Records by 
William Durch and Robert Friedheim at the Center for Naval Analysis, Law of the Sea Project. 
? The number of different representatives from Soviet institutions. Support staff is not included. 
* Total number of sessions the institutional representatives attended. 
Some general observations on Soviet institutional representation at United Nations 
Law of the Sea discussions can be made: 
—The United Nations discussions in the early stages were handled mainly by the 
Soviet Mission to the United Nations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
—Only three agencies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, 
and the State Committee for Science and Technology were continually active throughout 
the discussions. 
—After the General Assembly decision in 1970 to convene a comprehensive Law 
of the Sea Conference, Soviet institutional representation became broader. With the 
March 1971 session, the Treaty and Legal Department, and the Ministries of Fisheries, 
Maritime Fleet, and Geology began to be consistently represented. 
—A few of the delegates switched institutional affiliation in the course of the UN 
proceedings and some delegates represent more than one agency. This also gives the 
Academy of Sciences greater representation than the data at first indicates. Three 
delegates (Movchan—Treaty and Legal Department; Volkov—Ministry of Geology; and 
Metalnikov—State Committee) are at times listed as being affiliated with the USSR 
Academy of Sciences. 
—There is significant continuity of delegate representation. Most of the institutions 
have had at least one representative (seven total) present at more than half of the 
sessions. The buildup of expertise is also apparent by the composition of the delegation. 
A number of the Soviet delegates have published extensively on questions of ocean 
uses and maritime law. 
