D. LAW OF THE SEA 



1. CONVENTION ON THE TERRITORIAL SEA AND THE 

 CONTIGUOUS ZONE, APRIL 29, 1958* 



Done at Geneva April 29, 1958; RatifiGation advised hy the Senate 

 May 26, I960; Ratified hy the President March 21^, 1961; Ratifica- 

 tion deposited icith the Secretary -General of the United Nations 

 April 12, 1961 ; Proclaimed hy the President September 8, 1964; 

 Entered into force September 10, 1964- 



By the Presidext of the United States of America 

 A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous 

 Zone, adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the 

 Sea, Geneva, February 24 to April 27, 1958, was opened for signature 

 from April 29 to October 31, 1958, and during that period was signed 

 in behalf of the United States of America and forty-three other 

 States ; 



Whereas a certified copy of the text of the said Convention, in 

 the English, * * * languages, is word for word as follows: 



ANNEX I [1] 



The States Parties to this Convention 

 HoA^e agreed as follows: 



Part I — Territorial Sea 



section I — GENERAL 



Article 1 



1. The sovereignty of a State extends, beyond its land territory and 

 its internal waters, to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as 

 the territorial sea. 



2. This sovereignty is exercised subject to the provisions of these 

 articles and to other rules of internal law. 



*Citation: 15 UST 1606 ; TIAS 5639. 



States which are parties: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria (with reservation), Byelorussian 

 Soviet Socialist Rep. (with reservation), Czechoslovakia (with reservation), Denmark, 

 Dominican Rep., Fiji, Finland, German Democratic Rep. (with declaration and reservation), 

 Haiti, Hungary (with reservation), Israel, Italy (with reservation), Jamaica, Japan (with 

 a statement), Kenya, Khmer Rep., Lesotho, Madagascar (with a statement), Malawi, 

 Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico (with reservation), Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, 

 Romania (with reservation). Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain (with a statement), Swazi- 

 land. Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Social- 

 ist Rep. (with reservation). Union of Soviet Socialist Reps, (with reservation). United 

 Kingdom (with a declaration), United States, Venezuela (with reservation), Yugoslavia. 



1 The text of the convention printed herein constituted Annex I to the Final Act ot tne 

 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which was certified by the Legal 

 Counsel, for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. [Footnote added by the De- 

 partment of State.] 



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