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therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said Conven- 

 tion subject to tlie understanding "that such ratification shall not 

 be construed to impair the applicability of the principle of 'absten- 

 tion', as defined in i^aragraph A.l of the documents of record in the 

 proceedings of the Conference above referred to, identified as 

 A/CONF.13/C.3/L69, 8 April 1968"; 



Whereas paragraph A.l of document A/CONF.13/C.3/L69, 8 

 April 1958, of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea 

 reads as follows : 



"Where the nationals of a coastal State, alone or with the nationals 

 of one or more other States, are (a) fishing a stock of fish in an area 

 of the high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of the coastal State 

 with such intensity that an increase in fishing effort will not result 

 in a substantial increase in the yield which can be maintained year 

 after year, and (b) where the maintenance of the current yield, or 

 when possible, the further development of it is dependent upon a 

 conservation programme carried out by those States, involving re- 

 search and limitations upon the size or quantity of the fish which may 

 be caught, then (c) States whose nationals are not fishing the stock 

 regularly or which have not theretofore done so within a reasonable 

 period of time, shall abstain from fishing such stock, provided how- 

 ever that this shall not apply to any coastal State with respect to fish- 

 ing any stock in waters adjacent to its territorial sea." 



Whereas the said Convention was duly ratified by the President 

 of the United States of America on March 24, 1961, in pursuance 

 of the advice and consent of the Senate, subject to the understanding 

 as aforesaid ; 



Whereas it is provided in Article 18 of the Convention that the 

 Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day following the 

 date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or 

 accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations; 



AVhereas instruments of ratification were deposited with the Secre- 

 tary General of the United Nations by the following Governments 

 on the dates indicated : the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Northern Ireland, with a declaration, on March 14, 1960; Haiti on 

 March 29, 1960; the United States of America on April 12, 1961, 

 with the aforesaid understanding; Colombia on January 3, 1963; 

 Portugal on January 8, 1963; Australia on May 14, 1963; Venezuela 

 on July 10, 1963; the Dominican Republic on August 11, 1964; 

 Finland on February 16, 1965; Yugoslavia on January 28, 1966; and 

 the Netherlands on February 18, 1966 ; instruments of accession were 

 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations by the 

 following Governments on the dates indicated : Cambodia on March 

 18, 1960, Malaysia on December 21, 1960, Senegal on April 25, 1961, 

 Madagascar on July 31, 1962, South Africa on April 9, 1963, Uganda 

 on September 14, 1964, Upper Volta on October 4, 1965, and Malawi 

 on November 3, 1965; and the Secretary General of the United 

 Nations was informed by the following Governments, in communi- 

 cations received by the Secretary General on the dates indicated, that 

 those Governments consider themselves bound by the Convention: 

 Nigeria on June 26, 1961, Sierra Leone on March 13, 1962, and Jamaica 

 on April 16, 1964; 



