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well as structures, launching installations or any other facilities spe- 

 cifically designed for storing, testing or using such weapons. 



2. The undertakings of paragraph 1 of this article shall also apply 

 to the seabed zone referred to in the same paragraph, except that 

 within such seabed zone, they shall not apply either to the coastal State 

 or to the seabed beneath its territorial waters. 



3. The States Parties to this Treaty undertake not to assist, en- 

 courage or induce any State to carry out activities referred to in para- 

 graph 1 of this article and not to participate in any other way in such 

 actions. 



Article 2 



For the purpose of this Treaty, the outer limit of the seabed zone 

 referred to in article I shall be coterminous with the twelve-mile outer 

 limit of the zone referred to in part II of the Convention on the 

 Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, signed at Geneva on April 

 29, 1958, [2] and shall be measured in accordance with the provisions of 

 part I, section II, of that Convention and in accordance with interna- 

 tional law. 



Article 3 



1. In order to promote the objectives of and insure compliance with 

 the provisions of this Treaty, each State Party to the Treaty shall 

 have the right to verify through observation the activities of other 

 States Parties to the Treaty on the seabed and the ocean floor and in 

 the subsoil thereof beyond the zone referred to in article I, provided 

 that observation does not interfere with such activities. 



2. If after such observation reasonable doubts remain concerning 

 the fulfillment of the obligations assumed under the Treaty^ the State 

 Party having such doubts and the State Party that is responsible for 

 the activities giving rise to the doubts shall consult with a view to re- 

 moving the doubts. If the doubts persist, the State Party having such 

 doubts shall notify the other States Parties, and the Parties concerned 

 shall cooperate on such further procedures for verification as may be 

 agreed, including appropriate inspection of objects, structures, instal- 

 lations or other facilities that reasonably may be expected to be of a 

 kind described in article I. The Parties in the region of the activities, 

 including any coastal State, and any other Party so requesting, shall 

 be entitled to participate in such consultation and cooperation. After 

 completion of the further procedures for verification, an appropriate 

 report shall be circulated to other Parties by the Party that initiated 

 such procedures. 



3. If the State responsible for the activities giving rise to the reason- 

 able doubts is not identifiable by observation of the object, structure, 

 installation or other facility, the State Party having such doubts shall 

 notify and make appropriate inquiries of States Parties in the region 

 of the activities and of any other State Party. If it is ascertamed 

 through these inquiries that a particular State Party is responsible for 

 the activities, that State Party shall consult and cooperate with other 

 Parties as provided in paragraph 2 of this article. If the identity of 

 the State responsible for the activities cannot be ascertained through 



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