Preface 



The International Panel has not attempted to 

 examine all international aspects of the uses of tlie 

 oceans. In the time available to us, we have 

 concentrated upon those problems which we 

 thought were most important to advancement of 

 the objectives of the Marine Resources and Engi- 

 neering Development Act of 1966. 



The problems to which we addressed ourselves 

 are on the current agendas of our own govern- 

 ment, the United Nations General Assembly and 

 many international organizations within the 

 United Nations system. Our report purports to 

 describe the status of these problems on these 

 various agendas as of September 1, 1968. Printing 

 deadlines made it impossible to carry our account 

 beyond this date. 



We thank the many officials concerned with 

 international marine affairs in the Department of 

 State, the Department of Defense and the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, whose cooperation greatly 

 lightened our burdens. 



We acknowledge our indebtedness to the many 

 sources cited in the report and especially to the 

 following three outstanding studies which were 

 commissioned by the National Council on Marine 

 Resources and Engineering Development: 



Professor Louis Henkin, Law for the Sea's 



Mineral Resources (1967). 

 Professor William T. Burke, International Legal 



Problems of Scientific Research in the 



Oceans (1967). 

 Professor Paul M. Dodyk, The International 



Law of Ocean Fisheries (1967). 



pollution is based on a paper prepared for the 

 panel by Professor Thomas A. Clingan, Jr., Pro- 

 fessor of Law, George Washington University and 

 Richard Springer, a student at the Harvard Law 

 School. For this assistance, the panel expresses its 

 thanks. 



The principal recommendations in the report 

 relating to mineral resources were discussed with 

 members of the National Petroleum Council's 

 Committee on Petroleum Resources Under the 

 Ocean Floor and the American Bar Association's 

 Consulting Committee on Marine Resources which 

 consists of representatives of the American Bar 

 Association's Section of Natural Resources Law, 

 Section of International and Comparative Law and 

 Standing Committee on Peace and Law through 

 the United Nations. The principal recommen- 

 dations relating to scientific inquiry were discussed 

 with members of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences' Committee on Oceanography. 



From time to time, we received stimulating 

 advice and suggestions from Ambassador Donald 

 McKernan, Dr. Wilbert McLeod Chapman, Direc- 

 tor, Marine Resources of the Ralston Purina 

 Company; Dr. M. B. Schaefer, Science Advisor to 

 the Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Francis T. 

 Christy, Resources for the Future Inc., and Mr. 

 Benjamin V. Cohen. 



We are grateful, especially, for the wilhng and 

 able assistance of our Executive Secretary, Mr. 

 David S. Browning. 



The members of the International Panel, of 

 course, bear sole responsibihty for the contents of 

 the report. 



Lieutenant Bernard H. Oxman, USNR, Assistant 

 Head, Law of the Sea Branch, International Law 

 Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 

 prepared a report entitled The Preparation of 

 Article 1 of the Convention on the Continental 

 Shelf. ' The section of Chapter 6 dealing with oil 



Available at Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and 

 Technical Information, Department of Commerce, Spring- 

 field, Virginia 22151, PB No. 182100. 



Carl A. Auerbach, Chairman 

 Jacob Blaustein 

 Leon Jaworski 



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