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Continuing the discussions under way since 1973, the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) held the first half of its ninth session from March 3 to April 4 in New York. What has been achieved at this meeting?
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UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/WP. 10/Rev. 1 of April 28, 1979; all Articles referred to in the following relate to this text.
Mr. Richardson, leader, of the US delegation, in a statement on July 20, 1977, quoted by Bernhard H. Oxman: The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The 1977 New York Session, in: American Journal of International Law, Vol. 72, No. 1, January 1978, p. 57–83 (59f).
The results are given in UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/C. 1/L.27 (Parts I-V) of March 27, 1980.
UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/C. 1/L.27 (Part II), p. 26ff., espec p. 32–34.
Ibid., UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/C. 1/L. 27 (Part II), p. 13–15.
UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/C. 1/L. 27 (Part IV), p. 6.
Cf. H. V. Hartley: U. S. Senate Passes Mining Bill, in: Neptune, Vol. 16, March 1980.
Cf. T. T. B. Koh, Chairman of the Law of the Sea Conference’s NG 2, in: U. N. Observer & International Report, March 21, 1980.
“Informal Working Paper”, Doc. IA/1, April 2, 1980: “An Approach to Interim Protection of Investment”.
Cf., on marine scientific research, the Report of the Chairman of the Third Committee, UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/L. 50, March 28, 1980; on the continental shelf, the Report of the Chairman of the Second Committee, UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/L. 51, March 29, 1980.
UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/L. 51, p. 6.
Ibid., UN Doc. A/Conf. 62/L. 51, p. 7, para 6.
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Wolf, K.D. Disaccord on seabed mining. Intereconomics 15, 132–135 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924352
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