PINTO, CHAIRMAN OF INFORMAL WORKING GROUP INTRODUCED APR 10 A QUOTE

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• Publication Date: April 16, 1975
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It FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVENTION, THE CONTINENTAL
SHELF OF A COASTAL STATE EXTENDS BEYOND ITS TERRI-
TORIAL SEA TO A DISTANCE OF 200 MILES FROM THE APPLICABLE
BASELINES AND THROUGHOUT THE NATURAL PROLONGATION EXTENDS
BEYOND 200 MILES UP TO THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CONTINENTAL
MARGIN,
2, THE COASTAL STATE SHALL DELIMIT THE SEAWARD BOUNDRY
OF ITS CONTINENTAL MARGIN BEYOND 200 MILES BY-STRAIGHT
LINES NOT EXCEEDING 60 NAUTICAL MILES IN LENGTH,
CONNECTING FIXED POINTS WHICH SHALL BE DEFINED BY
COORDINATES OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE,
3, THE COASTAL STATE SHALL SUBMIT THE GEODETIC DESCRIP-
TION OF THE SEAWARD BOUNDARY BEYOND 200 MILES, TOGETHER
WITH LARGE-SCALE SHARTS AND SUPPORTING DATA, INCLUDING
BATHYMETRIC, GEOLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL DATA, TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SEABED BOUNDARY REVIEW COMMISSION ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ...WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE
ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS CONVENTION FOR THAT STATE,
4, THE COMMISSION SHALL EXAMINE THE DETERMINATION BY A
STATE OF THE OUTER BOUNDARY OF ITS CONTINENTAL SHELF
BEYOND 200 MILES WITH A VIEW TO DECLARING ITS CONFORMITY
WITH THE CONVENTION, IN ITS EXAMINATION OF A BOUNDARY
DETERMINATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE AS A BASIS THAT
DATA SUBMITTED BY THE STATE, THESE DATA MAY INCLUDE BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO BATHYMETRIC, GEOLOGICAL AND GEO.
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PHYSICAL DATA, WHATEVER IS APPROPRIEATE,
5, WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE DETERMINATION
BY A STATE, THE COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE STATE THAT
EITHER Ill
(A) ACCEPTS THE DETERMINATION IN FULL OR IN PART, OR
(8) REJECTS THE DETERMINATION,
6, THE CONFIRMATION OF A SEAWARD BOUNDARY BY THE COMMISSION
SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE,
7, IN THE EVENT THAT THE COMMISSION ONLY ACCEPTS THE
DETERMINATION IN PART, OR REJECTS THE DETERMINATION,
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE STATE MAY
BE OPENED WITH THE OBJECT OF REACHING AN AGREED DETER-
MINATION,
8, THE COMMISSION IN ITS EXAMINATION OF THE DETERMIN-
ATION SUBMITTED BY A STATE WILL, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
O
F PARAPRAPH 1, TAKE AS A BASIS THE FOLLOWINGI
(A) THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN IS THE
SEAWARD EDGE OF THE SUBMERGED PROLONGATION OF THE
ROCKS OF THE LAND MASS,
(B) THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN INCLUDES THE ROCKS UNDER-
LYING THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC CONTINENTAL SHELF, UNDERLYING
THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE, AND UNDERLYING THE CONTINENTAL
RISE,
(C) THE ROCKS OF THE DPPE OCEAN FLOOR INCLUDING THE
SEDIMENTS OF THE DEEP OCEAN FLOOR ARE NOT PART OF THE
CONTINENTAL MARGIN, UNQUOTEDALE
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MID-SESSION SUMMARY FOR ENDING
1, SUMMARY: THIS CABLE SHOULD BE READ IN CONNECTION
WITH THE ACCOMPANYING UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY. CLASSIFIED
PART OF THE REPORT WILL BE CONFINED TO AN ASSESSMENT OF
PRINCIPAL TRENDS IN THE NEGOTIATION, OUTSTANDING DIF-
FERENCES, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SESSION. IN BOTH COMMITTEE I AND COMMITTEE II THE
NEXT WEEK OR TEN DAYS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE CRITICAL
MOMENTS OF THE CONFERENCE IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR
NOT GENERAL AGREEMENT IS POSSIBLE ON REASONABLE PER-
CENTAGE OF BASIC DIFFERENCES WHICH WILL PERMIT THE
EMERGENCE AT THIS SESSION OF SINGLE TEXTS AT THE COMMITTEE
LEVEL ON ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE PACKAGE. SUCH A
RESULT WOULD IN JUDGMENT OF USDEL REPRESENT AN ACCEPT-
ABLE AND INDEED OPTIMUM MEASURE OF SUBSTANTIAL
PROGRESS, WHILE THERE IS OBVICUSLY A G
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MAKE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TO SUPPORT A FURTHER FINAL EFFORT,
THERE REMAIN A NUMBER OF ISSUES ON WHICH FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCES EXIST, AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THOSE
STATES WHICH FORESEE NO SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS FROM THE
MAIN TREND OF THE NEGOTIATION WILL EXERCISE THEIR
POWERS TO DELAY AND OBSTRUCT THOSE AGREEMENTS WHICH
ARE WITHIN THE REALM OF ATTAINMENT.
A, COMMITTEES= COMMITTEE I PAPER ON BASIC CONDITIONS
PRESENTED BY THE WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN OF C-I, WHILE
GROUP OF 77 ORIENTED, DOES, HOWEVER, MAKE CERTAIN
MOVES TOWARD THE FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS OF p VE OP
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AND IF LDC'S PROVE PREPARED GENUINELY TO NEGOTIATE ON
ITS BASIS COULD PRODUCE AGREED TEXT ON BASIC CONDI-
TIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF COMMITTEE I PACKAGE, ON
COMMITTEE II ISSUES, THE KEY PROBLEM IS HOW AND WHEN
THE CAREFULLY BALANCED ARTICLES ON THE ECONOMIC ZONE
AGREED UPON IN THE EVENSEN GROUP WILL BE INTRODUCED
IN COMMITTEE II AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE RECONCILED
INTO A SINGLE COMMITTEE TEXT WITHOUT DISTORTION BY THE
ESSENTIALLY COASTAL-LANDLOCKED ACCOMMODATION REFLECTED
IN NJENGA DRAFT EXT.
B, OTHER CONFERENCE CONCERNS: INCOLCLUSIVE CORRIDOR
CONVERSATION CONTINUES WITH REGARD TO TIMING AND
LOCATION OF SUBSEQUENT SESSION OR SESSIONS, US IS
NOT ENCOURAGING SUCH SPECULATION AT THIS TIME, DURING
PAST WEEK GROUP OF 77 HAD BEEN CONSIDERING A NEW
MORATORIUM RESOLUTION; HOWEVER, ON FRIDAY THE CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT ADVISED CHAIRMAN OF TH
GROUP OF 77 THAT HE
WOULD CONSIDER SUCH AN EFFORT OUT OF ORDER AND THE
GROUP, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT,
HAS AGREED TO SUSPEND DISCUSSION. END SUMMARY.
2, COMMITTEE I - DEEP SSEABEDS:
A, GENERAL- THE CONTENTIOUS QUESTION OF DIRECT
EXPLOITATION BY THE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN TO A LARGE
DEGREE SIDESTEPPED BY FOCUS OF DISCUSSIONS ON BASIC
CONDITIONS, AND ON JOINT VENTURES AS THE PRIMARY FORM
OF EXPLOITATION. HOWEVER, THE GROUP OF 77 POSITION ON
THE ISSUE OF DIRECT EXPLOITATION BY THE AUTHORITY IS
LIKELY TO EMERGE AGAIN WHEN COMMITTEE ADDRESSES
QUESTION OF MACHINERY ARTICLES, WE BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT AGREEMENT ON BASIC CONDITIONS,
IF ACHIEVED, CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COMMITMENT IN PRIN-
CIPLE TO REQUIRE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED PRO-
VISIONAL REGULATIONS, BY PROVISIONAL MACHINERY. AT
THIS MOMENT, THE MODERATES APPEAR TO BE IN CONTROL OF
THE MAIN THRUST OF C -I NEGOTIATIONS AND WE HAVE HOPES
FOR A SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION IN NEXT TWO WEEKS ON CHAIR-
MAN'S PAPER, HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
PERU AND BRAZIL MAINTAIN A FIRM HOLD ON THEIR POSITIONS
AS LDC SPOKESMEN AND LEADERS,
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B, WITH RESPECT AREAS RESERVED FOR FUTURE DEVELOP-
MENT, THE US HAS EXPLORED IN INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
SYSTEM THAT WOULD PRESERVE THE FIRST COME, FIRST
SERVE CONCEPT AND SUBJECT EXPLOITATION IN RESERVED
AREAS TO THE SAME TERMS AND COND IT IONS AS IN NON-
RESERVED AREAS WITH EXCEPTION OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CONCEPT HAS BEEN WELL
RECEIVED, ALTHOUGH WE EXPECT GROUP OF 77 TO PROPOSE
THAT RESERVED AREAS BE SUBJECT TO DIRECT EXPLOITATION
BY THE AUTHORITY, USSR PROPOSAL FOR RESERVATION OF
AREAS EXCLUSIVELY FOR CONTRACTING STATE USE WHILE
LEAVING REMAINDER SUBJECT TO DIRECT EXPLOITATION IS
CLEAR EXPRESSION OF PARALLEL EXPLOITATION SYSTEM
WHICH HAS BEEN LARGELY IGNORED BY LDC'S. SOVIET INSIST-
ENCE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE INCLUDED IN CHAIRMAN'S DRAFT.
HOWEVER, IS MAKING NEGOTIATION OF OUR OWN APPROACH
WHICH SIDESTEPS DIRECT EXPLOITATION ISSUE VERY DIFFICULT,
C, IF C-I NEGOTIATIONS CAN LEAVE ASIDE ISSUE OF
AUTHORITY'S POWER TO EXPLOIT ON ITS OWN BEHALF, AND
PRICE AND PRODUCTION CONTROLS, WE BELIEVE CONCLUSION OF
WORK ON BASIC CONDITIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NEGOTIATION
OF KEY ARTICLES ON COUNCIL, ASSEMBLY, AND DISPUTE SETTLE-
MENT ORGANI WITH EXCEPTION OF BRAZIL AND PERU, MOOD AMONG
LDC'S SUGGESTS REAL DESIRE TO WRAP UP AS MANY MAJOR
ISSUES AS POSSIBLE THIS SESSION.
3, COMMITTEE II ISSUES - TERRITORIAL SEA, STRAITS,
ECONOMIC ZONE:
A, GENERAL: IF AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON DIFFICULT
BALANCE OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN ECONOMIC ZONE,
BASIC ELEMENTS OF SINGLE PACKAGE ON COMMITTEE II
ISSUES COULD EMERGE. DESPITE SOME CONTINUING EFFORTS
OF TERRITORIALISTS THERE IS LITTLE EFFECTIVE OPPOSI-
TION TO 12 MILE TERRITORIAL SEA IF OTHER ISSUES ARE
SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED. DIRECT OPPOSITION TO
STRAITS OBJECTIVES REMAINS LARGELY CONFINED TO RELATIVELY
SMALL NUMBER OF STRAITS STATES AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR
EFFORTS TO RESOLVE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS.
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B, EVENSEN GROUP: RECEPTION OF RESULTS OF PRIVATE
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ECONOMIC ZONE WITHIN THE EVENSEN
GROUP LIE AT THE HEART OF CONFERENCE OUTCOME. EVENSEN
IS UNDER GREAT PRESSURE TO SURFACE A DRAFT IN ORDER TO
SPEED NEGOTIATION AND OFFSET RISING CURRENT OF UNREST
IN GROUP OF 77 , THE EVENSEN GROUP HAS COMPLETED WORK
ON MAIN ARTICLES AND ON A NUMBER OF FISHERIES ARTICLES
WITH MAJOR EXCEPTION OF THOSE ON TUNA WHICH ARE STILL
BEING NEGOTIATED, THE OVERALL BALANCE CONSTRUCTED IS
ESSENTIALLY ONE BETWEEN COASTAL AND MARITIME INTERESTS,
AND THE GROUP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO AGREE ON INCREASINGLY
INSISTENT QUESTION OF ACCESS OF LANDLOCKED AND GEO-
GRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATES TO FISHERIES IN ECONOMIC
ZONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. HOPEFULLY COMMITTEE I
BUREAU TEXT WILL PROVIDE MEANS OF INCLUDING EVENSEN
TEXTS WITHOUT INCURRING RESENTMENT AT THEIR AUTHORSHIP
AND HOPEFULLY WITHOUT DISTORTING CAREFUL COMPROMISES
THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED. I N VIEW OF CIRCULATION OF
AFRICAN TEXT WHICH MOVED STRONGLY TOWARD ACCOMMODATION
OF LANDLOCKED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATES,
BUT IS OTHERWISE STRONGLY COASTALLY ORIENTED, KEY TO
OUTCOME WILL BE DEGREE TO WHICH CHAIRMAN WILL ADOPT AS
HIS OWN THE EVENSEN TEXT OR MOVE TOWARD GROUP OF 77
POSITION. SINCE FORTHCOMING AFRICAN APPROACH TO LAND-
LOCKED INTERESTS IS NOT LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO
A NUMBER OF LATINS, CHAIRMAN COULD WELL ADOPT EVENSEN
TEXT ALONG WITH A MORE MODERATE ARTICLE ON THIS ISSUE
WITH WHICH SOME EUROPEANS ALSO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTIES.
IF THIS SCENARIO IS FOLLOWED. CHAIRMAN OF C-II WOULD
NEGOTIATE TEXT PRIVATELY WITH CONFERENCE LEADERS AND
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THEREAFTER ON A BROADER BUT STILL INDIVIDUAL AND PRIVATE
BASIS WITH MEMBERS OF REGIONAL GROUPS, APART FROM THE
GENERAL PROBLEM OF BALANCE OF MARITIME, COASTAL, AND
LANDLOCKED INTERESTS, A NUMBER OF KEY ISSUES ARE UNRESOLVED,
INCLUDING ARTICLES ON TUNA AND JURISDICTION OVER THE
MARGIN BEYOND TWO HUNDRED MILES,
B, ANADROMOUS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY PROVISIONS: THE
DRAFT IN THE EVENSEN GROUP ON ANADROMOUS SPECIES WHICH
IS THE RESULT OF EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN SALMON
A "'00e
PRODUCING AND SALMON FISHING STATES SHOULD BE REEAT IVEL
NONCONTENTIOUS IF NOT OPPOSED ON DOCTRINAL GROW DS BY
AFRICANS, THE ARTICLE ON HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPEC
MORE DIFFICULT, EVENSEN'S STAFF HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR
INCLINATION IS TOWARD A MORE COASTALLY ORIENTED ARTICLE.
INTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE,
C, CONTINENTAL MARGIN: BROAD MARGIN STATES HAVE
MADE CLEAR THAT JURISDICTION OVER THE MARGIN IS AN
ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVE AND WHILE SUBSTANTIAL OPPOSITION
REMAINS TO ANY EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION BEYOND 200
MILES, A COMPROMISE INVOLVING REVENUE SHARING BEYOND
200 MILES APPEARS TO BE ONLY WIDELY SUPPORTED COMPRO.-
MISE TEXT THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED, T.E_CHNICAL DISCUSSIONS
ON MEANS OF DETERMINING EDGE OF MARGIN HAVE GONE AS
4, COMMITTEE 11 11 MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESRCH
QUESTION OF CO
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EGIME VS OBLIGATION IS FOUNDERING
TO SOME EXTENT ON DOCTRINAL PERCEPTION OF NATURE OF
COASTAL STATE RIGHTS IN ECONOMIC ZONE, MAIN EVENT IN
SCIENCE NEGOTIATIONS THUS FAR HAS BEEN A NEW SOVIET
PROPOSAL WHICH ABANDONS CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR SHELF
RESEARCH AND REQUIRES CONSENT FOR "RESEARCH RELATED
TO THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE LIVING AND
NON-LIVING RESOURCES OF THE ZONE" AND PROVIDES FOR AN
OBLIGATION REGIME FOR NON-RESOURCE RELATED RESEARCH.
THIS DISTINCTION HAS ELICITED A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST
AND ADDITIONAL INFORMAL TEXTS WHICH DRAW UPON THE
SOVIET DISTINCTION WITH VARIABLESM INFORMAL REPORTS
INDICATE THAT THE GROUP OF 77 HAS NOT AS YET EITHER
ACCEPTED OR REJECTED SUCH A DISTINCTION, ALTHOUGH THE
AFRICAN DRAFT ON THE ECONOMIC ZGNE GIVES To COA T
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STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN
ECONOMIC ZONE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE MUST BE PREPARED TO
NEGOTIATE 'ON THE BASIS OF SUCH A DISTINCTION IF
WIDESPREAD SUPPORT DEVELOPS FOR IT.
5. COMMITTEE III - MARINE POLLUTION;
A, IN GENERF\L. COMMITTEE III HAS WORKED ON LESS
CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WHILE AWAITING
EVENSEN GROUP (NEGOTIATIONS ON CRITICAL VESSEL POLLU-
TION AND DOUBLE STANDARD ISSUES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN APRIL 16, A;.THOUGH NO SUBSTANTIAL NEGOTIATIONS
HAVE YET TAKEN PLACE ON ISSUE OF VESSEL SOURCE POLLUTION
STANDARD SETTING AND ENFORCEMENT, THE TREND APPEARS
TO eE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
SETTING WITH COASTAL STATE ENFORCEMENT IN AT LEAST
PORTION OF THE ECONOMIC ZONE AS WELL AS PORT STATE-
FLAG STATE ENFORCEMENT, COUPLEO WITH SOME "HAZARDOUS AREA"
EXCEPTION, NJENGA (KENYA) HAS SAID THAT HE DOES NOT
FAVOR COASTAL STATE STANDARD SETTING AND IS CON-
CERNED WITH COASTAL STATE ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS,
B, GROUP OF 77 CONTINUES TO MEET PRIVATELY IN
ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE THEIR TEXT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
POSSIBILITY OF COMPLETING POLLUTION TEXT AT COMMITTEE
LEVEL 8Y MAY 10 HINGES ON OUTCOME OF EVENSEN GROUP
DISCUSSIONS. WITHIN COMMITTEE, CANADA CONTINUES TO
PUSH FOR BROAD AUTHORITY BUT APPEARS TO BE MAKING
LITTLE HEADWAY IN GROUP OF 77, PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS
WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INDICATE CONSIDERABLE WILLING-
NE6S TO AVOID COASTAL STATE STANDARD-SETTING IN THE
ECONOMIC ZONE EXCEPT IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE SPECAIL
PROBLEMS EXIST AND THERE APPEARS TO BE WIDE DEVELOPING
COUNTRY SUPPORT FOR COASTAL STATE ENFORCEMENT OF INTER-
NATIONAL STANDARDS IN ECONOMIC ZONE, RECENT PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS INDICATE GROWING SUPPORT FOR US
PORT STATE ENFORCEMENT ARTICLE AMONG GROUP OF 77 SO
LONG AS IT IS A SUPPLEMENT TO AND NOT AN ALTERNATIVE
TO COASTAL STATE ENFORCEMENT,
C. ON OCEAN DUMPING, ALMOST ALL STATES FEEL THIS IS
A SEPARATE ISSUE AND THAT COASTAL STATE MUST BE ABLE
TO CONTROL IT IN ITS ECONOMIC ZONE.
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INDICATE A DESIRE TO APPROACH QUESTION USING CONCEPT OF
DUE DILIGENCE AND ISSUE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EVENSEN
GROUP,
E, CONTINENTAL SHELF STANDARDS: PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS
INDICATE WIDESPREAD POSITION THAT STATES WILL NOT
AGREE TO BE FORCED IN ADVANCE TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS SET BY A SUBSEQUENT CONFERENCE. US INTENDS,
IF NECESSARY, TO ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE AGREEMENT TO COM-
PLY WITH "GENERALLY ACCEPTED" INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,
F, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT: US PROPOSAL URGING ENVIRON-
MENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND CONSULTATIONS ON PLANNED ACTIVITIES
WITH SIGNIFICANT POLLUTION RISK WERE AGREED AT SMALL
PRIVATE NEGOTIATING GROUP OF COMMITTEE II BUT STILL
REQUIRES CONSIDERATION IN WORKING GROUP ON POLLUTION,
6, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: COMPULSORY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURES ARE CONTIMPLATED BY MANY IN GROUP (INCLUDING
US) AS APPLYING TO ALL ASPECTS OF FINAL TREATY SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS WITH POSSIBILITY OF SPECIAL
PROCEDURES FOR FISHING AND FOR DEEP SEABEDS EITHER AS
PRELIMINARY OR ALTERNATIVE MEANS, ON THE OTHER HAND
OTHERS FAVOR A "FUNCTIONAL APPROACH": SPECIFIC
PROCEDURES FOR SPECIFIC ARTICLES WITH NO REPEAT NO
AGREEMENT ON BLANKET CDS, THE USSR FAVORS A TRIBUNAL
FOR DEEP SEABEDS ONLY, ARBITRATION FOR FISHERIES AND
NOTHING ELSE AT THIS STAGE. FRANCE HAS PROPOSED
SEPARATE COMMISSIONS FOR FISH. POLLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH MATTERS. A TRIBUNAL FORM OF DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT IN ECONOMIC ZONE IS OPPOSED BY TANZANIA AND
INDIA AND SOME OTHER LDC'S WHILE OPPOSITION TO BINDING
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT I N GENERAL IN ECONOMIC ZONE CON-
TINUES FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL AND HONDURAS. IT IS
HOPED THE ACTIVE ROLE OF ADEDE (KENYA) WHO HAS
REPLACED GAL INDO POHL AS CO-CHAIRMAN' OF GROUP, WILL
HELP SOLIDIFY AFRICAN SUPPORT, IN AN EFFORT TO REACH
A COMPROMISE ON FORM OF COS1 WORKING GROUP TENTATIVELY
AGREED ON PROCEDURES WHICH WOULD ALLOW CONTRACTING
PARTY TO DECLARE WHETHER IT ACCEPTS THE JURISDICTION
OF AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL, LOS TRIBUNAL, OR ICJ. OR
ANY TWO OR THREE OF THEM, COMPROMISE ARTICLES HAVE
NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AND ARE BEING REVISED.
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2, IT V'OULD BE USEFUL FOR AMEMBASSY BONN TO FOLLOW THIS
UP TO EkSURE DEMARCHE IS MADE AT APPROPRIATELY HIGH LEVEL
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1, INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HEAD OF ICELANDIC
DELEGATION TO GENEVA LOS CONFERENCE INDICATE THAT GOI
CONSIDERING POSITION OF BOUNDARIES VIS-VIS THE
CONTINENTAL SHELF WITH ADJACENT TE RR I T I O R I ES , HEAD
OF DELEGATION ANDERSEN REPORTED TO DELOFF THAT HE HAD
RECOMMEDNDED THAT GOI CONCENTRATE AT THIS TIME ON
EXTENSION OF FISHERIES LIMITS AND AWAIT OUTCOME OF
THE LOS CONFERENCE ON QUESTION OF NATIONAL LIMITS FOR
ECONOMIC ZONE AND FOR SEABED, IF LATTER GOES BEYOND
TWO HUNDRED MILE LIMIT.
2, NEVERTHELESS ANDERSEN REQUESTED "PROFESSIONAL ADVICE"
OF DEPARTMENT'S GEOGRAPHER WHO GENTLY REFUSED OFFER
AS POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH U.S. INTEREST. PRESSING DELOFF
WITH "THEORETICAL" QUESTIONS, IT BECAME OBVIOUS
THAT ICELANDIC THINKING IS BASED UPON QUESTION OF
"SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES" IN RELATION TO SMALL
UNINHABITED ISLANDS, E.G, JAN MAYEN AND PERHAPS
ROCKALL, AND "NATURAL PROLONGATION"
OF ICELANDIC LAND MASS IN RELATION TO OTHER AREAS.
3, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT BASIC GOI POSITION ON BOUNDARIES
WITH OTHER STATES IS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION, WITH
ANDERSEN STRESSING THAT GOI SHOULD, AT PRESENT,
CONCENTRATE ON ISSUE OF FISHERIES JURISDICTION WITH
A STRONG RECOMMENDATION NOT TO GET INVOLVED IN
"CONTINENTAL. SHELF" QUESTIONS PENDING EITHER COMMITTEE
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THAT GOI AT LEAST CONSIDERING OTHER BOUNDARIES THAN
EQUIDISTANCE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ICELAND AND CERTAIN
NEIGHBORING TERRITIORIES.
4. ANDERSEN INDICATED HE MIGHT MAKE A MAP AVAILABLE
TO DELOFF WHICH IF INDICATIVE OF GOI POSITION, WILL
BE REPRODUCED AND SENT TO EMBASSIES CONCERNED ON
CLASSIFIED BASIS.
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SOVIET POSITIONS ON STRIATS. BEESLEY SAID-HE TOLD HIM
CANADA HAD A SPECIAL PROBLEM O N STRAITS AND HAD SPOKEN
ON BOTH SIDES OF ISSUE, BUT DID NOT BELIEVE US AND USSR
WERE MERELY STATING BARGAINING POSITIONS ON THE
ISSUE, I T WOULD BE TRAGIC TO HAVE A TREATY THEY DID NOT
RATIFY.
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IS TAKING ON STRAITS WITH OTHER DELS, I. E. , QTE NOT
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:L. EMBUPF DISCUSSED POINTS RAISED IN REFTEL WITH DFAFS
MIKE: LANDALE, CANBERRA COORDINATOR FOR GOA'S LOS TASK
FO`RCEE. LANDALE ~ILL CONVEY POINTS TO GOA LOS DELEGATION
IN GENEVA AND TU CANBERRA TASK FORCE AND WILL INFORM EM-
BASSY WHEN GOA DECISION IS MADE. LANDALE THOUGHT GOA
WOULD B3E FURTHCUMING ON THIS ISSUE.
WHILE EMBASSY IS ANXIOUS TO ASSIST LOS DELEGATION IN
EVERY POSSIBLE WAY WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE GOA' S
PROFESSIONAL, FIRST TEAM ON LOS MATTERS IS IN GENEVA. RE
PRESENTATIONS TU THE AUSTRALIANS IN GENEVA WILL GET A
QUICKER RESPONSE THAN SIMILAR REPRESENTATIONS IN CANBERRA
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SPECITIVE MINISTERS FASTER THAN THE SECOND-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS
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REF: A) GENEVA 22871 B) SANAA 788
SUMMARY: EGYPTIAN SUPPORT OF REGIME OF INNOCENT PASSAGE IN STRAITS
ISSUE IS OUTGROWTH OF ARAB/ISRAELI CONFLICTI DESIRE TO SUPPORT OTHER
ARAB COASTAL STATES WITH STRAITS PROBLEMSI AND GENERAL POSITION OF
EGYPT AS THIRD WORLD NATION VIS-A-VIS MAJOR POWERS. SUGGESTION
HAS BEEN MADE BY AN EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL THAT TIME BETWEEN CURRENT
AND NEXT LOS CONFERENCE BE USED TO FIND FORMULA FOR EXPANDING REGIME
OF INNOCENT PASSAGE TO ACCOMMODATE, AT LEAST TO SOME EXTENT,
REQUIREMENTS OF MAJOR NAVAL POWERS. HOWEVER, NO CONCRETE
PROPOSALS AS TO HOW SUCH A FORMULA MIGHT BE ARRIVED AT WERE
PUT FORWARD. NOTHING REALLY INNOVATIVE SHOULD BE EXPECTED
FROM GOE DEL TO GENEVA LOS CONFERENCE IN COMING WEEKS. BUT, IF DEPT
DESIRES, EMBASSY WILLING TO TAKE UP STRAITS QUESTION WITH GOE
HEAD OF DELEGATION WHOSE DEPARTURE FOR GENEVA HAS BEEN DELAYED.
END SUMMARY
1. DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH VARIOUS EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS
OVER THE PAST YEAR EMBASSY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT GOE POSITION ON
STRAITS ISSUE SUPPORTING RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE IS GOVERNED
BY 3 FACTORS:
A, OVERALL REQUIREMENTS GROWING OUI OF ARAB/ISRAELI CONFLICT.
ISSUE OF PRIMARY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY STRAITS OF TIRAN, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY BAB EL-MANDEB AT ENTRY TO RED SEA FROM INDIAN
OCEAN, EGYPTIANS ARE OF VIEW THAT BAB EL-MANDEB MUST BE
UNDER CONTROL OF COASTAL STATES AND INNOCENT PASSAGE APPLIED
TO LIMIT TRANSIT STRAITS BY VESSELS IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL,
EGYPTIANS, WITH WHOM WE HAVE TALKED, HAVE ALWAYS SPOKEN IN
TERMS OF STRAITS OF TIRAN AS CONNECTING HIGH SEAS TO
TERRITORIAL SEAS (GULF OF AQABA), TO WHICH THEY ALSO APPLY
DOCTRINE OF HISTORICAL WATCRS. MFA OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF
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US READINESS TO ACCEPT REGIME OF UNIMPEDED TRANSIT APPLIED
ONLY TO STRAITS CONNECTING HIGH SEAS AND US WILLINGNESS TO
ALLOW PARTIES TO RESERVE POSITION ON STRAITS CONNECTING HIGH
SEAS TO TERRITORIAL SEAS (TIRAN).
B, RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES HAVING STRAITS'
PROBLEM. EGYPTIAN OFFICIALz) HAVE EXPRESSED NEED ON GOE'S PART
TO SUPPORT OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES ON RIGHT OF COASTAL STATE
TO EXERCISE CONTROL OF STRAITS CONNECTING HIGH SEAS TO HIGH
SEAS (I.E. MOROCCO, YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC (YAR) AND OMAN).
EGYPTIANS FEEL THAT MOROCCO, PARTICULARLY IS ENCOUNTERING
DIFFICULTY THESE DAYS ON STRAITS ISSUE AND TERRITORIAL
DISPUTE W I T H S P A I N AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. I N CASE OF YAR, GOE
NOT ONLY WISHES TO SUPPORT FELLOW ARAB STATE, BUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT BAB EL-MANDEB WILL NEVER BE PERMITTED TO BE USED AGAINST
ARAB CAUSE/EGYPT'S VITAL INTERESTS. ONE SENSES READINESS TO
BOLSTER UP A "FLEXIBLE" YARG (SANAA 788), SHOULD THERE BE A
NEED TO DO SO. WITH REGARD TO OMAN, EGYPTIANS HAVE INDICATED THAT
SUPPORT FOR OMAN POSITION ON INNOCENT PASSAGE IS SIMPLY IN
GOE'S INTEREST, AT SAME TIME, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT HEARD
CRITICAL COMMENT CONCERNING IRAQ, WHICH SUPPORTS UNIMPEDED
PASSAGE (I.E. THROUGH STRAITS OF HORMUZ). IRAQ+S POSITION
IS JUST PASSED OFF AS FACT OF LIFE AND AN OUTGROWTH OF
GEOGRAPHIC SITUATION.
C, GOE POSITION VIS-A-VIS THIRD WORLD AND MAJOR POWERS;;.
APPEARS TO BE ALMOST AN INSTINCTIVE TENDENCY ON PART OF'.
EGYPTIANS TO POSTURE WHEN IT COMES TO A SITUATION IN WHICH
MAJOR POWERS (U.S., JSSR. UK AND ALSO FRANCE) WITH THEIR
NAVAL FORCES APPEAR TO BE ARRAYED AGAINST THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES. THUS, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO EXPRESS AN AFFINITY
WITH INDONESIA AND EVEN SPAIN WHEN IT COMES TO STRAITS' ISSUE.
2, WITH REGARD TO QJESTION AS TO HOW GOE MIGHT BE INFLUENCED
TO ALTER ITS POSITION, OR AT LEAST TO MOVE FORWARD SOME
ACCOMMODATION, IMPRESSION WE HAVE GAINED FROM EGYPTIANS IS
THAT THEY DO NOT CONSIDER __CURRENT MEETING IN GENEVA A HIGH-
POWERED FORM. IT IS 3=CARDED AS A ROUTINE FOLLOWUP OF
ATAWHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH MAJOR
YS USES. SUGGESTION NA_ _ BEEN _MADE 8Y _ ONE MFA _ OFFICIAL THAT
S~TME FORMULA SHOULD BE SOUGHT TO EXPAND REGIME OF INNOCENT PASSAGE
TO ALLOW FOR TRANSIT OF WARSHIPS AND SUBMERGED SUBMARINES
IN A FASHION SATISFACTORY TO BOTH NAVAL POWERS AND COASTAL
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STATES. PERIOD BEEN CONFERENCES, I.E. AFTER GENEVA, MIGHT
BE USED TO ARRIVE AT AND FLOAT FORMULA WITH INTERESTED
STATES. GENEVA, HOWEVER, MIGHT Be PLACE TO START SUCH AN
EXERCISE, WHEN POINT WAS MADE BY EGYPTIANS THAT REGIME OF
INNOCENT PASSAGE'COULD BE EXPANDED, NO ONE WAS ABLE TO
SUGGEST HOW THIS'MIGHT BE DONE.
3, IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT, WHEN MATTER OF AIRCRAFT
OVERFLIGHT OF STRAITS IS MENTIONED, EGYPTIANS EMPHATICALLY
MAKE POINT THAT LAW OF SEA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AIRCRAFT.
CHICAGO CONVENTION IS CONSIDERED APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL
LEGAL FRAME OF REFERENCE.
4, IN FINAL ANALYSIS, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GREAT DEAL
OF ROOM FOR MOVEMENT ON STRAITS ISSUE AS FAR AS EGYPT IS
CONCERNED, EGYPT IS COMMITTED IN THE EYES OF OTHER, ESPECIALLY
ARAB, STATES ON THE STRAITS ISSUE. GOE DEL TO GENEVA IS
NOT HIGHPOWERED. WE LEARNED ONLY RECENTLY (AND THEN BY CHANCE)
THAT AMB OSMAN, WHO WAS TO HAVE HEADED LOS DEL, IS STILL IN
CAIRO. FONMIN FAHMY, REPORTEDLY HAS HIM WORKING ON SOME
SPECIAL PROJECT. HE IS, HOWEVER, SUPPOSED TO DEPART FOR
GENEVA IN A WEEK OR SO. EVEN THEN GOE DEL STILL WILL NOT HAVE
MUCH FREEDOM OF ACTION, ACCORDING TO OUR MFA CONTACTS, AND WILL
RELY LARGELY ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAIRO. CONSEQUENTLY. ONE
SHOULD NOT EXPECT ANYTHING INNOVATIVE TO COME FROM THEM IN
COMING WEEKS,
5. IF DEPT FEELS THAT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL, HOWEVER, FOR
EMBASSY TO MAKE REPRESENTATION TO AMB OSMAN BEFORE HIS
DEPARTURE FOR GENEVA, WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO DO SO, PROVIDED
THAT LINES OF POSSIB_E APPROACH ARE FURNISHED, MAESTRONE
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SUBJECT: INFORMAL MEETING ON MARINE SCEINTIFIC RESEARCH
REF: GENEVA 2316
1. IN MJLL INFORMAL MEETING ON MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
CHAIRED B METTERNICH, REPRESENTATIVES OF FOUR MAIN
TRENDS AGREED TO PUT ASIDE QUESTION OF STATUS OF
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT AND TO FOCUS EFFORTS ON FOUR
PILLARS. COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT
WILL BE INTRODUCED AS CRP PAPER BY METTERNICH AS
CHAIRMANIIS COMPROMISE AND WORKING GROUP WOULD THEN
END DISCUSSIONS ON SJ3JECT.
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BE REQUIRED IF RESEARCH QUOTE CONCERNS CONTINENTAL
SHELF ANDS UNDERTAKEN THERE UNQUOTE.
3. SR_-ADVISED GROUP IT HAD INTRODUCED L.26. AS
R D REFTEL, PROPOSAL DROPS SOVIET REQUIREMENT OF
CONSENT FOR SHELF AND 'SAKES RESOURCE-
NONR ` RC-61--DISTINCTION,
4, 1H NDICATED THAT ITS GROUP WAS WORKING ON
DEFINITION, ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS, AND COMPULSORY DISPUTES
STTTLEMO'T PROVISION.
REST URCE-NONRESOURCE ORIENTED RESEARCHjWITHuEXCEPTION OF
SHELF, UK REP EXPLAINED, HOWEVER, THAT UK WAS TRYING TO RE-
SOLVE QUESTION OF SHELF RESEARCH AND T 0 PUT IT IN LINE WITH
RESOURCE-NONRESOURCE DISTINCTION. UK SUGGESTED ONE
POSSIBLE WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE RESOURCE FROM NON-RESOURCE
RESEARCH WAS THAT RESEARCH WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR RESOURCE
C 0 N F I D E N T I A 1.
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MANAUEMENT IS RLSOURCE-ORIENTED AND THEREFORE REQUIRES
CONSENT
TATED THAT GROUP OF 77 HAD REVISED L.13 (COPY
AVAILAILL -- WE UNDERTAND THE ONLY CHANGE IS
INCLUSION OF A REFERENCE TO LANDLOCKED STATES). SPEAKING
FOR INDIA AND NOT GROJP 771 INDIA REP ADDED THAT COMPROMISE
SOLUTION MIGHT WELL EXIST ALONG DEFINITIONAL (RESOURCE-
NONRESOURCE RIENT'D) APPROACH WITH COASTAL STATE MAKING
DETERMINATI IN EACH INSTANCE.
7, UPPORTFD RESOURCE-NONRESOURCE DISTINCTION,
PROD I CED THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS (INCLUDING INVOLVEMENT IN
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION STAGES AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURE) MET. MEXICO WAS UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER NON-
RESOURCE RES ARCH WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN OBLIGATION
APPROA 9R SOMETHING ELSE.
8, , VISIBLY ANNOYED WITH FORTHCOMING MEXICAN
POS -T1 N-i -REITERATED SUPPORT FOR TEXT IT HAD FORMALLY
CIRCULATED AND SUUD IT WOULD LOOK AT THE DEFINITIONAL
APPROACH (ALTHOUGH CANADA WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT ITS
ACCEPTABILITY) AND SUPPORT COMPULSORY' DISPUTE SETTLEMENT.
9, FRANCE IN PRIVATE DISCUSSION FOLLOWING MEETING
EXPRESSED VIEW THAT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE WHICH
WOULD SUSPEND RESEARCH WHILE DISPUTE WAS BELING RESOLVED
WOULD GO LONG WAY IN MEETING FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT SHELF
RESEARCH,
10. COMMENT: ALTHOUGH MUCH WORK REMAINS TO Be DONE,
THERE HAS BEEN OBVIOUS MOVEMENT BY SOME PREVIOUSLY
INTRACTABLE STATES.ABRAMS
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SUBJECT: LOS: ARCHIPELAGO AGREEMENT
It BAHAMIAN LOS DELEGATE GEORGE STEWART INFORMED AMB
MOORE AT RECEPTION APRIL 11 HE HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY
FONMIN ADDERLEY INFORM US GCOB HAD DECID
US ARCHIPELAGO PROPOSAL. HE SPECIFICALLYDMENTIONEDTSUPPORT
FOR US POSITION ON STRAITS TRANSIT AS PART OF AGREEMENT.
2, STEWART INDICATED HE HAD SPOKEN WITH INDONESIANS AND
THEY REMAINED A PROBLEM, HE URGED INDONESIAN JUSTICE
MINISTER MOCHTAR TO DELAY DEPARTURE UNTIL FONMIN
ADDERLEY ARRIVES NEXT WEEKEND SO THEY COULD DISCUSS
ARCHIPELAGO ISSUE.
3, STEWART REFERRED TO UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF BEING
ACCUSED BY SOME NON-ALIGNED FRIENDS OF BEING "LACKEY" TO
US ON THIS ISSUE, AM3 MO'ORE ASSURED HIM WE WILL BE
DISCREET RE GCOB POSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO OPPOR-
TUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO FONMIN
ADDERLEY WHEN HE ARRIVES.
4, ABOVE IS FOR EMBASSY INFORMATION ONLY. SEPTEL
FOLLOWS COMMENTING ON HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT RELATES
TO OVERALL STRAITS NEGOTIATIONS AND TO PROVIDE
GUIDANCE TO EMBASSY. IF SUBJECT SHOULD BE RAISED WITH
EMBASSY PRIOR RECEIPT SEPTEL, SUGGEST RESPONSE BE
CONFINED TO EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION GOCB FOUND
IT POSSIBLE TO DECIDE FAVORABLY ON THIS ISSUE AT
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EXPLOITATIONS, IF PRESENT UNSATISFACTORY TEXT PROVES TO
BE NEGOTIABLE TO FURTHER ACCOMMODATE NEEDS OF DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES, IT MAY GO FAR TO RESOLVE ISSUE OF WHO WHALL
EXPLOIT SEABED WHICH TOOK VIRUTALLY THE ENTIRE TIME OF
COMMITTEE IN CARACAS, DISCUSSION HAS FOCUSED ON JOINT
VENTURE SYSTEM AND QUESTIONS OF DIRECT EXPLOITATION AND
DISCRETION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN SERVICE CONTRACTS
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GLE TEXTS ON MORE THAN 40 ITEMS OF MAIN TRENDS PAPER,
WHILE TEXTS ARE ON RELATIVELY TECHNICAL AND NON-CONTENTIOUS
ISSUES, AGREED SINGLE TEXTS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY
TO CONSOLIDATED BUREAJ TEXT. IT IS EXPECTED THAT TECHNICAL
TEXT ON BASELINES, HISH SEAS. ETC. WILL COMPLEMENT EFFORTS
TO PRODUCE ECONOMIC EONE AND OTHER TEXTS NEGOTIATED IN
VARIOUS INFORMAL GROJPS,
C, ECONOMIC .gNEt INFORMAL JURIDICAL EXPERTS
(EVENSEN) GROUP HAS MET EVERY AFTERNOON ON ECONOMIC
ZONE, WITH CHAIRMAN PRESENTING TEXTS, CONSENSUS HAS
EMERGED IN GROUP ON MANY OF THESE TEXTS, AND ON OTHERS
WE ARE CLOSER TO AGREEMENT, MOST DIVISIVE ISSUE IS
FISHING RIGHTS OF LANDLOCKED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED STATES, WHICH MAY IN PART HAVE PROMPTED
CHAIRMAN OF GROUP OF 77 CONTACT GROUP FOR COMMITTEE II
TO PRODUCE SEPARATE TEXT.
D. MARjt~E~_ROL."T_ION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:
COMMITTEE III MAY BE EXPECTED TO RPODUCE BY END OF
SESSION SINBLE TEXTS ON BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES, EXCEPTION
MAY BE ON FEW DIFFICULT QUESTIONS SUCH AS POLLUTION
STANDARD SETTING AND ENFORCEMENT AND THE REGIME FOR
RESEARCH WITHIN THE ECONOMIC zONE, WHICH REMAIN TO BE
RESOLVED WITHIN CONTEXT OF OVERALL PACKAGE,
E. D S x, . ET I~EH .T.? GROUP. WHICH MEETS SEVERAL
TIMES PER WEEK, HAS BEEN MAKING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
IN DRAFTING ARTICLES AND EVELOPING BASIC FRAMEWORK OF
COMPULSORY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, AGREEMENT EMERGING
THAT SPECIALISED PROCEJDRES MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME
SECTIONS OF TREATY (E.G. DEEP SEABEDS). WITH RESPECT
TO GENERAL PROCEDURES, ADVOCATES OF LOS TRIBUNAL, ICJ
OR ARBITRATION, MAY FIND WAY TO AGREE BY PERMITTING
STATE TO DECLARE ITS PREFERENCE AT TIME OF RATIFICATION,
MULTIPLIED AND MANY MEET DAILY. WHILE FRAGMENTATION
CONTRIBUTES TO GENERAL MANAGERIAL DIFFICULTY OF 150
NATION FORUM, IT ALSO SUGGESTS INCREASING ATTENTION
TO ISSUES IN A MORE RELISTIC AND LESS IDEOLOGICAL
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JOINT VENTURES. WHILE ATTENTION TO DEVICE OF JOINT
VENTURES HAS TENDED TO HEAD OFF ISSUE OF RIGHT OF
AUTHORITY TO EXPLOIT DIRECTLY. LDC'S CONTINUE TO RESERVE
THEIR POSITIONS. THEY MAINTAIN THAT JOINT VENTURE IS
ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL MEANS BY SHICH EXPLOITATION MAY
PROCEED. A NEW DRAFT OF BASIC CONDITIONS PREPARED BY
WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN HAS JUST BEEN CIRCULATED. WHILE
PAPER DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMPROMISE
AND DOES NOT PROTECT DEVELOPED COUNTRY INTERESTS IN MAY
RESPECTS. IT DOES. AS THE CHAIRMAN STATED. MIRROR
PREDOMINANT TREND IN C-I. AND HAS BEEN GENERALLY
ACCEPTED AS A BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. DEGREE OF
PROGRESS HAS BEEN REMARKEABLE IN COMPARISON TO CARACAS
SESSION. WE BELIEVE THAT CHANCE EXISTS TO REACH
AGREEMENT ON BASIC CONDITIONS AND ON SEVERAL KEY
MACHINERY ARTICLES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT WORK OF C-I
WILL CONTINUE AS IT HAS TO DATE IN INFORMAL MEETINGS
WHERE NEGOTIATING ATMOSPHERE IS SERIOUS AND GENERALLY
CONSTRUCTIVE.
3 . COMMITTEE II TERRITORIAL SEA. STRAITS, ECONOMIC
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HAS PROCEEDED THROUGH SECOND READING OF MAIN TRENDS
PAPER WITH VIEW TO REDUCING OR CONSOLIDATING ALTER-
NATIVES INTO SINGLE TEXTS, MORE INFORMAL AFTERNOON
MEETINGS HAVE TO DATE PROVISIONALLY AGREED ON MORE
THAN 40 ARTICLES ON BASELINES, HIGH SEAS, ETC, SO
FAR EFFORTS OF A FEW COUNTRIES TO RE-OPEN MAIN TRENDS
PAPER AND UTHERwISE TO INDULGE IN OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS
HAVE BEEN RESISTED. CONTINUED PROGRESS CLEARLY DEPENDS
ON COMMITTEE ADDRESSING AT EARLY DATE MORE FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUES SHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATION IN INFORMAL
GROUPS.
8, ECONOMIC ZOIy,,,EE,. THE INFORMAL JURIDICAL EXPERS
(EVENSEN) GROUP HAS MADE MAJOR NEGOTIATING PROGRESS ON
THE CENTRAL ISSUE OF THE ECONOMIC ZONE, SEPTEL TO DEPT. CON-
TAINS THE LATEST (USUALLY FIFTH REVISION) TEXTS
CIRUCLATED SO FAR BY THE CHAIRMAN, ARTICLES 1, 2, 3,
5, 6, MOST OF 7, AND 8 COMMAND WIDESPREAD SUPPORT IN
THE GROUP, ALTHOUGH SOME CHANGES ARE LIKELY, ARTICLES
13 AND 14 HAVE NOT YET BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT 13 IS
BASICALLY THE RESULT OF CONSULTATIONS WITH STATES
PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED, MISSING ARTICLE 11 WILL BE
CHAIRMAN'S DRAFT OF AN ARTICLE ON NON-TRANSFERENCE
OF FISHING RIGHTS TO (THIRD PARTIES,
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SHELF AND PULL.UTION_ISSUES SOON, ON FORMER ISSUE.
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DICTION
OVER THE MARGIN
TO A PRECISELY DEFINED LIM
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RING BEYOND 200 MILES IS
POSSIBLY
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0 77 CONTACT GROUP I N C- II , CIRUCLATED A DRAFT ON
ECONOMIC ZONE WHICH IS NOW UNDER REVIEW IN GROUP OF
77. THE DRAFT ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE ISSUE OF ACCESS BY
LANDLOCKED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATES TO
LIVING RESOURCE-S OF THE ECONOMIC ZONE.
HOWEVER, THE PAPER REMAINS ESSENTIALLY COASTAL IN
CHARACTER,
C. TERRITORIAL SEA AND S_._ AIS; ALTHOUGH A FEW
200 MILE TER ITLRIALISTS CONTINUE TO RESIST CLEAR
TREND OF' C-11, THERE APPEARS TO BE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
FOR A 12 MILE TERRITORIAL SEA AND GOOD PROSPECTS FOR
RESOLVING STRAITS ISSUE IF OVERALL C-II PACKAGE CAN
BE AGREED UPON,
0. EXPECTATION IS THAT COMMITTEE BUREAU WILL SOON
ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A SINGLE TEXT, BASED ON INFORMAL
NEGOTIATIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE .
4, CO _TEE III: MARINE POLLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH.
At GENERAL; AORK OF' COMMITTEE III HAS PROCEEDED
SOMEWHAT ON PERIPHERY OF CONFERENCE NEGOTIATIONS SINCE
SEVERAL OF I T S M O S T D I FF I C UL T AGENDA ITEMS ARE DEPENDENT
UPON BALANCE ACHIEVED WITH ESPECT TO THE ECONOMIC
ZONE, MEANWHILE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON A NUMBER
OF ITEMS WITH EFFORTS, AS IN COMMITTEE II. TO REDUCE
EXISTING ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE TEXTS IN INFORMAL
WORKING GWUPS,
B, SC,INET IFJCRESEARCH' I NFORMAL WORKING GROUP
ON ISSUE HASOC~JEN LEGAL STATUS OF SCIENTIFIC
INSTALLATION ANS ISSUES OF RESPONS IBLI TY AND LIABILITY.
GROUP GF 77 HAS ADDED TO ITS PREVI'OUS`' PROPOSAL ON SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH A REQUIREMENT FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATIMENT FOR
NEIGHBORING DEVELOPING LANDLOCKED OR GEOGRAPHICALLY
DISADVANTAGED STATES, SOVIETS HAVE INTRODUCED A PAPER
WHICH REQUIRES COASTAL STATE CONSENT FOR RESEARCH
RELATED TO EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF LIVING AND
NON-LIVING RESOURCES, BUT PROVIDES FOREIGN SITE
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LCIGATIUN REGIME FOR RESEARCH UNRELATED TO RESOURCES.
RECENTLY, DISUCSSION HAS CENTERED ON PRACTICALLTY
AND DESIRABLILITY OF SUCH A DISTRINCTION.
C , MARINE FGLLUTIO' COMMITTEE II I'S PROGRESS
ON MARINE POLLUTION NEGOTIATIONS HAS BEEN SLOW, AND
AWAITS RESOLUTION OF DIFFICULT ISSUES IN EVENSEN GROUP
BEGINNING THIS WEEK. ARTICLE ON MONITORING WAS AGREED
AFTER EXTENSIVE DEBATE, UK_HAS INTRODUCED COMPRE-
HENSIVE ARTICLES ON MARINE POLLUTION ON BEHALF OF
NINE MARITIME STATES. THES PROVISIONS LIMIT PORT STATE ENFORCEMENT
TO CASES WHERE THERE IS DAMAGE TO COAST. NINE-POWER
PROPOSAL HAS BEEN GENERALLY CRITICIZED BY COASTAL
STATES, MOST OF WHICH SUPPORT COASTAL
STATES, MOST OF WHICH SUPPORT COASTAL STATE ENFORCE-
MENT COMPETENCE, AS INADEQUATE AND TOO RESTRICITIVE IN
THAT IT PROVIDES FOR NO RESIDUAL COASTAL STATE COMPE-
TENCE WITH RESPECT TO ENFORCEMENT, ON OTHER ITEMS,
DOUBLE STA DARL ISSUE HAS BEEN DEFERRED ON GROUNDS THAT
ITS CONSIDERATION IN CONNECTION WITH EVERY ISSUE ONLY
PROLONGS DEBATt, U.S. PROPOSAL DEALING WITH ENVIRON-
MENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
HARM MARINE ENVIRONMENT, AND CONSULTATIONS WITH
AFFECTED' STATES, WILL BE TAKEN UP AFTER ARTICLE ON
LAND-BASED SUUKCES, PROBABLY DURING 5TH WEEK.
5, ~SPTuT.ENT: WEEKEND MEETING OF WORKING
GROUP UN COMPULSORY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT EARLY IN
CONFERENCE WAS HELD WHERE GROUP REVIEWED WORK AT
CARACAS. FORTY STATES PARTICIPATING CONSIDERED FOR-
MAT OF ACCEPTAELE COMPROMISE ON COMPULSORY DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES. ARTICLE III OF FOUR DRAFT
ARTICLES WOULD ALLOW CONTRACTING PARTY TO DECLARE
WHERHER IT ACCEPTS JURISDICITION OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL,
LOS TRIBUNAL, OF ICJ OR ANY TWO OR 'THREE OF THEM. A
CASE AGAINST CuNNTRACTING PARTY CAN $E_ SUBMITTED ONLY
TO PROCEDURE BINDING UPON THAT PARTY, REVISED AND
ADDI TI UINAL ARTICLES ARE BEING PREPARED. PRESENT
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ARTICLE I -- CONTRACTING PARTIES HAVE THE RIGHT
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ARTICLE II -- A DISPUTE NOT SETTLED BY SUCH
MEANS HILL BE SETTLED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III
PROVIDED AGREED TIME-LIMIT HAS ELAPSED OR
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS SET FORTH IN OTHER CHAPTERS
OF CONVENTION CONCLUDED. WHERE NO SUCH PRO-
CEEDINGS PROVIDED, ANY PARTY MAY NOTIFY OTHER
PARTY OR PARITES TO DISPUTE OF SUBMISSION OF
DISPUTE TO CONCILIATION, CONCILIATION PROCEEDINGS
WOULD COMMENCE UNLESS, ITHIN TWO MONTHS OF
NOTIFICATION, PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
3 ARE INSTITUTED.
ARTICLE III -- IN RATIFYING CONVENTION, PARTY WOULD
DECLARE ACCEPTANCE OF JURISDICTION OF ARBIARAL
TRIBUNAL, LOS TRINBUNAL, OR ICJ, OR ANY TWO OR
THREE OF THEM, PARTY NOT MAKING DECLARATION
WILL BE SUJECT TO ALL THREE TRIBUNALS, A
CASE AGAINST CONTRACTING PARTY CAN BE SUBMITTED
ONLY TO RPOCEDUPE BINDING UPON THAT PARTY,
ARTICLE IV -- LOS TRIBUNAL WILL HAVE JURISDIC-
TION TO INDICATE PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO PRESERVE
RIGHTS OF PARTIES BOTH WITH RESPECT TO CASES
SUBMITTED TO IT AND TO DISPUTES SUBMITTED TO
ARBITRATION, SUCH INTERIM MEASURES SHALL
BE BINDING.
AT LAST SESSION OF CISPUTE STTLEMTNT GROUP. ADEDE
(KENYA) WAS ELECTED CO-CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE GALINDO-POHL
(EL SALVADOR) WHO WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE ACTIVE PARTI-
CIPATION IN WORK OF GROUP DUE TO HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF
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PROBLEMS AS PERCEIVED FOR THE GANGES DELTA AREA, THIS
TEXT INCLUDED I N M A I NT RE ND S PAPER OF COMMITTEE I I
AS PROVISION 91
"IN LOCALITIES WHERE NO STABLE LOW-WATER LINE
EXISTS ALONG THE COAST DUE TO CONTINUAL PROCESS OF
ALLUVI ON AND SEDIMENTATION AND WHERE THE SEAS ADJACENT
TO THE COAST ARE SO SHALLOW AS TO BE NON-NAVIGABLE BY
OTHER THAN SMALL BOATS AND PERTAIN TO THE CHARACTER OF
INLAND WATERS, BASELINES SHALL BE DRAWN LINKING APPRO-
PRIATE POINTS ON THE SEA ADJACENT TO THE COAST NOT
EXCEEDING 10 FATHOM LINE,"
2, HOWEVER, IN EXPLANATORY INTERVENTION IN SMALL
INTEREST GROUP CONSIDERING BASELINES, REPRESENTATIVE
OF BANGLADESH PROPOSED ANOTHER FORMULA WHICH TRACKED
MORE CLOSELY THE LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING GENEVA CON-
VENTION ON THE TERRITORIAL SEA AND THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE-
IN WORKING PAPER PRESENTED TO SMALLER DRAFTING GROUP,
NEW BDG PROVISION INCLUDED AS OPTION B ALONG WITH A
MODIFICATION OF GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE CONVENTION,
PROPOSED BY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE DRAFTING GROUP, AS
OPTION A, OPTION A COULD MEET BANGLADESH PROBLEM
WHILE CONFORMING WITH INTENT OF EXISTING INTERNATIONAL
LAW AND STATE PRACTICE. THESE OPTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS
(EXISTING CONVENTION LANGUAGE IS IN QUOTES):
OPTION All "IN LOCALITIES WHERE THE COASTLINE IS
DEEPLY INDENTED AND CUT INTO, OR I F THERE IS A FRINGE
OF ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST IN ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY,
THE METHOD OF STRAIGHT BASELINES JOINING APPROPRIATE
POINTS MAY BE EMPLOYED IN DRAWING THE BASELINE FROM
WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA I S MEASURED,"
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NATURAL CONDITIONS THE COASTLINE IS HIGHLY UNSTABLE,
THE APPROPRIATE POINTS MAY BE SELECTED ALONG THE
FURTHEST SEAWARD EXTENT OF THE LOW-WATER LINE AND.
NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSEQUENT REGRESSION OF THE LOW-
WATER LINE, SUCH BASELINES SHALL REMAIN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL CHANGED BY THE COASTAL STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS CONVENTION, A COASTAL STATE MAY EMPLOY THE
METHOD OF MIXED BASELINES, I,E., DRAWING THE BASELINE
IN TURN BY THE METHODS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE
AND THIS ARTICLE TO SUIT DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, too
OPTION B; "IN LOCALITIES WHERE THE COASTLINE IS
DEEPLY INDENTED AND CUT INTO OR IF THERE IS A FRINGE
OF ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST IN ITS IMMEDIATE VICINTIY"
OR IF THE WATER ADJACENT TO THE COAST IS MARKED BY
CONTINUAL PROCESS OF ALLUVION AND SEDIMENTATION CREAT-
ING A HIGHLY UNSTABLE LOW-WATER LINE "THE METHOD OF
STRAIGHT BASELINES JOINING APPROPRIATE POINTS" ON THE
COASTS OR ON THE COASTAL WATERS MAY BE EMPLOYED IN
DRAWING THE BASELINE FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE
TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED,
3, IN SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION OF INFORMAL WORKING
PAPER IN GROUP INTERESTED IN BASELINES, ONLY BANGLADESH
SPOKE IN FAVOR OF OPTION B. AS A RESULT, THE CHAIRMAN
OF COMMITTEE I I, ACTING AS CHAIRMAN OF GROUP, STATED
THAT A CONSENSUS HAD BEEN REACHED ON OPTION A,
4, WORKING PAPER, NOW A PRODUCT OF BUREAU OF COMA.
MITTEE II AND SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS, IF ANY, WILL HAVE
TO OCCUR I N FULL COMMITTEE II,
5, DELOFFS EXPLAINED, AS DID OTHER EXPERTS ATTACHED
TO OTHER DELEGATIONS, THAT BDG PRINCIPLE WOULD PROBABLY
NOT HELP BDG IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR MEASURING CONTINENTAL
SHELF AND ECONOMIC ZONE BOUNDARY WITH INDIA AS SAME
OPTION WOULD BE OPEN TO INDIA, THUS NEGATING ANY
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