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7 December 1979
WORLDWIDE REPORT
LAW OF THE SEA
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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
Fishing Agreements Between Cuba, U.S. To Be Changed
(PRELA., 6 oct 79) 1
- 'JUVENTUD REBELDE' Comments on U.S. Territorial Sea ~tance
~ (Px~, 16 Aug 79) 2
South Pacific Spokesman Condemns U.S. Territorial Sea Stance
- (~tE~, 23 Aug 79) 3
Peruvian Pa.per Scores U.S. Nonrecognition of 200-Mile Limit -
(~xE'r~a, 26 A~~ 79) 4
Feruvian President Rejects U.S. Sea Stance
(PREI~A, 28 Au~ 79) 5
Briefs
Nonrenewal of U.S., Cuban Fishing Agr�eements 6
~ Venezuela Captures U.S. Boat 6
LATIN AMERICA
INTER-~N~EtICAN AFFAIRS
_ ' LAES Meeting on Sea, Fresh Water Products Begins
(PRELA, 25 SeP 79) 7
Experts From 15 Countries
Nicaraguan Delegate Comments
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REtJNION
Discovery of Mineral Deposits Reported
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- Results of Noumea Ocean Resources Colloqui~un
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' JWENTUD REBELDE' COIrQ~'IENTS d~I U. S. TERRITORIAL SEA ST~.NCE
Havana PRELA in Spanish 0145 GMT 16 Aug 79 PA
[Text] Havana, 15 Aug (PL)--The newspapsr JWENTUD REBELDE today denounced the U.S. annaunce-
ment that it will not recognize territorial sea limits beyond 3 miles. ~n a commentary -
entitled "Anachronistic Filibusters," the paper notes that the Uni~ed States has made this
- decision without taking into account the fact that 76 countries already claim a 12-mi3e
limit, while 14 others claim control over a 200-mile economic zone. The paper adds that
- several nations have already warned against the danger that such a unilateral measure poses.
- In its commentary, the paper says that the architects of U.3. foreign policy are seeking
� to make a show of force on the one h2nd, while on the other they are confirming their _
intention to seize the wealth of other countries. Trensnationals, the paper adds, have
long cherished the clream of exploiting the valuable minerals at the bottom of the sea. It
adds tha~ i.t is easy to understand that it does no'; cost as much to plunder areas located -
only a few miles off the coasts of underdeveloped nations as to do the same thing more
than 200 miles away. According to the paper, for many of the delegates to the Law of the
Sea Conference, it is clear that Washington~s measures of force seek to pressure w~aker
- nations into granting it concessions to exploit the seabed in exchange for its recognition
of a 12-rni.le territorial sea. The world changes, but the U.S. power circles refuse to
aclmowledge this. How many of their officials long for the old days of Drake, Morgan and
the slave trade, JUVENTUD REBELDE asks in conclusion.
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SOU'PH PACIFIC 3POKL~SMAN CONDEi'QdS U.S. TERRI'PORIAL SEA STp.NCE ~
PA'32~31 Havana PRII,A in Spanish 1637 GMT 23 Aug 79 PA--FOR OFFICIAL IISE ONLY ~
~Textl Lima, 23 Aug (PL)--All countries must "firmiy repudiate'' II.S, intentions to _
recognize maritime surisdictions of only 3 miles, the secretary general of the South
Pacific Commission has affirmed here.
- In a statement for the press, Peruvian Ambassador Juan Ptiguel ~akula said Peru, Colombia,
- F,cuador and Chile, all m mbers of the commission, have vowed they "will never stop"
defending the 200-mile territorial sea concept.
}Ie added that these countries "have strongly re~ected" the U.S, decision to carry~ out
military aebivities in forei~ ~urisQictional xaters. ~
According to Bakula, Waahington's deoision "must be ~ointiy condenazed by all oountriea
who advocate a 200-mile territorial aea and a 12-mile maritime ~urisdietion at the IIH
LaW of the Sea Conference. xhioh is aurrently meeting in New York.
~kula lePt yesterday for Vienna, where he will attend ~he UN Conferenoe on Saienoe and
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PERWIAN PRESIDENT REJECTS U.S. SEA STANCE
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PA282149 Havana PRELA in Spanish 2020 GMT 28 Aug 79 PA--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
[TextJ Moquegua, Peru, Aug 29 (PL)--President Francisco Morales Bern;adez declared that _
~ Peru has the obligation of re~ecti ng forei~ pressures against its maritime sovereignty
in the 200 miles ad,~acent to its coast. Morales Bermudez thus referred, in a speech in
this city in southern Peru, to th e recent United States declaration that it recognizes
only the three-mile limit for marine ,~urisdiction. After stressing the importance of
marine weaZth for the Peruvian economy, the head of state declared that the Washington
- move "means that we must stand up to i_nternational pressures against our maritime sover-
eignty". In addition, he said, we nee~'. co carry out greater foreign policy efforts to
protect and defend the national resources.
In his speech Morales Bermudez paid tribute to the great historic figures born in Moquegua,
mentioning among th~an Jose Carlos Mariategui, founder of the Peruvian Communist Party and _
� of the General Confederation of Workers. He described Mariategui as a"man committed to -
- change and social ~ustice who has deeply entered the national spirit".
The Peruvian president will head today in Tacna, in the far south, the ceremonies on the -
- 50th anniversary of c,~e r~'~irn to Peru of that territory occupied by Chile during the War
of the Pacific that began in 1879.
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- REUNION
DISCOVERY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS REPORTED _
~ Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French 17 Oct 79 p 33
[Article: "The ~uture is Under the Water"]
[Text] After a 5--month voyage, the F~encfi scientific vessel Marion- -
Dufresne discovered thick deposfts of inetallic nodules at tfie bottom of
the Indian Ocean off the coast of Reunion. Tfie nodules resemble liCtle
dark plums and. they lie some 4,000 meters deep (in the Indian Ocean and
more especislly in tfie Pacific). They most often contain cobalt, nickel:,
cooper and manganese. According to certain experts the nodules might
_ satisfy all human need for copper, nickel and manganese for 6,000, 150,000
~ and 400,000 years respectively. ,
_ Since the mineral content of the deposits in the Indian Ocean is 0.5 to
_ 1 pp?'~~ent (wfiereas that of Pacific nodules is 2.5 percent) up to now m~nfng
activity did not appear profitable. But this "weakness" might be compensa-
- ted for ~iy the density of the deposits discovered by the Marion-Dufresne:
100 kg per square meter (crnapared to only 1 to 10 kg in the Pacific). _
_ T"f~e n~~?ules will surely not be extracted immediately bec~use certain ~
te~~hnical problems have not yet lieen resolved. However, one tfi~tng is snre: .
interest in the Indian Ocean for strategic purposes (based on protection
for oil shipping routes and access to military bases) will be increased by
= the discovery of the nodules of~manna.
- In Paris, the "Michel Debre lobby" whicY~ is inspired by the former prime
mi'.nister, a deputy grom Reunion, and which pre~ch~s reinforcing the French
presence in the Indian Ocean will be motivated to continue its efforts. In
the i~nediate future Giscard d'E~ta~ng and his prime minister, Raymond
- Barre, who comes from Reunion, need not ~ear a recurrence of "separatism"
in this dzpartment iahich is 10,000 km from metropolitan France and has the
largest overseas population. Tfie movement for independence in Reunion, a
_ small Maoist group supported by Libya, remains rather unpopular. On the
- other hand, hostility to the French presence from neighboring archipelagos
~ight pose more acute problems. The Comoros still claim Mayotte and Mauri- _
~ tius still claims Tromelin. Moreover, 1~Iadagascar lays claim to certain
small islands: the Glorieuses, Europa, Bassas de India and Juan de Nova. ,
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During the colonial period rhese islands were part of "Madagascar and
- dependencies"; however, later. France gave tfiem over to Reunion. Tananarive
has not yet accepted the 200-rmile exclusive economic zone which the French -
created around these rocks under their control in early 1978. The discovery
of thick deposita of nodules off Reunion�s coast e$plaina the French desire -
to remain on these amall islande otherwise of no interest whateoever. T~e
nodule deposits around the Glorieuses of Juan de Nova must also be impreseive,
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R~SUT.,TS OF ~i0L1MEA OCF~AN R~SOURCES COLT,OQUIU'N~
- Paris MARCH~S T'RO~T~ATJ~ ~T MF1ITT~RLtAN~F
ZS in Fr~r~ch 28 Sep 79 p 2621
[Text] A~ th~ end o~ the confexence on ocear~ x~souxcea deve].opwent in
the Fr~nch te~ritories in ttte Paeific, wh3ch was attend~d by 300 per- _
sonaliti~~ fxom a11 over the woxld, at Noum.ea, between 16 and 19 Sept-
ember, I~r Pau1 Di~oud, s~cr~tary o~ stafie Eor Ch~ ovexseas depaxtments
and territor3es, pxaseat~d the conclusions of ~he eon~erence.
This me,et3,ng, he thought, demonstrated the unanimous dete~cwination af
the ~~chnica7, miniatexa represented, of the delegationa of the ~exri-
toxias and the x~seareh ag~nc3ea ~o take ac~ion noFr and together in
- oxder ta sp~11 out ari oceaa pol3ey~ capable of speeding up the exploita-
rion of oc~an reaources 3n tt~ase regions and stepping up French opera-
- tions in the Pucif~.c. ~
Qn the 3x~~t3$tiv~ of the secretary of state for DOM [Overseas Departmenta]
and TOM [Overseaa Territor~es] and in con3unction with Che interminister-
3,a1 mission on ~he aea, coord3,nation facilities betw~en the government
and ~h~ terx3fiories w1.7.1 organized, aftex th~ con~~rence, ~o spe11 out
- the gu~de~l3n~s s~leeted and to def3ne the asa~~e to be d~veloped. The
" operation st~ould g~~ und~rw~ay~ �o11.ow3,ng th~ si,gT?atuxe o~ agreement in
which the gov~rnment and the terr~tories wi11 ~.~ach d~.echaxg~ their res-
- pons3bil~t~,~s.
In ~hta reapect, the aecretary o~ stat~ singl~d out ~.7 r~comwendation
pointa which must constitute th~ backboae of thia neFr ocean policy in the
French terrttori~,s' fin the ~acif3c.
1. ~uaraaixae the p~,aan3,ng for th~ r~newal and str~ngrh~ning of surveii-
_ lan~oe t~anss in French t~ttexs offshore ~rom th~ TOM ~.n the ~aci~ie.
- 2. Devc~lop an activ~ and generous diplomacy in ~h~.s x4gion w3th our _
immediat~ o,r remote neighbors.
3. Conce~ing th~ 200~mile 13,mit, implem,~nt the 7.aws o� the ~erritori.es -
i.n a 1iB~ira3, spirit oE conPi~~uce and collaboration and remove any 1ega1
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ambi;gu~~y cance~,'ni.~g the~, A at~dy~ &xoup, initiatsd by ~hs s~cretaxy o~
etate, w~1:~.1 Aa e,~taA].i~h~d ~o~r th3.s puxpose.
4. Reviv~ oce.an ~~,shiag. A saa~or ePfort must be ~ade to ~tart large-
scala operafiions Fr~th fih~~ -pax~fi,c3,pation oE Fr~nch tuaa veasels and the
~upport oP tt~e govexnm~s~t. Tt~e intereat expressed ~}r f3shermen in con-
t3nental France at Che nonference looks promis3ng.
5. Th3,nk a~out tt~~ organ3zational structuxes and equipmen~ to be put in
p7.ace to accomoda~e those vessels and to support the territories in the -
es~abl,islunent and improvesaent of those facil3ti,~s.
6. Giv~ pri.o~efity to artisan ~ishing which involves a17. 3sland population _
groups. Study and manage the stock to control their development which
mus~ be qu3te considerable.
7. Organize th~ sale o~ arCisan f3sh~ng producta for the sake of the
mo~t remote villages aad isiands. -
8. So1ve the probl~m o~ f~sh po3.son3ng (ichthyosareotoxism) by stepping
up ras~areh. _
9. Make a n~w~staxt Coward saax~ine cropp3ng and assure its transfer to -
the ~rivate sectox (sweet water shr~np, shrimp, muasels, and lobsters). .
The FIDES [Investment Fund ~or Econom3c and Soeial Development] wi11
- participate in this ef~oxt.
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10. With the suppoxt of the FIDES, conduct a study on experimentation
pc~sible in the f ield oE marine cropping at Wa11is and FuCuna which so
far has not ben~~itted ~rom th3s.
1,1,. Energetically revive water cropping researeh deal3ng with new species
~.rt oxder to diversi~y future production effoxts.
12. Revive and perfect the cultivation of mother-of-pearl and o~ pearls.
7.3. Sp~ed up and step up research on hydrocarbons and multimetallic -
nodul~s ~.n th~ economie zor~~s of TOM; achieve technological progxess in
this ~i~7,d. ~
14. Regaxding neFr sourc~s of er~sxgy in TOM, give priority t~, projects
suit~B1~ for mteeting the needs o~ ~he island econanies in the Pacific.
Th~.s may~ tn~olv~ a woxthwh3l~ export market.
15. ~taxan~e~ ~'xench op~rations 3n th3s reg3on f:hY~�.ugh the creation of
~ an oc~an r~searcR cen,ter or an ocean university provid,3ng inform,ation in
keepir~g with the needs o~ the territories and ne3ghbor3ng foreign coun-
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16~ In tR~ ~~xr~,tox~~s, proV~d~ ~r4ctical and contir~uoue pxo�~ss~,ot~al -
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17. Tmp7.e~ent a xeso7.ute snMironstental pol3ey de~rot~s~g apeefd7~ attention
~o the p~od~s~t3on o~ tha 7.~.ttoral, e~pec3,a11y~ in thQ ~,dgoone.
- COPYRIGST: Reae Moxeux ~t Ct~, ~ar~ts, 197�r
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