SEABED TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 27, 1976
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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SUBJECT: SEABED TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS
1. SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF PREPARATIONS FOR SEABED
TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE (SEGARRA) HAS REQUESTED U S VIEWS
ON NEXT SIPS IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCHEDULD MEETINGS OF
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE (FEBRUARY 7-11, 1977) AND OF REVIEW
CONFERENCE ITSELF (JUNE 20-JULY 1). SHE HAS ALSO APPROACHED
THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES OF THE TREATY (UK AND USSR).
2 . SEGARRA S A I D IMMEDIATE QUESTION I S MANNER I N WHICH TREATY
PARTIES WILL BE OFFICIALLY INFORMED OF DATES OF MEETINGS.
INVITATIONS, SHE SAID, INCLUDING REQUESTS. THAT SECRETARIAT
BE INFORMED OF PROPOSED DELEGATIONS, SHOULD BE SENT OUT
SOON -- PREFERABLY BY FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. SHE NOTED THAT
IN THE CASE OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE IN 1975, SECRETARIAT
HAD SENT OUT INVITATIONS, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARIES,
TO PREPCOM MEMBERS (NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE PREPCOM State Dept.
CONSISTED OF MEMBERS OF CC D AND OF I AE A BOARD OF declassification &
GOVERNORS THAT WERE PARTIES TO THE NPT ). SEGARRA SAID release instructions
THAT THIS PROCEDURE COULD BE FOL.-LOWED AGAIN, ALTHOUGH on file
SEABED REVIEW CONFERENCE PREPCOM IS OPEN-ENDED (I.E.,
ALL TREATY PARTIES MAY PARTICIPATE). THIS FACT RAISES
PROBLEM OF OBTAINING SINGLE LIST OF TREATY PARTIES AGREED
AMONG DEPOSITARIES. THE KEY QUESTION I N THIS CONNECTION
IS THAT OF POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION BY THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
WHICH IS A PARTY, HAVING DEPOSITED INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICA-
TION IN WASHINGTON BUT NOT IN LONDON OR MOSCOW. (PRC IS
NOT A PARTY.) SECONDARY QUESTIONS UNDER, TH IS PROCEDURE WOULD
BE STATUS OF BYELORUSSIA AND UKRAINE, WHICH HAVE DEPOSITED
INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION IN MOSCOW ONLY.
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3. SEGARRA NOTED THAT IF DEPOSITARIES OF SEABED TREATY
COULD NOT REACH AGREEMENT ON SINGLE LIST OF PARTIES,
ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE FOR EACH DEPOSITARY TO
INVITE ALL COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DEPOSITED WITH IT, SEGARRA
SAID SECRETARIAT COULD PREPARE STANDARD DRAFT INVITATION
TO BE CIRCULATED BY EACH DEPOSITARY,
4, A THIRD POSSIBILITY (NOT MENTIONED BY SEGARRA) WOULD BE
FOR SECRETARIAT TO INVITE ALL PARTIES AGREED TO BY ALL
DEPOSI TARI ES, WITH OTHERS KEPT INFORMED WITHOUT BEING
INVITED.
5, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS QUESTION WITH UK BUT NOT
WITH SOVIETS, BRITISH WOULD PREFER TO HAVE INVITATION
EXTENDED BY SECRETARIAT ON BEHALF OF DEPOSITARIES. BUT THEY
RECOGNIZE THAT SPECIAL ISSUE I S RAISED BY ROC ADHERENCE.
6, ACTION REQUESTED: GUIDANCE ON HANDLING.. ISSUE OF
INVITATIONS TO SEABED TREATY PREPCOM AND RVIEW
CONFERENCE. SHERER
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