MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS: LAW OF THE SEA AT NON-ALIGNED CONFERENCE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82S00697R000400160024-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: August 16, 1976
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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1. WE HAV TAINED FROM FRIEDLY EMBASSY COPY OF
ADDENDUM TO CONFERENCE DRAFT ACTION PROGRAM FOR
ECONOMIC COOPERATION DEALING WITH LAW OF SEA.
ADDENDUM DEALS WITH EXPLOITATION OF OCEAN RESOURCES
IN FOR SOUTH LATITUDES INCLUDING ANTARCTICA, HOW
EVER WE UNDERSTAND THAT SRI LANKA HAS NOW DROPPED
THIS ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPH UNDER STRONG PROTEST FROM
ARGENTINA, DESPITE ITS BEING A DEAD LETTER AT
THIS CONCERENCE, WE ARE REPORTING IT IN CASE SAME
PROPOSAL IS INTRODUCED IN ANOTHER FORUM.
2. TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE. DRAFT PARAGRAPH ON
THE LAW OF THE SEA (INCLUDING ANTARCTICA) FOR
INCLUSION IN THE DRAFT ACTION PROGRAMME FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AMONG THE NON-ALIGNED AND OTHER DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ARE AWARE THAT,
WHILE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE AT THE INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THE WORLD'S RESOURCES, AND IN
PARTICULAR ITS MARINE RESOURCES, SHALL NOT BECOME
THE SUBJECT OF SELFISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE EXPLOITATION
BY THOSE WHO FOR THE TIME BEING POSSESS THE TEC-
NOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE,, THERE ARE AREAS OF THE PLANET
SUCH AS THOSE SOUTH OF 45 DEGREES S LATITUDE FOR
WHICH THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE EFFORTS MAY NOT BE
CLEAR. CONSEQUENTLY, THEY CALL ON ALL STATES AND THE
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH RELEVANT
RESPONSIBILITIES TO ENSURE (i) THAT EXPLORATION AND
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NON-LIVING OF SUCH AREAS ARE CARRIED OUT IN SUCH
A MANNER AS TO REFLECT ADEQUATELY THE UNDOUBTED AND
CONTINUING INTEREST OF THEINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
IN SUCH AREAS; AND (2) THAT THOSE RESOURCES WILL
Be MADE SUBJECT TO A REGIME OF RATIONAL MANAGEMENT
AND UTILIZATION TO SECURE OPTIMUM BENEFITS FOR MAN-
KIND AS A WHOLE AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE GLOBAL
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