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Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

(Geneva, 17 March — 26 April 1960)

Volume I: Summary Records

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Contents View PDF file
Index to documents of the Conference View PDF file
Resolution 1307 (XIII) of the General Assembly of the United Nations convening the Conference View PDF file
List of delegations View PDF file
Officers of the Conference and its committees View PDF file
Secretariat of the Conference View PDF file
Agenda View PDF file
Rules of procedure View PDF file
 
Summary records of plenary meetings
1st plenary meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 17 March 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Opening of the Conference  
  Question of the representation of China  
  Election or the President  
  Adoption of the agenda  
  Adoption of the rules of procedure  
  Election of the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole  
  Organization of work  
2nd plenary meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 18 March 1960, at 10.50 a.m.  
  Adoption of the rules of procedure (concluded)  
3rd plenary meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 18 March 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Election of Vice-Presidents  
  Appointment of the Credentials Committee  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958  
  Adoption of conventions or other instruments regarding the matters considered and of the Final Act of the Conference  
4th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 8 April 1960, at 11 a.m.  
  Tribute to the memory of General Guisan  
  Report of the General Committee  
5th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 19 April 1960, at 10.30 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
  Report of the Committee of the Whole  
6th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 20 April 1960, at .50 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
7th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 20 April1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Second report of the General Committee  
8th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 21 April 1960, at 3.30 p.m.  
  Publication of a complete verbatim record of the discussions at the Conference: draft resolution submitted by Mexico  
9th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 22 April1960, at 10.30 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (Xli) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
10th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 25Apri 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Report of the Credentials Committee  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
11th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 25 April 1960, at 4 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
  Expression of sympathy for victims of the earthquake in Iran  
12th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 25 April 1960, at 9.15 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
13th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 26 April 1960, at 10.20 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
  Voting on proposals and amendments  
14th plenary meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 26 April 1960, at 3.20 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth -4 the territorial sea and fishery limits in according with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (concluded)  
    Voting on proposals and amendments (concluded)  
    Explanations of vote  
  Adoption of conventions or other instruments regarding the matters considered and of the Final Act of the Conference  
  Closure of the Conference  
 
Summary records of meetings of the Committee of the Whole
1st meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 21 March 1960, at 11 a.m.  
  Election of officers  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958  
    General debate  
      Statement by Mr. Shukairy (Saudi Arabia)  
2nd meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 22 March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Tunkin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and Mr. García Amador (Cuba)  
3rd meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 23 March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Tuncel (Turkey), Mr. Mau (Republic of Viet-Nam) and Mr. Martinez Moreno (El Salvador)  
4th meeting View PDF file
  Thursday. 24 March 1960, at 10,45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Petren (Sweden), Mr. Dean (United States of America), Mr. Moreno (Panama) and Mr. Radouilsky (Bulgaria)  
5th meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 2. March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Drew (Canada), Mr Tolentino (Philippines), Mr. García de LIera (Spain) and Mr. Geamanu (Romania)  
  Organization of work  
6th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 29 March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Carmona (Venezuela), Mr. Hare (United Kingdom), U Mya Sein (Burma), Mr. Riphagen (Netherlands), Mr. Emiliani (Colombia) and Mr. Vlachos (Greece)  
7th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 29 March 1960, at 3 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Ulloa Sotomayor (Peru), Mr. Mameli (Italy) and Mr. Pechota (Czechoslovakia)  
8th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 30 March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Amado (Brazil), Mr. Gasiorowski (Poland) and Mr. Bartos (Yugoslavia)  
9th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 30 March 1960, at 3.20 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Nogueira (Portugal), Mr. Okumura (Japan) and Mr. Pfeiffer (Federal Republic of Germany)  
10th meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 31 March 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Garcia Robes (Mexico), Mr. Sen (India) and Mr. Yasseen (Iraq)  
11th meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 31 March 1960, at 3 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Chacon Pazos (Guatemala), Mr. Gudmundur i Gudmundsson (Iceland), Sir Kenneth Bailey (Australia), Sir Gerald Fitzrmaurice (United Kingdom) and Mr. Gundersen (Norway)  
12th meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 1 April 1960, at 10.45 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Muhtadi (Jordan), Mr. Chhat Phlek (Cambodia), Mr. Orkomies (Finland), Mr. Ustor (Hungary) and Mr. Baig (Pakistan)  
13th meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 4 April 1960, at 10.50 a.m.  
  Tributes to the memory of H.M. Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, of the Federation of Malaya, and to the memory of H.M. Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Barnes (Liberia), Mr. Velázquez (Uruguay), Mr. de Pablo Pardo (Argentina) and Mr. Asafu-Adjaye (Ghana.)  
14th meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 4 April 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Cuadros Quiroga (Bolivia), Mr. Erkin (Turkey), Mr. Subardjo (Indonesia) and Mr. Melo Lecaros (Chile)  
15th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 5 Apri1 1960, at 11 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Quentin-Baxter (New Zealand) and Sir Claude Corea (Ceylon)  
16th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 5 April 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Rafael (Israel) and Mr. Lamani (Albania)  
17th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 6 April 1960, at 10.30 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Hassan (United Arab Republic), Mr. Sohn (Republic of Korea), Mr. Matine-Daftary (Iran),. Mr. Elizondo (Costa Rica) and Mr. Povetiev (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic)  
18th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 6 April 1960, at 3.15p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Nisot (Belgium), Mr. Diallo (Guinea), Ato Goytom Pectros (Ethiopia), Mr. Ponce y Carbo (Ecuador) and Mr. Liu (China)  
19th meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 7 Apri1 1960, at 10.40 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Bouziri Tunisia), Mr. El Bakri (Sudan), Mr. Radouilski (Bulgaria) and Mr. Fattal (Lebanon)  
20th meeting View PDF file
  Thursday, 7 April 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Koretsky (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), Mr. Gros (France), Mr. Shukairy (Saudi Arabia) and Mr. Garcia Robles (Mexico)  
21st meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 8 April 1960, at 11.30 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (continued)  
      Statements by Mr. Dean (United States of America), Mr. Drew (Canada), Mr. Caabasi (Libya) and Mr. Rafael (Israel)  
22nd meeting View PDF file
  Friday, 8 April 1960, at 3.30 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    General debate (concluded)  
      Statement by Mr. Glaser (Romania)  
23rd meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 11 April 1960, at 10.50 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    Consideration of proposals  
24th meeting View PDF file
  Monday, 11 April 1960, at 3 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    Consideration of proposals (continued)  
25th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 12 April 1960, a 10.50 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    Consideration of proposals (continued)  
26th meeting View PDF file
  Tuesday, 12 April 1960, at 3 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    Consideration of proposals (continued)  
27th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 13 April 1960, at 10.15 a.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (continued)  
    Consideration of proposals (continued)  
28th meeting View PDF file
  Wednesday, 13 April 1960, at 3.15 p.m.  
  Consideration of the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits in accordance with resolution 1307 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1958 (concluded)  
    Consideration of proposals (concluded)  
  Adoption of conventions or other instruments regarding the matters considered and of the Final Act of the Conference  
  Completion of the Committee's work  
   
Annexes  
Symbol Title
Index to Documents of the Conference  
A/CONF.19/1 Provisional agenda  
A/CONF.19/2 Provisional rules of procedure  
A/CONF.19/3 Method of work and procedures of the Conference: memorandum by the Secretary-General  
A/CONF.19/4 Synoptical table concerning the breadth and juridical status of the territorial sea and adjacent zones: note by the Secretary-General  
A/CONF.19/5 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 + Add.2 + Add.3 Supplement to the publication entitled Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the Territorial Sea  
A/CONF.19/6 Supplement to the bibliographical guide to the law of the sea prepared by the United Nations Secretariat (A/CONF.13/17)  
A/CONF.19/7 Rules of procedure adopted by the Conference at its 1st and 2nd plenary meetings  
A/CONF.19/BUR/L.1 Closing date of the Conference: note by the Secretariat  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.1 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.2 Mexico: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.2/Rev.1 Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Venezuela and Yemen: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.3 United States of America: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.4 Canada: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.5 Philippines: amendment to documents A/CONF.19/C.1/L.1 to L.4  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.6 Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yemen: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.7 Iceland: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.7/Rev.1 Iceland: revised proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.8 Peru: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.9 Cuba: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.10 Canada and United States of America: proposal  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.11 Argentina: amendments to document A/CONF.19/C.1/L.10  
A/CONF.19/C.1/L.12 Guatemala: amendment to document A/CONF.19/C.1/L.10  
A/CONF.19/L.1 Mexico: amendments to document A/CONF.19/2  
A/CONF.19/L.2 Officers of the Conference  
A/CONF.19/L.3 Mexico: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.4 + Corr.1 + Corr.2 Report of the Committee of the Whole  
A/CONF.19/L.5 Peru: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.5/Rev.1 Peru: revised draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.6 Cuba: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.7 Report of the Credentials Committee  
A/CONF.19/L.8 Ethiopia, Ghana and Liberia: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.9 Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Republic, Venezuela and Yemen: draft resolution  
A/CONF.19/L.10 Ghana: amendment to the second proposal in document A/CONF.19/L.4  
A/CONF.19/L.11 Canada and United States of America: proposal  
A/CONF.19/L.12 Brazil, Cuba and Uruguay: amendments to the second proposal in document A/CONF.19/L.4  
A/CONF.19/L.13 Iceland: amendment to the second proposal in document A/CONF.19/L.4  
A/CONF.19/L.14 Note by the Secretariat containing examples of final clauses  
A/CONF.19/L.15 Final Act  
A/CONF.19/L.16 Declaration by the Head of the Peruvian delegation