Codification Division Publications: Diplomatic Conferences

United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

(Geneva, 24 February — 27 April 1958)

Volume III: First Committee (Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone)

Table of Contents
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Cover
Introductory Note
Contents
Index to documents of the First Committee
Officers of the Committee

Summary records of plenary meetings
1st meeting
	Wednesday, 26 February 1958, at 4.10 p.m.
	Election of the Chairman
2nd meeting
	Friday, 28 February 1958, at 4.10 p.m.
	Election of the Vice-Chairman
	Election of the Rapporteur
3rd meeting
	Monday, 3 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the Interternational Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159)
		General debate
			Statement by Mr. Shukairi (Saudi Arabia)
4th meeting
	Tuesday, 4 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Amado (Brazil), Mr. Ba Han (Burma), Mr. Sorensen (Denmark), Mr. Bocobo (Philippines) and Mr. Fattal (Lebanon)
5th meeting
	Wednesday, 5 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Ulloa Sotomayor (Peru) and Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller (United Kingdom)
6th meeting
	Thursday, 6 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Petren (Sweden), Mr. Verzijl (Netherlands), Mr. Boavida (Portugal), M. Monaco (Italy) and Mr. Aycinena Salazar (Guatemala)
7th meeting
	Friday, 7 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Subardjo (Indonesia), Mr. Sen (India), Mr. Iturralde (Bolivia), Mr. Baghdadi (Yemen) and Luang Chakrapani (Thailand)
8th meeting
	Friday, 7 March 1958, at 3.30 p.m.
	Appointment of a working party: proposal by Mexico (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.1)
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Muhtadi (Jordan), Mr. Tabibi (Afghanistan) and Mr. Gros (France)
9th meeting
	Monday, 10 March 1958, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Wilson (New Zealand), Mr. Krispis (Greece), Mr. Martinez Montero (Uruguay), Mr. Carmona (Venezuela), Mr. Katicic (Yugoslavia) and Mr. Ohye (Japan)
10th meeting
	Tuesday, 11 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Dean (United States of America), Mr. Perera (Ceylon) and Mr. Barnes (Liberia)
11th meeting
	Tuesday, 11 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Hsueh (China), the Marquis of Miraflores (Spain) and Mr. Asante (Ghana)
12th meeting
	Wednesday, 12 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Tunkin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), Mr. Gutierrez Olivos (Chile), Mr. Alvarez Aybar (Dominican Republic), Mr. Glaser (Romania) and Mr. Comay (Israel)
13th meeting
	Thursday, 13 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Shukairi (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Garcia Amador (Cuba) and Mr. Gasiorowski (Poland)
14th meeting
	Thursday, 13 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Proposal by Mexico (A/CONF.13/C.l/L.l/Rev.l) (concluded)
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Tuncel (Turkey), Mr. Ruiz Moreno (Argentina) and Mr. Belizaire (Haiti)
15th meeting
	Friday, 14 March 1958, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Subardjo (Indonesia), Mr. Kim (Republic of Korea), Mr. Abdesselem (Tunisia) and Mr. Pfeiffer (Federal Republic of Germany)
16th meeting
	Friday, 14 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Lamani (Albania), Mr. Ruegger (Switzerland), Mr. Martinez-Moreno (El Salvador), Mr. Uribe Holguin (Colombia) and Mr. Sadaka (Lebanon)
17th meeting
	Monday, 17 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Bhutto (Pakistan), Mr. Muuls (Belgium), Mr. Drew (Canada), Mr. Caabasi (Libya) and Mr. Nguyen-Quoc-Dinh (Republic of Viet-Nam)
18th meeting
	Monday, 17 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Stabell (Norway), Mr. Morrissey (Ireland), Mr. Trejos (Costa Rica), Mr. Beckman (Finland), Mr. Velilla (Paraguay) and Mr. Grigorov (Bulgaria)
19th meeting
	Tuesday, 18 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Andersen (Iceland), Mr. Hood (Australia), Mr. Zourek (Czechoslovakia), Mr. Ponce y Carbo (Ecuador) and Mr. Ustor (Hungary)
20th meeting
	Wednesday, 19 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Garcia Robles (Mexico), Mr. Zakariya (Iraq) and Mr. Tadj-Bakhch (Iran)
21st meeting
	Wednesday, 19 March 1958, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) (continued)
		General debate (continued)
			Statements by Mr. Loutfi (United Arab Republic) and Mr. Koretsky (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)
			Statement by Mr. Francois, Expert to the secretariat of the Conference
	Annex
22nd meeting
	Thursday, 20 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.8) (continued)
		Proposal by Ecuador for the postponement of the consideration of draft articles 1, 2, 3 and 66
23rd meeting
	Friday, 21 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.8) (continued)
		Proposal of Ecuador for the postponement of the consideration of draft articles 1, 2, 3 and 66. (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.12) (concluded)
24th meeting
	Friday, 21 March 1958, at 4 p.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.8) (continued)
25th meeting
	Tuesday, 25 March 1958, at 10.45 a.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee (A/CONF.13/C. 1/L.8) (continued)
		Proposal of Panama for the setting-up of a subcommittee on historic bays (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.9)
		Procedure for putting proposals to the vote
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage)
26th meeting
	Wednesday, 26 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
		Article 16 (Duties of the coastal State)
27th meeting
	Thursday, 27 March 1958, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State)
		Article 18 (Duties of foreign ships during their passage)
		Article 19 (Charges to be levied upon foreign ships)
		Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship)
28th meeting
	Thursday, 27 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship) (continued)
		Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
29th meeting
	Friday, 28 March 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
30th meeting
	Saturday, 29 March 1958, at 10.45 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
		Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued)
	Organization of the work of the Committee (continued)
		Procedure for putting proposals to the vote (continued)
	Address by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
31st meeting
	Monday, 31 March 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
32nd meeting
	Tuesday, 1 April 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Organization of the work of the Committee (continued)
		Procedure for putting proposals to the vote (continued)
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued)
33rd meeting
	Tuesday, 1 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/ 3159) (continued)
		Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued)
		Article 18 (Duties of foreign ships during their passage) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
34th meeting
	Wednesday, 2 April 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State (continued)
		Article 18 (Duties of foreign ships during their passage) (continued)
35th meeting
	Wednesday, 2 April 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 18 (Duties of foreign ships during their passage) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea ; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
36th meeting
	Thursday, 3 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
		Article 18 (Duties of foreign ships during their passage) (continued)
		Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
37th meeting
	Tuesday, 8 April 1958, at 3 p.m.
		Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
			Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
			Article 15 (Meaning of the right of innocent passage) (continued)
38th meeting
	Wednesday, 9 April 1958, at 10.20 a.m.
	Measures for expediting the work of the Conference : Report of the General Committee (A/CONF.13/L.8)
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 16 (Duties of the coastal State) (continued)
		Article 19 (Charges to be levied upon foreign ships) (continued)
		Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship) (continued)
		Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued)
39th meeting
	Wednesday, 9 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
		Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purposes of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued)
		Article 22 (Government ships operated for commercial purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes)
40th meeting
	Thursday, 10 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
		Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purposes of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued)
		Article 22 (Government ships operated for commercial purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes (continued)
41st meeting
	Thursday, 10 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/ 3159) (continued)
		Article 22 (Government ships operated for commercial purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued)
		Article 24 (Passage of warships)
		Article 25 (Non-observance of the regulations)
42nd meeting
	Friday, 11 April 1958, at 10.15 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 24 (Passage of warships) (continued)
		Establishment of a drafting committee
43rd meeting
	Friday, 11 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 22 (Government ships operated for commercial purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued)
		Article 25 (Non-observance of the regulations) (continued)
		Establishment of a working party to deal with amendments to article 5
44th meeting
	Saturday, 12 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 23 (Government ships operated for noncommercial purposes) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (luridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
45th meeting
	Saturday, 12 April 1958. at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 23 (Government ships operated for noncommercial purposes) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
		Article 4 (Normal baseline)
46th meeting
	Monday, 14 April 1958, at 3.30 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 8 (Ports)
		Article 9 (Roadsteads)
47th meeting
	Tuesday, 15 April 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 7 (Bays)
48th meeting
	Tuesday, 15 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 7 (Bays) (continued)
		Article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued)
		Article 5 (Straight baselines)
49th meeting
	Wednesday, 16 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical Status of the territorial sea ; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
50th meeting
	Wednesday, 16 April 1958, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
51st meeting
	Thursday, 17 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Title of articles
		Article 5 (Straight baselines) (continued)
52nd meeting
	Thursday, 17 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 5 (Straight baselines) (continued)
		Article 4 (Normal baseline) (continued)
		Article 10 (Islands)
53rd meeting
	Friday, 18 April 1958, at 10 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea ; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
54th meeting
	Friday, 18 April 1958, at 3.15 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
55th meeting
	Saturday, 19 April 1958, at 10.15 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
56th meeting
	Saturday, 19 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
57th meeting
	Saturday, 19 April 1958, at 8.50 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
58th meeting
	Monday, 21 April 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/ 3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
59th meeting
	Monday, 21 April 1958, at 2.25 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/ 3159) (continued)
		Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical status of the territorial sea; Juridical status of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil; Breadth of the territorial sea; Contiguous zone) (continued)
60th meeting
	Tuesday, 22 April 1958, at 10.20 a.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/ 3159) (continued)
		Article 11 (Drying rocks and drying shoals)
		Article 12 (Delimitation of the territorial sea in straits and off other opposite coasts); article 14 (Delimitation of the territorial sea of two adjacent States)
61st meeting
	Tuesday, 22 April 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 12 (Delimitation of the territorial sea in straits and off other opposite coasts); article 14 (Delimitation of the territorial sea of two adjacent States) (continued)
		Article 13 (Delimitation of the territorial sea at the mouth of a river)
	Consideration of the kind of instrument required to embody the results of the First Committee's work
62nd meeting
	Wednesday, 23 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m.
	Consideration of the kind of instrument required to embody the results of the First Committee's work (continued)
	Title of articles (continued)
	Motion for reconsiderat
63rd meeting
	Thursday, 24 April 1958, at 3 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 7 (Bays) (concluded)
		Additional article 14 A proposed by Japan
64th meeting
	Friday, 25 April 1958, at 1.10 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (continued)
		Article 66 (Contiguous zone) (concluded)
	Draft report of the First Committee: part one (articles 3 and 66)
65th meeting
	Friday, 25 April 1958, at 9 p.m.
	Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the International Law Commission at its eighth session (A/3159) (concluded)
		Adoption of the report by the Secretariat on the work of the Drafting Committee of the First Committee
	Consideration of the kind of instrument required to embody the results of the First Committee's work (concluded)
66th meeting
	Saturday, 26 April 1958, at 9 p.m.
	Draft report of the First Committee: part two (articles 1, 2 and 4 to 25)
	Completion of the Committee's work

Annexes
Symbol	Title
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.3 – L.35	Proposals submitted by States
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.36 – L.51	Proposals submitted by States
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.52 – L.85	Proposals submitted by States
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.86 – L.127	Proposals submitted by States
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.28 – L.158	Proposals submitted by States
A/CONF.13/C.1/L.159 – L.168	Proposals submitted by States