Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
(Geneva, 17 March — 26 April 1960)
Volume I: Summary Records
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Table of Contents | ||||
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Cover | ||||
Contents | ||||
Index to documents of the Conference | ||||
Resolution 1307 (XIII) of the General Assembly of the United Nations convening the Conference | ||||
List of delegations | ||||
Officers of the Conference and its committees | ||||
Secretariat of the Conference | ||||
Agenda | ||||
Rules of procedure | ||||
Summary records of plenary meetings | ||||
1st plenary meeting | ||||
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 | ||||
Friday, 18 March 1960, at 10.50 a.m. | ||||
Adoption of the rules of procedure (concluded) | ||||
3rd plenary meeting | ||||
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 | ||||
Friday, 8 April 1960, at 11 a.m. | ||||
Tribute to the memory of General Guisan | ||||
Report of the General Committee | ||||
5th plenary meeting | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Wednesday, 20 April1960, at 3.15 p.m. | ||||
Second report of the General Committee | ||||
8th plenary meeting | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 |