United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

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1 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea Geneva, Switzerland 24 February to 27 April 1958 Contents Extract from the Official Records of the United Nations Conference on the Law of The Sea, Volume III (First Committee (Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone)) Copyright United Nations 2009

2 CONTENTS Index to documents of the First Committee.. Officers of the Committee Summary records of meetings x. xvi 1st meeting Wednesday, 26 February 1958, at 4.10 p.m. Election of the Chairman 1 2nd meeting Friday, 28 February 1958, at 4.10 p.m. Election of the Vice-Chairman 1 Election of the Rapporteur 1 3rd meeting Monday, 3 March 1958, at a.m. Organization of the work of the Committee 1 Consideration of the draft articles adopted by the Interternational (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) General debate Statement by Mr. Shukairi (Saudi Arabia) 2 4th meeting Tuesday, 4 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) {continued) Statements by Mr. Amado (Brazil), Mr. Ba Han (Burma), Mr. Sorensen (Denmark), Mr. Bocobo (Philippines) and Mr. Fattal (Lebanon) 3 5th meeting Wednesday, 5 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Ulloa Sotomayor (Peru) and Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller (United Kingdom) 6 6th meeting Thursday, 6 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Petren (Sweden), Mr. Verzijl (Netherlands), Mr. Boavida (Portugal), M. Monaco (Italy) and Mr. Aycinena Salazar (Guatemala) th meeting Friday, 7 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Subardjo (Indonesia), Mr. Sen (India), Mr. Iturralde (Bolivia), Mr. Baghdadi (Yemen) and Luang Chakrapani (Thailand) th 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) 17 (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Muhtadi (Jordan), Mr. Tabibi (Afghanistan) and Mr. Gros (France) 18 9th meeting Monday, 10 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Wilson (New Zealand), Mr. Krispis (Greece), Mr. Martinez Montero (Uruguay), Mr. Carmona (Venezuela), Mr. Katicic (Yugoslavia) and Mr. Ohye (Japan) th meeting Tuesday, 11 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Dean (United States of America), Mr. Perera (Ceylon) and Mr. Barnes (Liberia) 25 11th meeting Tuesday, 11 March 1958, at 3 p.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Hsueh (China), the Marquis of Miraflores (Spain) and Mr. Asante (Ghana) th meeting Wednesday, 12 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) 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) th meeting Thursday, 13 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Shukairi (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Garcia Amador (Cuba) and Mr. Gasiorowski (Poland) 35 14th meeting Thursday, 13 March 1958, at 3 p.m. Proposal by Mexico (A/CONF.13/C.l/L.l/Rev.l) (concluded) 39

3 (articles 1 to 25 and 66) (A/3159) {continued) Statements by Mr. Tuncel (Turkey), Mr. Ruiz Moreno (Argentina) and Mr. Belizaire (Haiti) th meeting Friday, 14 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Subardjo (Indonesia), Mr. Kim (Republic of Korea), Mr. Abdesselem (Tunisia) and Mr. Pfeiffer (Federal Republic of Germany) 43 16th meeting Friday, 14 March 1958, at 3 p.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Lamani (Albania), Mr. Ruegger (Switzerland), Mr. Martinez-Moreno (El Salvador), Mr. Uribe Holguin (Colombia) and Mr. Sadaka (Lebanon) 46 17th meeting Monday, 17 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Bhutto (Pakistan), Mr. Muuls (Belgium), Mr. Drew (Canada), Mr. Caabasi (Libya) and Mr. Nguyen-Quoc-Dinh (Republic of Viet-Nam) 49 18th meeting Monday, 17 March 1958, at 3 p.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Stabell (Norway), Mr. Morrissey (Ireland), Mr. Trejos (Costa Rica), Mr. Beckman (Finland), Mr. Velilla (Paraguay) and Mr. Grigorov (Bulgaria) 54 19th meeting Tuesday, 18 March 1958, at 3 p.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Andersen (Iceland), Mr. Hood (Australia), Mr. Zourek (Czechoslovakia), Mr. Ponce y Carbo (Ecuador) and Mr. Ustor (Hungary) 58 20th meeting Wednesday, 19 March 1958, at a.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) Statements by Mr. Garcia Robles (Mexico), Mr. Zakariya (Iraq) and Mr. Tadj-Bakhch (Iran) 63 21st meeting Wednesday, 19 March 1958, at 3.15 p.m. (articles 1 to 25 and 66) General debate (concluded) Statements by Mr. Loutfi (United Arab Republic) and Mr. Koretsky (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) 66 Statement by Mr. Francois, Expert to the secretariat of the Conference 67 Annex 68 22nd meeting Thursday, 20 March 1958, at a.m. Organization of the work of the Committee (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.8) (continued) 70 Proposal by Ecuador for the postponement of the consideration of draft articles 1, 2, 3 and rd meeting Friday, 21 March 1958, at 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) 72 24th meeting Friday, 21 March 1958, at 4 p.m. Organization of the work of (A/CONF.13/C.1/L.8) (continued) the Committee 74 25th meeting Tuesday, 25 March 1958, at 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) 74 Procedure for putting proposals to the vote th meeting Wednesday, 26 March 1958, at a.m. (continued) 76 Article 16 (Duties of the coastal State) 77 27th meeting Thursday, 27 March 1958, at a.m. Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) 78 passage) 80 Article 19 (Charges to be levied upon foreign ships) 81 Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship) 81 28th meeting Thursday, 27 March 1958, at 3 p.m. Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship) (continued) 81 Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction) 82 (continued) 82 29th meeting Friday, 28 March 1958, at 3 p.m. vi

4 (continued) 84 30th meeting Saturday, 29 March 1958, at a.m. (continued) 86 Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued) 87 Organization of the work of the Committee (continued) Procedure for putting proposals to the vote (continued) 88 Address by the Secretary-General of the United Nations 89 31st meeting Monday, 31 March 1958, at a.m. 89 (continued) 92 32nd meeting Tuesday, 1 April 1958, at a.m. Organization of the work of the Committee (continued) Procedure for putting proposals to the vote (continued) 92 Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued) 93 33rd meeting Tuesday, 1 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m. Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State) (continued) 95 passage) (continued) 96 (continued) 98 34th meeting Wednesday, 2 April 1958, at a.m. Article 17 (Rights of protection of the coastal State (continued) 99 passage) (continued) th meeting Wednesday, 2 April 1958, at 3 p.m. passage) (continued) '. 101 (continued), th meeting Thuesday, 3 April 1958, at 10 a.m. (continued) 105 passage) (continued) 108 (continued) th meeting Tuesday, 8 April 1958, at 3 p.m. (continued) 109 (continued) th meeting Wednesday, 9 April 1958, at a.m. Measures for expediting the work of the Conference : Report of the General Committee (A/CONF.13/L.8) 114 Article 16 (Duties of the coastal State) (continued) 114 Article 19 (Charges to be levied upon foreign ships) (continued) 115 Article 20 (Arrest on board a foreign ship) (continued) 116 Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued) th meeting Wednesday, 9 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m. (continued) 118 Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purposes of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued) 119 purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) th meeting Thursday, 10 April 1958, at 10 a.m. (continued) 122 Article 21 (Arrest of ships for the purposes of exercising civil jurisdiction) (continued) 123 purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes (continued) 125 vii

5 41st meeting Thursday, 10 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m. purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued) 127 Article 24 (Passage of warships) 127 Article 25 (Non-observance of the regulations) nd meeting Friday, 11 April 1958, at a.m. Article 24 (Passage of warships) (continued) 129 Establishment of a drafting committee rd meeting Friday, 11 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m. purposes); article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued) 132 Article 25 (Non-observance of the regulations) (continued) 134 Establishment of a working party to deal with amendments to article th meeting Saturday, 12 April 1958, at 10 a.m. Article 23 (Government ships operated for noncommercial purposes) (continued) 134 Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (luridical status of the (continued) th meeting Saturday, 12 April at 3 p.m. Article 23 (Government ships operated for noncommercial purposes) (continued) 139 (continued) 139 Article 4 (Normal baseline) th meeting Monday, 14 April 1958, at 3.30 p.m. Article 8 (Ports) 141 Article 9 (Roadsteads) th meeting Tuesday, 15 April 1958, at a.m. Article 7 (Bays) th meeting Tuesday, 15 April 1958, at 8.30 p.m. Article 7 (Bays) (continued) 146 Article 23 (Government ships operated for non-commercial purposes) (continued) 148 Article 5 (Straight baselines) th meeting Wednesday, 16 April 1958, at 10 a.m. Articles 1, 2, 3 and 66 (Juridical Status of the (continued) th meeting Wednesday, 16 April 1958, at 3.15 p.m. (continued) st meeting Thursday, 17 April 1958, at 10 a.m. Title of articles 156 Article 5 (Straight baselines) (continued) nd meeting Thursday, 17 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m. Article 5 (Straight baselines) (continued) 160 Article 4 (Normal baseline) (continued) 161 Article 10 (Islands) rd meeting Friday, 18 April 1958, at 10 a.m. (continued) th meeting Friday, 18 April 1958, at 3.15 p.m. (continued) th meeting Saturday, 19 April 1958, at a.m. VH1

6 (continued) th meeting Saturday, 19 April 1958, at 2.45 p.m. (A/3159) {continued) (continued) th meeting Saturday, 19 April 1958, at 8.50 p.m. (continued) th meeting Monday, 21 April 1958, at a.m. (continued) th meeting Monday, 21 April 1958, at 2.25 p.m. (continued) th meeting Tuesday, 22 April 1958, at a.m. Article 11 (Drying rocks and drying shoals) 186 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) st meeting Tuesday, 22 April 1958, at 3 p.m. 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) 190 Article 13 (Delimitation of the territorial sea at the mouth of a river) 193 Consideration of the kind of instrument required to embody the results of the First Committee's work nd 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) 194 Title of articles (continued) 195 Motion for reconsideration of the United States proposal concerning article rd meeting Thursday, 24 April 1958, at 3 p.m. Article 7 (Bays) (concluded) 197 Additional article 14 A proposed by Japan th meeting Friday, 25 April 1958, at 1.10 p.m. Article 66 (Contiguous zone) (concluded) 198 Draft report of the First Committee: part one (articles 3 and 66) th meeting Friday, 25 April 1958, at 9 p.m. (A/3159) (concluded) Adoption of the report by the Secretariat on the work of the Drafting Committee of the First Committee 200 Consideration of the kind of instrument required to embody the results of the First Committee's work (concluded) th meeting Saturday, 26 April 1958, at 9 p.m. Draft report of the First Committee: part two (articles 1, 2 and 4 to 25) 203 Completion of the Committee's work 205 Annexes 207 (See entries in bold type in index to documents.)