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1 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng

2 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng

3 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng

4 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng

5 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng

6 LCL's H. Gary Knght was at the Caracas sesson of the Thrd U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea whch concluded wthout agreement on any substantve matter. It was hoped that major fsheres, polluton and mneral extracton problems would be addressed. However, the only 2 matters resolved were - ) adopton of rules of procedure, and 2) selecton of Geneva as the ste of the 1975 sesson. Wh_ dd the Caracas sesson fal? () The conference Was smply too large, both n terms of the number of partcpatng states (138) and sze of the agenda (25 tems, over 00 subtems), to functon effectvely as a negotatng and treaty wrtng forum; (2) Unlke the draft treaty prepared by the Internatonal Law Commsson sngle draft before the Caracas conference. (3) Parklnson's Law ("work expands to fll the tme avalable for ts completon") was operatve because the delegates knew that there would be one or more addtonal sessons n 1975 and were therefore under no. pressure (4) Conference progress was delberately obstructed by key developng natons who beleve ther barganng poston can best be served by forcng the major martme powers nto drastc concessons by delayng agreement; and (5) There was an absence of hgh level poltcal decsons on the major freely upon wrtten request. Edtor: Marc J. Hershman; Managng Edtor: Frank S. Crag, III; Contrbutng Edtor: H. Gary Knght; Assstant Managng Edtor: Jerome D. Schwartz; Staff Assstant: Carolyn Irvng