Mineral Resources of the Deep Seabed: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11879 ... May 18, 20, and 24, 1976 |
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activities agency agreement Ambassador LEARSON American Assembly assessment ATTN bill claim cobalt commercial Committee CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY continental shelf copper Corporation deep ocean mining deep seabed deepsea mining Deepsea Ventures Department of Commerce Deposit DOMES domestic economic effect environmental impact statement established exclusive rights exploitation Flipse foreign freedom Government Group of 77 hard mineral high seas important Insular Affairs interest Interior and Insular international law international regime investment issues Kennecott Copper Corporation Kissinger legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS license limited Madam Chairman manganese nodules marine minerals ment metals mineral resources MINK national jurisdiction nickel NOAA nodule mining ocean floor Ocean Mining Administration operations percent POLLOCK President processing production Professor CHARNEY protection provisional application RATINER regulations RUPPE Sea Conference sea mining Secretary sediment Senate session Single Negotiating Text square kilometers Subcommittee tion U.S. Senate York
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Page 164 - The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: a. international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ; d.
Page 179 - These freedoms, and others which are recognized by the general principles of international law, shall be exercised by all States with reasonable regard to the interests of other States in their exercise of the freedom of the high seas.
Page 207 - States and persons, physical or juridical, are bound to refrain from all activities of exploitation of the resources of the area of the sea-bed and ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction; (b) No claim to any part of that area or its resources shall be recognized.
Page 212 - ... b. promoting international cooperation in the economic, social, cultural, educational, and health fields, and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Page 180 - The high seas being open to all nations, no State may validly purport to subject any part of them to its sovereignty.
Page 169 - States regards the natural resources of the subsoil and the seabed of the continental shelf beneath the high seas but contiguous to the coasts of the United States as appertaining to the United States, subject to its jurisdiction and control.
Page 213 - Nations shall promote: a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development; b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems; and international cultural and educational co-operation; and c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.
Page 451 - Authority shall adopt appropriate rules, regulations and procedures for inter alia; (a) The prevention of pollution and contamination, and other hazards to the marine environment, including the coastline, and of interference with the ecological balance of the marine environment...
Page 182 - The rights of the coastal State over the continental shelf do not affect the legal status of the superjacent waters as high seas, or that of the airspace above those waters.
Page 208 - States shall act in the area in accordance with the applicable principles and rules of international law including the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations...