Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1960
Contributors: United Nations. Codification Division
Publisher: Codification Division, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Maritime law; Congresses
Other titles: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1960; Law of the Sea (second conference), 1960; United Nations diplomatic conferences
Description: "Subsequent to the adoption of the 1958 Conventions on the Law of the Sea, at the first United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to convene a Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to consider the topics of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits, which had not been agreed upon in the said Conventions (resolution 1307 (XIII) of 10 December 1958). The Conference was held from 17 March to 26 April 1960 and adopted two resolutions in its Final Act (A/CONF.19/L.15). Substantive decisions on the topics of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits were deferred to a later stage."