Problems in Ocean Development
| Author | Pertti Joenniemi |
| Published date | 01 March 1969 |
| Date | 01 March 1969 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/001083676900400109 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Pertti Joenniemi
Problems in Ocean
Development
Towards a Better Use of the Oceans: A Study
The report of the Ad Hoc Committee
and Prognosis, Stockholm International
also emphasized the need for broad
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stock-
international
cooperation in ocean
holm, 1968.
development. On the basis of the report.
the General Assembly in December 1968
The Stockholm International
Peace
decided to establish a Permanent Com-
Research Institute was established by
mittee on the Peaceful Uses of the
the Swedish Parliament to carry on
Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond
research on problems relevant to present
the Limits of National Jurisdiction.
and future international relations. It
The committee has 42 member states.
was suggested that SIPRI examine
The SIPRI study consists of a report
among others some of the areas in which
on a symposium held in Stockholm in
technological progress is creating new
June 1968 to which scholars interested
international problems.
in these matters were invited. The sub-
The present study is’ one which pro-
jects on the agenda focused on three
ceeds along these lines; its topic, the
questions: the problems resulting from
development of the oceans, concerns a
the elastic definition of the continental
number of questions that are very
shelf contained in the Geneva Con-
timely. Efforts have been made on the
vention of 1958, the need for a mora-
international level to solve new prob-
torium or freeze on present claims of
lems that have arisen with the increas-
national sovereignty or exclusive rights
ing development of the oceans, but so
over the ocean bed, and the establish-
far with inconclusive results. In Decem-
ment of an international body to super-
ber 1967 the United Nations appointed
vise the future use of the oceans and
a 36-nation Ad Hoc Committee to pre-
their resources.
pare a report on the scientific, techni-
The symposium adopted a number
cal, economic, legal and other aspects
of important...
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