The United Nations: Report ... March, 1969. Report by Sen. S. Syminton

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Page 16 - To study the elaboration of the legal principles and norms which would promote international co-operation in the exploration and use of the seabed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction...
Page 20 - Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the Security Council with assistance of the Military Staff Committee. Article 47. 1. There shall be established a Military Staff Committee to advise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating to the Security Council's military requirements for the maintenance of International peace and security, the employment and command of forces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments, and possible disarmament.
Page 27 - The total authorization was for $1.96 billion for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. The Senate approved the same dollar total ; however, House amendments have forced a House-Senate conference to resolve the differences.
Page 16 - Examination of the question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the seabed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind...
Page 11 - Korea are to bring about, by peaceful means, the establishment of a unified, independent and democratic Korea under a representative form of government, and the full restoration of international peace and security in the area ; 2.
Page 18 - ... 2. Affirms further the necessity (a) For guaranteeing freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; (b) For achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem; (c) For guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area, through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones; 3.
Page 18 - Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict; (ii) Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for the acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; 2.
Page 18 - Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; 2.
Page 2 - Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Page 16 - ... national jurisdiction, will become progressively and competitively subject to national appropriation and use. This is likely to result in the militarization of the accessible ocean floor through the establishment of fixed military installations and in the exploitation and depletion of resources of immense potential benefit to the world, for the national advantage of technologically developed countries. 3. It is, therefore, considered that the time has come to declare the sea-bed and the ocean...

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