United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1958. United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1958 At its first session, in 1949, the International Law Commission selected both the regime of the territorial waters and that of the high seas as topics for codification. The Commission appointed Mr. François, as a Special Rapporteur for the topic of the high seas in 1949, and subsequently extended his mandate to include also the topic of the territorial sea. The topics were considered by the Commission at its second to eighth sessions, from 1950 to 1956 respectively, on the basis of the reports of the Special Rapporteur, information provided by Governments and International Organizations, as well as documents prepared by the Secretariat.
Final drafts with regard to the continental shelf, fisheries and the contiguous zone were submitted by the Commission to the General Assembly at its fifth session, in 1953. A was held in 1960 to consider the topics which had not been agreed upon at the 1958 Conference. Treaty.un.org/cod/diplomaticconferences/lawofthesea-1958/docs/english/vol_II/4_INDEX_DOCS_Plenary_Mtgs_vol_II_e.pdf. International Law Commission - Analytical Guide: Law of the Sea: Régime of the High Seas.
Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1960. Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1973-1982. Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1973-1982 The General Assembly, by resolution 2340 (XXII) of 18 December 1967 , established an Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction, consisting of thirty-six Member States.
The Ad Hoc Committee held three sessions during 1968, and presented its study (A/7230) to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session, in 1968. Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee, the General Assembly adopted on 21 December 1968 resolution 2467 A (XXIII) , by which it decided to establish a Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction, consisting of forty-two Member States. The Committee held six sessions and a number of additional meetings in New York and Geneva between 1971 and 1973. The Conference, in which 160 states participated, held eleven sessions between 1973 and 1982.
Library.itlos.org/libresources/ISA/ISA_F_2/pdffiles/Documents_of_the_Main_Comm.pdf.