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C. 2/ Second Committee Blue Papers 1-14.[Platzöder volumes: OCEANS 25-55 .U578d 1973, vol. IV, pp. 121-160], 1975, Mar.- May

 File — Box: MSS 82-6, Box 7

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This is a collection of official and personal papers documenting the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) at the University of Virginia from 1967-1995. The first collection of documents acquired were from United States delegates to UNCLOS III who were also friends of the Law School’s Center for Oceans Law and Policy.

In the early spring of 1982, letters were sent to heads and deputy heads of all the delegations to the conference, and to members of the US delegation below the top ranks. The letters requested copies of official unclassified delegation reports, statements or proposals, and delegates’ personal records of the conference. The response from within the United States has been good. Other states’ delegation heads who responded wrote they turned over our request to their governments, but few documents came in. Not only are many governments reluctant to release these materials to an American institution, but the planning and logistics for copying and sending them are time consuming and expensive. A list of contributors follows the introduction.

From the Collection:

List of Contributors:

Commander John Bennett

Peter Bernhardt

Patricia Birnie

Robert Blumberg

Marjorie Browne

Mrs. G. Winthrop Haight

Michael Hardy

Commander John Henrikson

Robert B. Krueger

Stuart McIntyre

Barbara Moore

John Norton Moore

Ambassador Satya Nandan (Fiji Delegation)

Myron Nordquist

Dolliver Nelson

Julia Reardon

Ambassador Shabtai Rosenne (Israeli Delegation)

Ambassador John R. Stevenson

Louis B. Sohn

Dates

  • Creation: 1975, Mar.- May

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 81.6 Linear Feet (204 archival boxes )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States