Territorial Waters
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[?] Agreement On Territorial Waters
"he Second United Nations’ nference on the Law of the i broke up in Geneva on ml 26 without an agreement '.the width of territorial waters jurisdiction over the con lental shelf beyond the terri ial zone. n he 84 nations represented led by one vote to reach the ijority required for agreement, e Latin American countries, i a, the Arab States, and the met bloc had sought a simple :mile territorial zone.
The US, Canada, Great Britain d remaining nations had .'Stly agreed to a six-mile zone which the adjoining terri \y would have control of ’.torn resources and of fishing, h provision for other nations \o had long fished such outer le to retain such rights sub t to certain restrictions with the sphere of conservation of ese resources. t is believed that some further mpromise was introduced by \nada in the hope that the two »cs might reach agreement, \t full details were not avail le at time of going to press, was this compromise which s rejected by one vote.