U.K.: BRITAIN SUGGESTS NEW TWELVE MILE TERRITORIAL LIMIT AT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA.

Record ID: 1064046

  • Title: U.K.: BRITAIN SUGGESTS NEW TWELVE MILE TERRITORIAL LIMIT AT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA.
  • Date: 27th February 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN DOWN EXTERIOR Hilton Hotel 0.06 2. SV INTERIOR Delegates seated 0.11 3. SCU Lord Kennet speaks 1.00 4. SV Delegates listen 1.02 5. CU Dr. Pardo speaks 1.34 LORD KENNET: "I think this conference will have utility if it does something to break down the damaging barriers between the different sorts of people and enterprises who use the sea and think about the use of the sea. Every use to which the oceans can be put reacts and reflects on every other user. There are no separate compartments. Shipping, pollution, oil extraction, mineral extraction, fisheries, national defence -- every one has an impact on every other because the oceans themselves are single global eco-systems." Dr. A. Pardo, of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre, predicted that towards the end of the century and with the advent of fusion power, the sea would provide unlimited quantities of fresh water and vast amounts of minerals. DR. PARDO: "Desalination of sea water offers great promise as a virtually inexhaustable source of fresh sea-water for urban population, industry and agriculture. Inevitably, desalination in the future will take place in ocean space rather than on land. Looking towards the end of this century it is probable that with the advent of fusion power we shall extract immanse quantities of the numerous minerals contained in sea water." Initials BB/2235 DN/JB/BB/2244 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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