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Canadian Perspectives On The Future Enforcement Of The Exclusive Economic Zone: A Paper In Diplomacy And The Law Of The Sea, Gerald B. Stanford
Canadian Perspectives On The Future Enforcement Of The Exclusive Economic Zone: A Paper In Diplomacy And The Law Of The Sea, Gerald B. Stanford
Dalhousie Law Journal
Canada's declaration of a 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the forefront of a rush by coastal states to stake their claims to the resources of the seas and the extension of coastal state jurisdiction was considered by some to be pre-empting the outcome of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, (UNCLOS III). It is certainly contrary to the call of Ambassador Arvid Pardo in 1967 before the General Assembly of the United Nations, seeking the reservation of the sea-bed and its resources beyond the recognized boundaries of state jurisdiction as "the common heritage …