§ Mr. Pitmanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the Conventions debated at the Geneva Conference on the Law of the Sea last 245W Spring, how many of the 86 nations which attended the Conference have signed the Convention on the limits of the territorial sea, the Convention on fishing and the living resources of the high seas, and the Convention on the continental shelf; how many have signed the Optional Protocol concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes; and which of all of these Her Majesty's Government has signed.
§ Mr. ProfumoFull details of the Governments which have signed the four Conventions and Optional Protocol of Signature drawn up at the First United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea at Geneva, 1958, were given on pages 45 and 46 of the report on this Conference laid before Parliament as Command 584 on the 26th November, 1958. Her Majesty's Government have not been notified of any further signatures.
44, 37, 46 and 29 Governments have signed the Conventions and Protocol respectively to which the hon. Member refers. Her Majesty's Government signed these Conventions and the Optional Protocol on 9th September, 1958.