An indication of the slowness of the rate of progress at Geneva in the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea is the fact that at least two more sessions are now envisaged; the next will be convened in a year's time at UN Headquarters in New York. Little likelihood is therefore seen of an acceptable convention being hammered out before the end of 1976 at the earliest and it could not possibly come into force for at least two years after that. Progress has definitely been made, however, not least with the proposals covering scientific research.
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Some progress on the law of the sea. Nature 255, 268–269 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255268a0
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