372. Editorial Note
The First Conference on the Law of the Sea held its final plenary session on April 27, and adopted conventions on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, the High Seas, Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, and the Continental Shelf. The Conference also adopted a protocol and nine resolutions on various matters relating to the high seas. For text of the Final Act of the Conference, signed at Geneva on April 29, with the conventions, protocol, and resolutions attached as Annexes I–VI, see U.N. doc. ACONF.13/L.58. For text of Dean’s statement at the final plenary session, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, pages 259–260.