Non-Soviet shipping in the Northeast Passage, and the legal status of Proliv Vil'kitskogo

When the US dispatched icebreakers to Proliv Vil'kitskogo (Vil'kitskii Strait) in 1967, the Soviet Union did not allow the vessels to accomplish the passage, basing their refusal on a requirement, provided for in municipal legislation, that warships seek prior authorization. During the thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franckx, Eric
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Géographie humaine
Sciences de la terre et du cosmos
Ecologie
Northeast Passage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/201382
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Summary:When the US dispatched icebreakers to Proliv Vil'kitskogo (Vil'kitskii Strait) in 1967, the Soviet Union did not allow the vessels to accomplish the passage, basing their refusal on a requirement, provided for in municipal legislation, that warships seek prior authorization. During the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973-82) the USSR reversed this policy; innocent passage was granted in principle to merchant and war vessels alike. This article analyzes whether this fundamental policy change, together with some other novelties in Soviet legislation, substantially influenced the regime applicable to Vil'kitskii Strait. -from Author SCOPUS: NotDefined.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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