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"Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone" providing new universal legal controls for the management of marine natural resources and the control of pollution was signed in:

Correct answer: C. 1958

  • A. 1960
  • B. 1980
  • C. 1958
  • D. 1950

Explanation

The Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone was adopted at Geneva in 1958 as one of the four Geneva conventions on the law of the sea. The broader and later framework for marine resources and pollution is associated especially with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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