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The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics states that paragraph (1) of Article 16 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969 under which Governments of a number of States are deprived of the opportunity to become Parties to this Convention, is of a discriminatory nature and believes that in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of States the Convention should be open for participation to all the interested Parties without any discrimination or restrictions.

The Government of the Sovjet Union considers it necessary to state also that the provisions of Article 2 (paragraph (3)) and Article 20 of the Convention on the extension by the Contracting Parties of its application to the territories, for whose international relations they are responsible, are incompatible with the Declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960).

[…] the French Government will not accept any invocation against it of a decision taken under the provisions of article 18 (3)(d).

Acceding to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic wishes to declare that Article 16 of the Convention is at variance with the generally recognized principle of sovereign equality of States, and Article 20 with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, adopted at the XVth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 14 December 1960.

[…] this accession […] to this Convention […] in no way implies recognition of Israel and does not involve the establishment of any relations with Israel arising from the provisions of this Convention.

The Government of Israel notes that in acceding to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurements of Ships, 1969, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic included in its Instruments of Accession sentences relating to the State of Israel.

This statement by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is a political one and it is the view of the Government of Israel that the [International Maritime Organization] and its Conventions are not the proper place for making such pronouncements. These pronouncements are, moreover in flagrant contradiction to the principles, objects and purposes of the Convention in question.

The Government of Israel rejects the said statement as being devoid of any legal validity whatsoever and will proceed on the assumption that it cannot in any way affect the obligations incumbent on the Syrian Arab Republic under the above-mentioned Convention.

The Government of Israel will, in so far as concerns the substance of the matter, towards the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic an attitude of complete reciprocity.

The Government of the German Democratic Republic considers that the provisions of Article 16 of the Convention are inconsistent with the principle that all States pursuing their policies in accordance with the purpose and principles of the Charter of the United Nations shall have the right to become parties to conventions affecting the interests of all States.

The position of the Government of the German Democratic Republic on Article 20 of the Convention, as far as the application of the Convention to colonial and other dependent territories is concerned, is governed by the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Res. 1514(XV) of 14 December 1960) proclaiming the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic declares that the terms contained in article 2, paragraph (3) and article 20 of the Convention concerning the extension of the validity of the Convention to territories for the international relations of which the Contracting Governments are responsible, are incompatible with the Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly of December 14, 1960 on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Accession by New Zealand was declared not to extend to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.

[The Government of the People's Republic of China] wish to declare illegal and null and void the signing of the Convention by the Authorities in Taiwan in the name of China.

Even though the Convention has not yet entered into force for Denmark the Danish Government will apply the provisions of the Convention already as of July 18, 1982, insofar as regards both Danish ships and ships of States for which the Convention will enter into force on July 18, 1982 or at any date between the said date and the date of the formal entry into force of the Convention for Denmark.

That in the assessment of tolls for transit of the Panama Canal, the United States will continue to have the right to apply the present Panama Canal tonnage system or to adopt any other basis, in computing tonnages derived from volumes or other measures developed in connection with the said Convention.

The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers that the provisions contained in Article 2(3), Article 3(1)(b) and Article 20 of the Convention, to the extent that they accept that the international relations of any territory may be the responsibility of another Government, are not applicable in that respect because they are contrary to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolution 1514 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960), which proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers that Article 16(1) of the Convention, despite the fact that its provisions deal with questions of interest for all States, is of a discriminatory nature that it withholds from a number of States the right of signature and accession, which is contrary to the principle of universality.

[…] amendments referred to in article 18 of the Convention shall not be binding on Chile until such time as it has brought into operation the internal procedure established by the Political Constitution of the Republic for the approval of international treaties.

The Argentine Republic rejects the statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in connection with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, to the effect that the provisions of the Convention shall apply to the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands ‘with immediate effect’. The Argentine Republic reaffirms its sovereignty over these islands and their surrounding maritime spaces, which constitute an integral part of its national territory.

The Argentine Republic recalls the adoption, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, of resolutions 2065(XX), 3160(XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21, 42/19 and 43/25, acknowledging the existence of a dispute concerning sovereignty and urging the Governments of the Argentine Republic and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to enter into negotiations with a view to identifying means of pacific and final settlement of the outstanding problems between the two countries, including all matters concerning the future of the Malvinas Islands, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have noted the declaration of the Government of Argentina regarding the extension by the United Kingdom of the application of the Convention to the Falkland Islands and to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The British Government have no doubt about the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands and over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and their consequential right to defend the said Convention to these Territories. The British Government reject as unfounded the claims by the Government of Argentina.

….the Shipping Register of Ukraine has been authorized to carry out technical surveys and issue relevant certificates to vessels registered in Ukraine on its behalf.

….the following organizations have been authorized to act on behalf of its Administration with respect to vessels registered in Turkey:

American Bureau of Shipping

Bureau Veritas

Det Norske Veritas

Germanischer Lloyd

Korean Register of Shipping

Lloyd's Register of Shipping

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

Registro Italiano Navale

Türk Loydu Vakfi