AUTHORITT AND FOR THE IMEBTIATIONAL TRIBT'NAL fOR THE LAW- OF fHE SEA 108. rhe Preparatory connisslon fiet tr,lce durlng 1985. It hel'l itE thlrd session at Kingston' Jamaica, from l1 uarch to 4 APril 1985, and a neeting at Geneva' frorn 12 eugust to 4 septetnber. It has declded td hotal its fourth regular session at Kingston, from I? March to 11 Apsll i986, and to hold lts Eunner $eetlng in 1986 at ceneva' Kingston or Ne$ York as lt tnay deciate. A thr ee-day neeting of the Group of 7? nill preceale each neetlnq of the @nrds8lon. 109. An inportant development ouring the Geneva neetlng nas the ailoPtion on 30 August 1985 by the Pleparatory comlisglon of a Declaratlon (docunent ,,OS/dN/IZ\. lhis Declaration recalled, lnter aLla, the Declaration of PrinciPles ln Ceneral Assembly resolution 2?49 (Xxv)-of-1t-EAembet l9?0 proclaining tshat tbe tleep gea-bed and its resourQea are the com[on heritage of manklnd, and that article 137 of the Conventlon on the Lar, of Ehe Sea proclalrns that rno state or natural or juridicat perEon shaLl clain, acgulre or exerciae rigbLs $ith regar'l to tbe ninerals recovered fron the Ar ea excePt in accordance $lth Part xI of the Conventiontr. It a!-so expregsed its naleeP concern that aome States have undertaken certain actlons rrhich undernine lhe Convenllon and whlch are contrary to the nandace of the Preparatory Comlssion".A/40 /923 Eng lish Page 30 110. The Declarat.ion declared tbatr Il2. The Declaralion was adopted rithout aIts sponsors, the Group of 27, and a numberfoLlorring statenent Hhich the Chairnan read"(a) Tbe only r6gine for exploratlon and exproitation of the Area and itgresources ls that established by the united Natlons convention on the rJa$of the Sea and reLated reaoluttons adopted by the Thlrd united Natio;sConference on the law of the Sea,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international agreements and declarations related to the exploration and exploitation of the sea and its resources. It mentions the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Preparatory Commission, which suggests a focus on international governance and regulation of natural resources.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International trade