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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE REGIME OF MARINE
VESSELS IN FOREIGN PORTS
The Contracting States,
Taking into account the development of international
navigation and its importance for the expansion of trade rela-
tions and international co-operation of states;
Aware of the role of international navigation in the
exploration and exploitation of the World Ocean and its
resources for the benefit and in the interests of the entire
mankind;
Bearing in mind in this connection the importance of ensuring appropriate and favourable conditions for the stay
of marine vessels in foreign ports and being desirous to
prevent possible complications which such a stay could entail;
Confirming at the same time the need to respect the
sovereignty of the state to which the port belongs;
Wishing to establish rules designed to regulate in
every possible way the relations between the local authorities
and the masters of marine vessels;
Have decided to conclude an International Convention
on the Regime of Marine Vessels in Foreign Ports and for this
have agreed as follows:
purpose