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PART XIII
MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 238
Right to conduct marine scientific research
All States, irrespective of their geographical location, and competent
international organizations have the right to conduct marine scientific
research subject to the rights and duties of other States as provided for
in this Convention.
Article 239
Promotion of marine scientific research
States and competent international organizations shall promote and
facilitate the development and conduct of marine scientific research in
accordance with this Convention.
Article 240
General principles for the conduct of marine scientific
research
In the conduct of marine scientific research the following principles shall
apply:
- marine scientific research shall be conducted exclusively for
peaceful purposes;
- marine scientific research shall be conducted with appropriate
scientific methods and means compatible with this Convention;
- marine scientific research shall not unjustifiably interfere with
other legitimate uses of the sea compatible with this Convention and
shall be duly respected in the course of such uses;
- marine scientific research shall be conducted in compliance with all
relevant regulations adopted in conformity with this Convention
including those for the protection and preservation of the marine
environment.
Article 241
Non-recognition of marine scientific research activities
as the legal basis for claims
Marine scientific research activities shall not constitute the legal basis
for any claim to any part of the marine environment or its resources.
SECTION 2. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
Article 242
Promotion of international co-operation
1. States and competent international organizations shall, in accordance
with the principle of respect for sovereignty and jurisdiction and on the
basis of mutual benefit, promote international co-operation in marine
scientific research for peaceful purposes.
2. In this context, without prejudice to the rights and duties of States
under this Convention, a State, in the application of this Part, shall
provide, as appropriate, other States with a reasonable opportunity to
obtain from it, or with its co-operation, information necessary to prevent
and control damage to the health and safety of persons and to the marine
environment.
Article 243
Creation of favourable conditions
States and competent international organizations shall co-operate, through
the conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements, to create
favourable conditions for the conduct of marine scientific research in the
marine environment and to integrate the efforts of scientists in studying
the essence of phenomena and processes occurring in the marine environment
and the interrelations between them.
Article 244
Publication and dissemination of information and knowledge
1. States and competent international organizations shall, in accordance
with this Convention, make available by publication and dissemination
through appropriate channels information on proposed major programmes and
their objectives as well as knowledge resulting from marine scientific
research.
2. For this purpose, States, both individually and in co-operation with
other States and with competent international organizations, shall actively
promote the flow of scientific data and information and the transfer of
knowledge resulting from marine scientific research, especially to
developing States, as well as the strengthening of the autonomous marine
scientific research capabilities of developing States through, inter alia,
programmes to provide adequate education and training of their technical
and scientific personnel.
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