05/09/1979
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"These unified navigation rules will reduce the potential for confusion and thus lessen the danger of collision."
"We urge the Soviet Union to respond to those nations urging withdrawal of Soviet military forces and inviting Soviet cooperation in the search for a political solution to the Afghan crisis."
"It would be highly undesirable to grant such an agency the ability and mission to deal with foreign governments directly."
"This is truly a landmark decision."