《THE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURES》

Chapter 1 Contemporary aspects of sovereignty over natural resources1

1.1. Considerations on the Notion of Sovereignty1

1.2. The State’s Role in Using Natural Resources11

1.3. Sovereignty and National Economic Interests15

1.4. The Correlation of Sovereignty and Natural Resources； the Quantitative Aspect of Resources19

1.5. Political and Economic Independence—an Essential Element of Sovereignty over National Resources22

1.6. Economic and Juridical Conditions Governing Access to Natural Resources in the Post-War Period.The Development of the Law of International Commerce. Towards Enhancing the Role of the International Court of Justice27

1.7. GATT-UNCTAD : The Circulation of Raw Materials32

Chapter 2 Integrationist ways and means45

2.1. The Limits to the Renunciation of Sovereignty within the European Economic Community45

2.2. Preserving Prerogatives of Sovereignty in the European Free Trade Association （EFTA）55

2.3. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance （CMEA） and the Integral Observance of the Principle of Full Sovereignty in the Relations between Member-States58

Chapter 3 The influence of inter-state organizations on the exercise of sovereignty over national resources69

3.1. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries （OPEC）69

3.2 Other Inter-State Organizations for Exporting Raw Materials and Stimulating Economic Development75

Chapter 4 The principle of permanent sovereignty over natural resources at the debates of the United Nations Organization83

4.1. Reports of the Secretary-General85

4.2. The Issue of Sovereignty over Resources Debated at the Economic and Social Council and at the Committee on Natural Resources90

4.3. The Approach to the Problem at the General Assembly Ordinary Sessions94

4.4. Permanent Sovereignty over National Resources in the Debates of the 6th and 7th Extraordinary Sessions of the General Assembly104

4.5. The Reflection of the Principle of Sovereignty over Natural Resources in the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States. Juridical-Political Concern with Encouraging International Trade118

4.6. A Special Issue: Maritime Resources and those in Regions Difficult of Access； Its Implications for Capitalizing these Resources124

Chapter 5 Sovereignty over national resources and the growing development of international economic exchanges141

5.1. The Great Confrontation of Interests: Developing States and Multi-National Corporations141

5.2. Economic Cooperation and the Principle of Sovereignty over Natural Resources154

5.3. Joint Companies. An Original Model of Economic Cooperation as Part of Joint Companies170

Chapter 6 Sovereignty over national resources within the framework of a new international economic order （the Rumanian outlook）185

6.1. Continuing a Consistent Foreign Policy185

6.2. Decisive Factors for Establishing Sovereignty over Natural Resources191

6.3. The Rumanian Outlook on the New Order and on Sovereignty over National Resources Reflected in Foreign Policies and International Documents198

Conclusion215

Select Bibliography219

Index of Terms, Organizations, Personalities, Events, Opinions229