联合国国际海底管理局和国际海洋法法庭筹备委员会(以下简称“海底筹委员”)于1987年12月7日至18日在纽约联合国总部专门召开了一次总务委员会会议,审查了法国,日本、苏联三国勘探国际海底多金属结核资源矿区的申请。12月17日,由包括我国在内的36名成员组成的总务委员会通过决定,批准了这三国作为先驱投资者对国际海底多金属结核资源矿区的申请登 The Preparatory Commission for the United Nations International Seabed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (hereinafter referred to as “the undersea Commissioners”) convened a General Committee meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York from December 7 to 18, 1987, to examine the progress made by France, Japan, the Soviet Union Three Kingdoms Exploration Application for International Seabed Polymetallic Nodules Resources Mine. On December 17, the General Committee, consisting of 36 members, including my own, adopted a decision that approved the application of these three countries as pioneer investors to the international seabed polymetallic nodule resources mining area