The Committee[1] has prepared a Convention that provides basic protection beyond the territorial seas of coastal states for a very sensitive and precious heritage that is subject to growing threats of damage and destruction. A second purpose has been to help avoid and resolve jurisdictional issues involving underwater cultural heritage. We were motivated by a conviction that both supporters and critics of a progressive development of the law share in a responsibility to devise the best means of avoiding further spoliation of the common heritage at sea. To do nothing is to fail, individually and collectively, to shoulder this responsibility. To help ensure acceptability of the Convention, the Committee solicited views and suggestions from a broad range of persons and institutions. [2] Present and past expressions of opinion by particular States were taken into account primarily as a means of elaborating and amplifying particular points. Particular attention was paid to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1992 European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised).

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