ABSTRACT
By way of introduction to this topic, I will only briefl y recall that, around 1987,
it came about that substitutes for the common heritage concept came to be anx-
iously sought. The principle that certain resources because of their very nature
are not to be appropriated or made subject to national sovereignty but are to be
managed on behalf of humankind as common heritage had been accepted; it had
been applied not only in ocean space, but also to the moon and other resources.
