The new Law of the Sea regime has exposed conflicting territorial claims--designed to take advantage of oil, gas and fishery resources--that have provoked military confrontation. Methods of resolving these disputes, and progress made in their negotiation, including disputes over islands in the Persian Gulf and the Aegean Sea and the Spratly Islands, were discussed at a two-day conference that attracted many senior members of the diplomatic missions to the United Nations. The problems of sea access in the former Yugoslavia were also addressed. Speakers included Professor John Norton Moore of the University of Virginia, Marrack Goulding, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Alvaro de Soto, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Davis Robinson, former legal advisor for the U.S. Department of State, Robert Turner of the University of Virginia, Myron Nordquist of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Paul Szasz, Acting Deputy Director of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs, and Ruth Wedgwood of the Council and Yale University.