„The dark oceans were the whombs for life: from the protecting oceans life emerged. We still
bear in our bodies-in our blood, in the salty bitterness of our tears- the marks of this remote
past. Retracing the past, man, the present dominator of the emerged earth, is now returning to
oceans depths. His penetration of the deep could mark the beginning of the end for man, and
indeed for life as we know it on earth: it could be a unique opportunity to lay solid foundatti-
ons for a peaceful and increasiingly prosperous future for all peoples.“
United Nations Gerneral Assembly,1967, Arvid Pardo, Maltese UN Ambassador