the entire zone. Talks were held in 1978 in Moscow but did not resolve the issue. Finland and Canada support Norway's position, while most of the other treaty signatories have expressed no official position. The relevant parts of the treaty are as follows: Ships and nationals of all the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy equally the rights of fishing and hunting in the territories specified in Article 1 and in their territorial waters. (from Article 2) They shall be admitted under the same conditions of equality to the exercise and practice of all maritime, industrial, mining or commercial enterprises both on land and in the territorial waters, and no monopoly shall be established on any account or for any enterprise whatever. (from Article 3) Natural resources outside the 200 nautical mile zone "Mainly the dispute is about whether the Svalbard Treaty also is in effect outside the 12 nautical mile territorial sea," according to Norway's largest newspaper, Aftenposten. If the treaty comes into effect outside the zone, then Norway will not be able to claim the full 78% of profits of oil- and gas harvesting, said Aftenposten in 2011. Parties A list of parties is shown below; the dates below reflect when a nation deposited its instrument of ratification or accession. Some parties are successor states to the countries that joined the treaty, as noted below. Yugoslavia also acceded to the treaty on , but, as of 2018, none of its successor states have declared to continue application of the treaty. See also List of treaties Antarctic Treaty System References Further reading External links Treaty between Norway, The United States of America, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Ireland and the British overseas Dominions and Sweden concerning Spitsbergen signed in Paris 9th February 1920. Treaty Concerning the Archipelago of Spitsbergen Svalbard Treaty and Ratification Svalbard – an important arena – Speech by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 15 April 2006. History of Svalbard 1920 in Norway Treaties of the Soviet Union Treaties of Norway Norway–Russia relations Norway–Soviet Union relations Treaties concluded in 1920 Treaties entered into force in 1925 Politics of Svalbard Treaties of the Emirate of Afghanistan Treaties of the Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) Treaties of Argentina Treaties extended to Australia Treaties of the First Austrian Republic Treaties of Belgium Treaties of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Treaties extended to Canada Treaties of Chile Treaties of the Republic