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This publication reflects the benefits of the advice given by a group of international experts in research vessel clearance procedures on the most practicable ways to facilitate interpretation and...

The bibliography is divided into 22 subject categories based mainly on the major topics of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The books and articles within each category are listed...

On 16 November 1994 the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea entered into force, more than ten years since its adoption in 1982. This publication reports on the progress made in the implementation of...

This publication gives an overview of developments and outlines the activities of the Office of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea in its efforts of protection and preservation. It imparts knowledge...

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea gives coastal states the right to establish an exclusive economic zone which may extend to 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the...

The bibliography is divided into 22 subject categories based mainly on the major topics of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The books and articles within each category are listed...

This publication is a supplement to Bibliography on the Law of The Sea 1968-1988 (English and French) and contains material written in Chinese, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. It gives...

Clarifies some of the highly technical aspects of the relevant provisions of the Convention and serves as a guide for coastal States when establishing the outer limits of their continental shelves. A...

This publication gives an overview of developments and outlines the activities of the Office of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea in its efforts of protection and preservation. It imparts knowledge...

The bibliography is divided into 22 subject categories based mainly on the major topics of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The books and articles within each category are listed...

The delimitation of maritime boundaries, although not a new phenomenon, has become an important element of the practice of States in the modern Law of the Sea. The adoption of new limits for areas...

The international community has long recognized the special situation of straits as linkages between oceans and seas and their consequential importance for maritime communications and trade. Volume I...

The revision of national legislation, particularly those regulating the nature and breadth of marine areas subject to sovereignty or jurisdiction, was one of the most important consequences of the...

This compilation contains the national legislation of states on the exclusive economic zone, the economic zone and the exclusive fishery zone, including declaration thereof. This legislation is based...

A comprehensive list of multilateral treaties and instruments of a global or regional character which are still in force and which touch upon the issues covered by the Convention.

Contains a bibliographical listing of all reports, meeting records and other documents issued during the conference from 1973-1982.

Ocean dumping, the deliberate disposal of toxic, harmful, noxious or persistent substances and materials into the sea, from ships, aircraft, platforms and other man-made structures at sea, raises a...