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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 Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021 analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia-Pacific and its five...

The Asia and the-Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 is one of the annual flagship publications of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It provides an...

This publication includes, among other things, practical guidance on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to marine scientific research based on the...

On the occasion of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, delegates of the Third United Nations Conference...

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...

This publication is complementary to an earlier study devoted to part IV (Archipelagic States) of the Convention, which provides a legislative history of articles 46 to 54 of the Convention as it...

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 study is devoted to the legislative history of the three key articles, 56, 58 and 59, which lay down the fundamental characteristics of the exclusive economic zone. These articles deal with the...

This survey of the present status of the regime relating to high-seas fisheries focuses on the legal, institutional and management aspects of problems that have arisen since the conclusion of the 1982...

This publication lists all current developments on national legislation, declarations and treaties on maritime jurisdiction that have been adopted since the enactment of the 1982 United Nations...

Volume II focuses on the work of the Third United Nations Conference on the question of straits. Faced with the task of reconciling the different positions of Member States, an informal proposal of...

Illustrates the practice of states in relation to the establishment of straight baselines, giving the relevant excerpts from national laws, which are organized into alphabetical order and illustrated...

This presents the legislative history of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part VII, Section 1 Articles 87, 89, 90, 94, 96, 98 relating both to conventions established prior to the...

A compilation of the national legislation of states on the continental shelf. Most of this is based on the 1958 Geneva Convention.

This publication lists all current developments on national legislation, declarations and treaties on maritime jurisdiction that have been adopted since the enactment of the 1982 United Nations...

Contains national laws, regulations and procedures that are relevant to the conduct of marine scientific research by other states and international organizations in areas under national jurisdiction...

Statements by delegations, proposals and other text regarding archipelagos and archipelagic states, as well as descriptions of the drafting process of part IV of the Convention.

A repertory of global and regional rules arranged on a source of marine pollution basis, each entry contains details on the relevant treaties, including its date, signatories, geographic scope...