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« Encyclopedia of the Nations :: United Nations :: Law of the Sea Law of the Sea UN CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA The final text of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was approved by the conference at UN headquarters on 30 April 1982, by a vote of 130 in favor, with 4 against (Israel, Turkey, US, and Venezuela) and 17 abstentions.
Following the signing of the Final Act of the conference in Jamaica on 10 December 1982, the UNCLOS entered into force on 16 November 1994.
As of October 2002, 157 nations were keeping parties while 19 other states had signed the treaty and were completing the ratification process..
The UNCLOS created three international institutions dealing with specific areas of the Law of the Sea: the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), the International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS), and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)..


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News & Speeches Law of the Sea 22.6.2006 .
Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland .
to the United Nations Convention to the Law of the Sea .
Report of the Secretary-General under article 319 for the information of .
States Parties on issues of a general nature, relevant to States Parties, that have arisen with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .
Iceland attaches great importance to preserving the integrity of the Law of the Sea Convention, the only treaty dealing comprehensively with the law of the sea.
This includes the need for the proper interpretation and application of the Convention..
According to article 319 (e) of the Convention, the Secretary-General shall convene necessary meetings of States Parties in accordance with the Convention .
According to annexes II and VI of the Convention, the role of the meeting of States Parties is limited to financial and administrative issues.
The issue of funding for members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and improving the effectiveness of the Commission, in light of its increased workload, which we have been discussing for the last two days and will continue to discuss this afternoon, provides a good example in this respect..

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Montego Bay 1982)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Montego Bay, 10 December 1982) PREAMBLE .
Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil SECTION 2.
Combination of methods for determining baselines .
Delimitation of the territorial sea between States with opposite or adjacent coasts .
Charts and lists of geographical co-ordinates SECTION 3.
Submarines and other underwater vehicles .
Law and regulations of the coastal State relating to innocent passage .
Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea .
Foreign nuclear-powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently dangerous or noxious substances .
Rights of protection of the coastal State .
Rules Applicable to Warships and Other Government Ships .
Non-compliance by warships with the laws and regulations of the coastal State .
Responsibility of the flag State for damage caused by a warship or other government ship-operated for non-commercial purposes .
Immunities of warships and other government ships operated for non-commercial purposes SECTION 4.
High seas routes or routes through exclusive economic zones through straits used for international navigation SECTION 2.

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Parts VIII to X
An island is a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, which is above water at high tide.
Except as provided for in paragraph 3, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of an island are determined in accordance with the provisions of this Convention applicable to other land territory.
Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf.
For the purposes of this Convention, "enclosed or semi-enclosed sea" means a gulf, basin or sea surrounded by two or more States and connected to another sea or the ocean by a narrow outlet or consisting entirely or primarily of the territorial seas and exclusive economic zones of two or more coastal States.
States bordering an enclosed or semi-enclosed sea should co-operate with each other in the exercise of their rights and in the performance of their duties under this Convention.
To this end they shall endeavour, directly or through an appropriate regional organization: .
(a) to co-ordinate the management, conservation, exploration and exploitation of the living resources of the sea; .

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