United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-5

SECTION 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Article 202 Scientific and technical assistance to developing States States shall, directly or through competent international organizations: (a) promote programmes of scientific, educational, technical and other assistance to...

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-4

SECTION 4. THE AUTHORITY SUBSECTION A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 156 Establishment of the Authority 1. There is hereby established the International Seabed Authority, which shall function in accordance with this Part. 2. All States Parties are ipso facto members of...

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-3

PART VI CONTINENTAL SHELF Article 76 Definition of the continental shelf 1. The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land...

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-2

PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Convention, Prompted by the desire to settle, in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation, all issues relating to the law of the sea and aware of the historic significance of this Convention as an important contribution to...

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

PREAMBLE PART I. INTRODUCTION Article 1. Use of terms and scope PART II. TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2. Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil SECTION 2....

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime-3

Annex III Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Preamble The States Parties to this Protocol, Declaring that effective action to prevent and combat the...