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  2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. As of May 2023, 168 countries and the European Union are parties. The convention resulted from the third ...

  3. United States and the United Nations Convention on the Law of ...

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    UNCLOS, also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans; it establishes guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources. To date, 168 countries and the European Union have joined the Convention.

  4. List of parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law ...

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    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982. The Convention was opened for signature on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994 upon deposition of ...

  5. Law of the sea - Wikipedia

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    Law of the sea. For the 1931 film, see Law of the Sea (film). Mare Liberum (1609) by Hugo Grotius is one of the earliest works on law of the sea. Law of the sea is a body of international law governing the rights and duties of states in maritime environments. [1] It concerns matters such as navigational rights, sea mineral claims, and coastal ...

  6. Exclusive economic zone - Wikipedia

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    The world's exclusive economic zones by boundary types and EEZ types. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.

  7. International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

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    The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea were adopted as a convention of the International Maritime Organization on 20 October 1972 and entered into force on 15 July 1977. They were designed to update and replace the Collision Regulations of 1960, particularly with regard to Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) following the ...

  8. Exclusive economic zone of Canada - Wikipedia

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    UNCLOS became effective since 16 November 1982. The Exclusive Economic Zone section of UNCLOS is described in Part V. It provides a "comprehensive framework for contemporary uses of the sea." It is the result of 15 years of negotiations which were initiated by the United Nations Seabed Committee and then at UNCLOS III.

  9. MARPOL 73/78 - Wikipedia

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    The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or " MARPOL 73/78 " (short for "marine pollution") is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. [2] It was developed by the International Maritime Organization with an objective to minimize pollution ...