United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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Subject: Law
Edited by: Myron H. Nordquist, Satya Nandan, and Shabtai Rosenne†
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These Commentaries are based almost entirely on the formal and informal documentation of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III, 1973-1982), coupled, where necessary, with the personal knowledge of editors, contributors, or reviewers, many of whom were principal negotiators or UN personnel who participated in the Conference. The scope and duration of the “Virginia Commentary” project is without precedent as an academic undertaking in the field of international law. The project was conceived by its editors to meet the need - particularly essential in the absence of an official legislative history for the Convention - for an objective and comprehensive analysis of the articles in the Convention and in the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention that entered into force in 1996.
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- Annex I - Highly Migratory Species (II)
- Annex II - Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (II)
- Final Act, Annex II (II)
- Annex I Report of the Second Committee (1930) (III)
- Annexes II-VIII UNCLOS I, Final Act 1958 Geneva Conventions 1958 Optional Protocol UNCLOS I, Resolutions (III)
- Annex IX UNCLOS II, Final Act (III)
- Annex X Main Trends Working Paper (III)
- Annex XI Draft Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (III)
- Annex XII G.A. Resolution 49/28 (1994) (III)
- Final Act, Annex VI (IV)
- Annex Summary of Commentary on Article (IV)
- Annex V Conciliation (V)
- Annex VI Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (V)
- Annex VII Arbitration (V)
- Annex VIII Special Arbitration (V)
- Annex IX Participation by International Organizations (V)
- Final Act, Annex I Resolutions I, III and IV (V)
- Annex III. Basic Conditions of Prospecting, Exploration and Exploitation (VI)
- Annex IV. Statute of the Enterprise (VI)
- Final Act, Resolution II (VI)
- Documentary Annex I. General Assembly Resolution on the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (GA Res. 48/263 and the 1994 Agreement) (VI)
- Documentary Annex II. Consolidation of Part XI of the Convention and the 1994 Agreement (VI)
- Documentary Annex III. Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules (ISBA/6/A/18) (VI)
- Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (A/Conf.164/37) and Final Act of the Un Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (A/Conf.164/38) (VII)
- Commission for the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Internal Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (suppl.)
- Commission for the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Letter Dated 25 August 2005 from the Legal Counsel, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Legal Affairs, Addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (suppl.)
- Commission for the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Rules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (suppl.)
- Decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority Relating to the Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules in the Area (Isba/6/A/18, the “Mining Code”) (suppl.)
- Decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority Relating to the Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides in the Area (Isba/16/A/12/Rev.1, the “Mining Code”) (suppl.)
- Final Act of UNCLOS III (I)
- Fisheries - Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (suppl.)
- Fisheries - Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (suppl.)
- Fisheries - Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (suppl.)
- Fisheries - Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (suppl.)
- Fisheries - Statement of the Chairman, Ambassador Satya N. Nandan, on 4 August 1995, upon the Adoption of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (A/Conf.164/35) (suppl.)
- General Assembly Resolutions on Los (I)
- Guidelines (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Agreement between the International Seabed Authority and the Government of Jamaica regarding the Headquarters of the International Seabed Authority (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority Relating to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Decision of the Council of the Authority concerning the Rules of Procedure of the Legal and Technical Commission (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (Adopted at Its 15th Meeting, on 17 March 1995) (suppl.)
- International Seabed Authority - Rules of Procedure of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (Adopted at Its 10th Meeting, on 16 August 1996) (suppl.)
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Agreement between the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Federal Republic of Germany regarding the Headquarters of the Tribunal (suppl.)
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Agreement on Cooperation and Relationship between the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (suppl.)
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (suppl.)
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (suppl.)
- Other Supplementary Documents - Charts (suppl.)
- Other Supplementary Documents - Implications of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the International Maritime Organization, IMO Doc. Leg/Misc.6, 2008 (suppl.)
- Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts in the Area (ISBA/17/C/CRP.1) (suppl.)
- Rules of the Tribunal (ITLOS/8) (suppl.)
- Text of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Consolidated with the General Assembly Resolution on the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (VII)
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (I)
- Notes on the Index
- Consolidated Subject Index - A
- Consolidated Subject Index - B
- Consolidated Subject Index - C
- Consolidated Subject Index - D
- Consolidated Subject Index - E
- Consolidated Subject Index - F
- Consolidated Subject Index - G
- Consolidated Subject Index - H
- Consolidated Subject Index - I
- Consolidated Subject Index - J
- Consolidated Subject Index - K
- Consolidated Subject Index - L
- Consolidated Subject Index - M
- Consolidated Subject Index - N
- Consolidated Subject Index - O
- Consolidated Subject Index - P
- Consolidated Subject Index - Q
- Consolidated Subject Index - R
- Consolidated Subject Index - S
- Consolidated Subject Index - T
- Consolidated Subject Index - U
- Consolidated Subject Index - V
- Consolidated Subject Index - W
- Consolidated Subject Index - Y
- Consolidated Subject Index - Z
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Forewords
- Prefaces
- Introductions
- Principal Contributors
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Notes
- Officers
- Sessions of the Conference
- Statements
- Consolidated Table of Cases (VII)
- Table of Cases (I)
- Table of Cases (II)
- Table of Cases (III)
- Table of Cases (IV)
- Table of Cases (V)
- Table of Cases (VI)
Table of Cases
- Consolidated Table of Treaties (VII)
- Table of Treaties (II)
- Table of Treaties (III)
- Tables of Treaties (IV)
- Table of Treaties (V)
- Table of Treaties (VI)
Table of Treaties
- Foreword (I)
- Foreword (II)
- Foreword (III)
- Foreword (IV)
- Foreword (V)
- Foreword (VI)
- Foreword (VII)
Forewords
- Introduction (I)
- Editors' Introduction (IV)
- Editors' Introduction (V)
- Introduction (VII)
- Introduction (suppl.)
Introductions
- Principal Contributors (I)
- Principal Contributors (II)
- Principal Contributors (III)
- Principal Contributors (IV)
- Principal Contributors (V)
- Principal Contributors (VI)
- Biographies of the Editors (VII)
Principal Contributors
- List of Abbreviations (I)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (II)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (III)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (IV)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (V)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (VI)
Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Note on Documentation (I)
- Note on Documentation (II)
- Note on Sources (II)
- Note on the Use of the Word "Shall" (II)
- Note on Documentation (III)
- Note on Sources (III)
- Note on the Use of the Word "Shall" (III)
- Note on Documentation (IV)
- Note on Sources (IV)
- Note on the Use of the Word "Shall" (IV)
- Note on Documentation (V)
- Note on Sources (V)
- Note on Documentation (VI)
- Note on Sources (VI)
- Note on the Use of the Word “Shall” (VI)
Notes
- Officers of the Second Committee (II)
- Officers of the Second Committee (III)
- Officers of the Third Commitee (IV)
- Officers of the First Committee and Sessions of the Conference (VI)
Officers
- Sessions of the Conference (II)
- Sessions of the Conference (III)
- Sessions of the Conference (IV)