UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 1982 A COMMENTARY

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1 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 1982 A COMMENTARY Myron H. Nordquist, Series Editor-in-Chief Satya N. Nandan, Volume VII Editor-in-Chief and Series General Editor James Kraska, Volume VII Associate Editor Volumes in this series: I. Text of Convention and Introductory Material, Volume Editor Myron H. Nordquist ISBN II. Second Committee: Articles 1 to 85, Annexes I and II, and Final Act, Annex II, Volume Editors Satya N. Nandan and Shabtai Rosenne ISBN III. Second Committee: Articles 86 to 132, and supplementary documents, Volume Editors Satya N. Nandan and Shabtai Rosenne ISBN IV. Third Committee: Articles 192 to 278, and Final Act, Annex VI, Volume Editors Shabtai Rosenne and Alexander Yankov ISBN X V. Informal Plenary Sessions: Settlement of Disputes, General and Final Provisions: Article 279 to 320, Annexes V, VI, VII, VIII and IX, and Final Act, Annex I, Resolutions I, III and IV Volume Editors Shabtai Rosenne and Louis B. Sohn ISBN VI. First Committee: Articles 133 to 191, Annexes III and IV, Final Act, Annex I, Resolution II, Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI, and Documentary Annexes I, II and III Volume Editors Satya N. Nandan, Michael W. Lodge and Shabtai Rosenne ISBN VII. Consolidated Text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with the 1994 Part XI Agreement, the 1995 Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks Agreement, Comprehensive Index to the Commentary Series, and Consolidated Lists of Cases and Treaties Editors-in-Chief Myron H. Nordquist and Satya N. Nandan and Associate Editor James Kraska. 2011

2 Center for Oceans Law and Policy University of Virginia School of Law UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 1982 A COMMENTARY Volume VII Consolidated United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Comprehensive Index to the Commentary Series Myron H. Nordquist, Series Editor-in-Chief Satya N. Nandan, C.F., C.B.E. Editor-in-Chief Volume VII and Series General Editor James Kraska Associate Editor LEIDEN. BOSTON 2011

3 This book is printed on acid-free paper. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 : a commentary / Myron N. Nordquist, editor-in-chief, Shabtai Rosenne and James Kraska, volume editors. p. cm. At head of title: Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia. Includes index. ISBN (v. 7) 1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) 2. Maritime law. I. Nordquist, Myron H. II. Rosenne, Shabtai. III. Kraska, James. IV. University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. JX4421.U dc ISBN Copyright 2011 by Center for Oceans Law and Policy, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., and Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.

4 This volume is respectfully dedicated to the memory of our dear colleague and friend SHABTAI ROSENNE

5 CONTENTS vii CONTENTS Foreword...ix Preface and Acknowledgements...xi Introduction...xv Biographies of the Editors for Volume VII...xxiii PART I. 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 PART II. 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) PART III Consolidated Table of Cases Consolidated Table of Treaties PART IV. CONSOLIDATED SUBJECT INDEX OF VOLUMES I VI...293