|
2007 -
Materials related to twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening for
signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10
December 1982
2002 -
Materials related to the twentieth anniversary
of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law
of the Sea of 10 December 1982 -
Oceans: The source of life
(2002)
|
| 29 August 2008 |
 |
Advance, unedited text of the
Addendum to the
Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea (A/63/63)
is now available |
|
28 August 2008 |
|
A/63/128 - Sustainable fisheries,
including through the 1995 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, and related instruments - Report of the
Secretary-General - is now available |
|
29 July 2008 |
|
The Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs in cooperation
with the UNEP Shelf Programme/GRID-Arendal, and with the support of
Namibia, Norway as well as other institutions, is organizing an advanced
training course on the preparation of a submission to the Commission on
the Limits of the Continental Shelf (“the Commission”) on the outer
limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. The
training course is intended for participants nominated by Governments of
West African States and will take place in Windhoek, Namibia. The
course will consist of a general part, to be held from 22 to 26
September 2008, and two "hands-on" training parts which will precede and
follow the general part. These are application forms for nominees to this training course
whose participation is to be financed
from the Trust Fund:
.pdf /
.doc
The requesting State submits, through its Permanent Mission to the
United Nations, a duly completed application form (copy enclosed) to be
accompanied by (i) The curriculum vitae of the trainees, including their
date of birth; (ii) A clear photocopy of the personal data page from
their passport; (iii) All relevant contact information, including phone
numbers and email addresses. |
|
25 July 2008 |
|
Report on the work of the United
Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law
of the Sea at its ninth meeting: Letter dated 25 July 2008 from the
Co-Chairpersons of the Consultative Process addressed to the President
of the General Assembly
(Advance and unedited text
(English only)) - to be issued as document A/63/174 |
|
16 July 2008 |
|
On 9 July 2008,
Congo ratified the Convention and expressed its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
24 June 2008 |
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The
eighteenth MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO
THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA was held at
United Nations Headquarters from 13 to 20 June 2008.
Follow the link for available documents of
the Meeting |
|
23 June 2008 |
|
A/63/79 -
Letter dated 15 May 2008 from the Co-Chairpersons of the Ad Hoc
Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond
areas of national jurisdiction addressed to the President of the
General Assembly, containing the Joint Statement of the
Co-Chairpersons, is now available |
|
9 June 2008 |
|
The Report of
the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea to the 63rd
session of the General Assembly of the United Nations and the
ninth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (A/63/63) is now available. |
|
4 June 2008 |
|
On 14 May 2008,
Oman acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
21 May 2008 |
|
Document CLCS/58
- Statement by the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf on the progress of work in the Commission -
Twenty-first session - is now available. |
|
16 May 2008 |
|
On 16 May 2008,
Hungary acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
15 May 2008 |
|
Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal
Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable
use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction:
Advanced and unedited Joint Statement of the Co-Chairpersons (English only) |
|
15 May 2008 |
|
Document CLCS/40/Rev.1,
which contains the latest version of
the
Rules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf, embodying amendments and additions adopted by the Commission
as at 11 April 2008, is now available. |
|
9 May 2008 |
|
Barbados and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf (see more ...) |
|
9 May 2008 |
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On 23 April 2008 Cape Verde ratified the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
2 May 2008 |
|
United Nations Open-ended Informal
Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea :
Format and annotated provisional agenda for the ninth meeting of the
Consultative Process |
| 9 April 2008 |
|
Resolution 62/215
on Oceans and the Law of the Sea has been issued.
(See also Report of the Fifth Committee (A/62/617)) |
|
26 March 2008 |
|
On
26 March 2008,
Palau acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
26 March 2008 |
|
Resolution 62/177 on "Sustainable fisheries,
including through the 1995 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, and related instruments" has been
issued. |
|
25 March 2008 |
|
Ad hoc
open-ended informal working group to study issues relating to the
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological biodiversity beyond
areas of national jurisdiction (New York, 28 April - 2 May 2008) |
|
3 March 2008 |
|
Preparatory Meeting of the United Nations
Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
will be held on 18 March 2008 in Conference Room 1.
In accordance with the established practice, the meeting will be open to
all States Members of the United Nations, all parties to the
Convention, and entities that have received a standing invitation to
participate as observers in the work of the General Assembly pursuant to
its relevant resolutions. |
|
28 February 2008 |
|
On 3 March 2008, DOALOS and UNITAR will hold
a joint briefing on "Developments in Ocean Affairs and Law of the
Sea: Marine Biological Diversity beyond Areas under National
Jurisdiction" in connection with the second meeting of the Ad Hoc
Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond
areas of national jurisdiction. The briefing will be held in Conference
Room A of the United Nations Secretariat Building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information see:
http://www.unitarny.org/en/doalos.html. |
|
1 February 2008 |
|
On 1 February 2008,
the Republic of Korea ratified 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 (see
more...)
|
| 31 January 2008 |
|
On 9 January 2008,
Austria
nominated conciliators and arbitrator
under article 2 of annex V and article 2 of annex VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
| 31 January 2008 |
|
On
30 January 2008, the Special Meeting of States Parties to the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea elected Mr. Gao, Zhiguo (China)
as member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. |
| 18 December 2007 |
|
On
18 December 2007, the General Assembly adopted, without a vote,
draft resolution
A/62/L.24
on "Sustainable fisheries,
including through the 1995 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, and related instruments" as resolution
62/177. |
| 30 October 2007 |
|
Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea (document
A/62/66/Add.1) is now available.
Report of the Secretary-General on sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 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, and related instruments
(document A/62/260) is now available. |
|
25 October 2007 |
|
On
25 October 2007,
Brazil ratified
the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
17 October 2007 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago
makes a declaration under articles 287of
UNCLOS (see more...)
|
|
4 October 2007 |
|
25th Anniversary of
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:
Information on the Events Organized by the Division for Ocean Affairs
and the Law of the Sea - 17 October 2007 |
|
7 September 2007 |
|
Eighth
meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process
on Oceans and the Law of the Sea:
Report on the work of the United
Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law
of the Sea at its eighth meeting has been issued -
A/62/169 |
|
27 August 2007 |
|
On 27 August 2007, at
its twentieth session, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf elected Mr. Alexandre Tagore Medeiros de Albuquerque as Chairman
of the Commission, and Messrs. Lawrence Folajimi Awosika, Harald
Brekke, Yuri Borisovitch Kazmin, and Yong-Ahn Park as Vice-Chairmen of
the Commission. |
|
7 August
2007 |
|
On
7 August
2007, Uruguay ratified
the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
7 August
2007 |
|
The seventeenth
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW
OF THE SEA was held at United Nations Headquarters on 14 June and from
18 to 22 June 2007.
The Report of the seventeenth Meeting of States Parties has been issued as
document
SPLOS/164.
Link to the
documents of the Meeting. |
|
16 July 2007 |
|
On
16 July 2007,
Romania acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
8 June 2007 |
|
United Nations
Open-ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, Eighth meeting, 25-29 June 2007:
Additional
information is available. |
|
1 June 2007 |
|
On 31 May 2007,
Lesotho ratified the Convention and expressed its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
31 May
2007 |
|
On 31 May 2007, Morocco ratified the Convention and
the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
| 30 May 2007 |
|
Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea (document
A/62/66) is now
available. |
| 30 May 2007 |
|
Report of the sixth Informal Consultations of States Parties to 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, 23 to 24 April 2007, United Nations, New York is now
available, together with
the list of participants. |
| 11 May 2007 |
|
United Nations
Open-ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, Eighth meeting, 25-29 June 2007:
Format
and annotated provisional agenda (document A/AC.259/L.8) has been
issued |
| 1
March 2007 |
|
New Director of
the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal
Affairs:
Effective 1 March 2007, the Director of the Division is Mr. Václav Mikulka.
All official correspondence should be addressed to:
Mr. Václav Mikulka
Director
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs
Room DC2-0450
United Nations
New York, NY 10017, USA |
|
1
March 2007 |
|
On
1
March 2007, Lithuania acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
| 23 February 2007 |
|
On 23 February 2007, Cyprus
nominated an conciliator and arbitrator
under article 2 of annex V and article 2 of annex VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
|
6 February 2007 |
|
On 6 February 2007, Moldova acceded
to the Convention and expressed its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
5 February 2007 |
|
On 5 February 2007, Latvia acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
20 December 2006 |
|
On 20 December 2006, the
General Assembly adopted the Draft resolution (A/61/L.30) on
"Oceans and the law of the sea"
as resolution 61/222. |
|
11 December 2006 |
|
On 8 December 2006, the
General Assembly adopted the Draft resolution (A/61/L.38*) on
"Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 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,
and related instruments"
as resolution 61/105. |
|
7 November 2006 |
|
Addendum to the Report of the Secretary-General on Oceans and the law
of the sea - document A/61/63/Add.1 - is now available. |
|
7 November 2006 |
|
Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the Letter dated 23 June 2006 from the
secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization addressed to
the Secretary-General - document A/61/160 - is now available. |
|
7 November 2006 |
|
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): new training course on the
“Development, Implementation, and Management of Marine Protected Areas" |
|
29 September 2006 |
|
"Report
of the Review Conference on 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 (New
York, 22 to 26 May 2006), prepared by the President of the Conference with
the assistance of the Secretariat." (A/CONF.210/2006/15) |
|
11 September 2006 |
|
"The
Impacts of Fishing on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Actions taken by
States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements
to give effect to paragraphs 66 to 69 of General Assembly resolution
59/25 on sustainable fisheries, regarding the impacts of fishing on
vulnerable marine ecosystems" - report of the Secretary-General -
has been issued |
|
28 August 2006 |
|
Document SPLOS/148 - Report of the
sixteenth Meeting of States
Parties has been issued |
|
23 August 2006 |
|
Report on the work of the United
Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law
of the Sea at its seventh meeting and the
Presentations in
the Discussion Panel on Ecosystem approaches and oceans are now
available |
|
7 August 2006 |
|
On 7 August 2006, Estonia acceded to
and Japan ratified 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 (see
more...)
|
|
15 June 2006 |
|
On 15 June 2006, Slovenia acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
6 June 2006 |
|
Document CLCS/50
- Statement by the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf on the progress of work in the Commission -
Seventeenth session is now available. The Statement
which contains, among other, information on actions taken by the
Commission with regard to the Rules of Procedure of the
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, as well as a draft
decision for consideration by the sixteenth Meeting of States Parties. |
|
11 May 2006 |
|
A/61/65
- Report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues
relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological
diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction has been issued |
|
8 May 2006 |
|
Seventh
meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process
on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
(12 to 16 June 2006):
Report
of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea to
the 61st session of the General Assembly has been issued (A/61/63) |
|
28 April 2006 |
|
Seventh
meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process
on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
(12 to 16 June 2006):
Format and annotated provisional agenda (A/AC.259/L.7) |
| 27 April
2006 |
|
Viet Nam accedes to the
Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI (see
more...)
|
|
25 April 2006 |
|
Report of the fifth Informal Consultations of States Parties to 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, 20 to 24 March 2006, United Nations, New York |
|
13 April 2006 |
|
Review
Conference on 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 (New York, 22 to 26 May 2006):
submission
of information and views. |
|
14 March 2006 |
|
On 14 March 2006, Poland acceded to 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 (see
more...)
|
|
1 March 2006 |
|
On
1 March 2006, Brazil
transmitted an addendum to the executive summary of its submission made on
17 May 2004, through the Secretary-General, to the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
(see more...) |
|
17 February 2006 |
|
The report submitted in accordance with paragraph 17 of General Assembly
resolution 59/25 of 17 November 2004, to assist the
Review
Conference to implement its mandate under paragraph 2, article 36 of
the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement - Report of the
Secretary-General - is now
available |
|
23 January 2006 |
|
Ad
Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to
the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity
beyond areas of national jurisdiction
The
format, provisional agenda and the proposed organization of work for
the meeting of the Working Group, as circulated by the Co-Chairpersons
is now available |
|
29 November 2005 |
|
On 29
November 2005,
draft resolution A/60/L.22 (Oceans and the Law of the
Sea) was adopted
by the General Assembly as resolution 60/30, and
draft resolution A/60/L.23 (Sustainable fisheries, including through
the 1995 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, and related instruments) was adopted
by the General Assembly as resolution
60/31. |
|
31 October 2005 |
|
Report
of the Secretary-General on
Sustainable fisheries, including
through the 1995 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, and related instruments is now available |
|
31 October 2005 |
|
Addendum 1 and
addendum 2 to the Report of the Secretary-General on Oceans and the
law of the sea are now available |
|
16 September 2005 |
|
Guinea and Liberia accede to 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 (see
more...) |
|
15 September 2005 |
|
Kiribati accedes to 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 (see
more...) |
|
14 September 2005 |
|
A/60/91 - Regular process
for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine
environment, including socio-economic aspects: Second International
Workshop - Report of the Secretary-General |
|
26 August 2005 |
|
Estonia
accedes to the Convention and to the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
9 August 2005 |
|
Document
A/60/99 - Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal
Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at its sixth
meeting has been issued |
|
18 July 2005 |
|
Report
of the Fourth Informal Meeting of States Parties to 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, 31 May to 3 June 2005, United Nations, New York |
|
14 July 2005 |
|
Belize ratifies 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 (see
more...) |
|
25 May 2005 |
|
On 25 May 2005, Ireland made
a submission through the Secretary-General to the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
(see more...) |
| 24 May 2005 |
|
Document
SPLOS/124/Add.2 - Election of seven members of the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -List of candidates nominated by States
Parties: withdrawal of a candidate (Note by the Registrar of the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) - Addendum has been issued (see
more...) |
| 4 May 2005 |
|
Document
SPLOS/124/Add.1 - Election of seven members of the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -List of candidates nominated by States
Parties: withdrawal of a candidate (Note by the Registrar of the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) - Addendum has been issued (see
more...) |
| 27 April 2005 |
|
Document
SPLOS/126 -"Election
of seven members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -
Note by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
on the election procedures " has been issued (see
more...) |
| 21 April 2005 |
|
The sixth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea will take place at United
Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 10 June 2005.
The
format and annotated provisional agenda for the sixth meeting of the
Consultative Process is now available. |
|
19 April 2005 |
|
Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea (document
A/60/63) is now
available |
|
12 April 2005 |
|
UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS
FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION TRUST FUND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS
AND THE NIPPON FOUNDATION OF JAPAN: Human Resources Development and Advancement of the Legal Order of the World's
Oceans - Information and applications forms. |
| 31 March 2005 |
|
Document
SPLOS/124 -"Election of seven
members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Lists of
candidates nominated by States Parties (Note by the Registrar of the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) " has been issued (see
more...) |
| 15 March 2005 |
|
Final texts of resolution
A/59/24 on "Oceans and the law of the sea" and resolution A/59/25 on
"Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 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,
and related instruments", have been issued (see
more) |
| 25 February 2005 |
|
On 22 February 2005, Mongolia
nominated two arbitrators under article
2 of annex VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
| 31 January 2005 |
|
Botswana accedes
to the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
| 25 January 2005 |
|
Burkina Faso ratifies
the Convention and expresses its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
| 23 December 2004 |
|
Latvia accedes to the Convention and to the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
|
19 November 2004 |
|
On 17 November 2004, Trinidad and Tobago
nominated an arbitrator under article 2 of annex VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
|
16 November
2004 |
|
Denmark ratified the Convention and the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see
more...) |
|
15 November
2004 |
|
On 15 November
2004, Australia made
a submission through the Secretary-General to the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
(see more...) |
|
11 November 2004 |
|
Addendum to
the Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea (document A/59/62/Add.1) is now
available |
|
11 November 2004 |
|
Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable fisheries, including
through the 1995 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, and related instruments (document A/59/298)
is now available |
|
11 November 2004 |
|
Statement by the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf on the progress of work in the Commission at
its fourteenth session (document CLCS/42)
is now available |
| 7 October
2004 |
|
ASSISTANCE FUND UNDER PART VII 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 |
|
30
September 2004 |
|
DOALOS/UNITAR
briefing on developments in ocean affairs and the law of the sea, 2
- 14 October 2004, United Nations Headquarters, New York
The United
Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Division
for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal
Affairs are jointly conducting a briefing on developments in ocean
affairs and the law of the sea. The briefing, to be conducted in
English, will be held at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday,
12 October 2004, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., and on
Wednesday and Thursday, 13 and 14 October, from 3 to 6 p.m. The
briefing is intended for all delegates from Permanent Missions
accredited to the United Nations in New York, in particular those
interested in the field of oceans and the law of the sea.
A letter on this
subject, including an information note, a tentative programme and a
nomination form, was addressed to all the Permanent Missions. The
registration deadline is Wednesday, 6 October. For further information,
please contact UNITAR (room DC1- 603; tel. 1 (212) 963-9196) or DOALOS
(tel. 1 (212) 963-1894).
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24 September 2004 |
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Document SPLOS/119 -
Report of the fourteenth Meeting of States Parties (14-18 June 2004) -
has been issued. |
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1 September 2004 |
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United Nations Open-ended
Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea:
Fifth Meeting, 7-11 June 2004
A/59/122 -
Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal
Consultative Process
on
Oceans and the Law of the Sea at its fifth meeting is available
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19 August 2004 |
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Report of the Third
Informal Meeting of the States Parties to 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, 8-9 July 2004, United Nations, New York |
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3 August 2004 |
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Report of the
Secretary General - A/59/126
- A regular process for the global reporting and assessment of the state
of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects: Global Marine
Assessment International Workshop has been issued |
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30 July 2004 |
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Document CLCS/40
which contains the latest version of the Rules of Procedure of the
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, as well as the Modus
Operandi and the Internal procedure of the subcommission of the
Commission has been issued.
This document embodies amendments and additions of these documents
adopted by the Commission up to 30 April 2004. Annexes I and II of the
Rules of Procedure were adopted by the Commission at its fourth session,
held from 31 August to 4 September 1998. Annex III was adopted by the
Commission at its thirteenth session, held from 26 to 30 April 2004, and
replaced the Modus Operandi of the Commission (CLCS/L.3 – 12 September
1997) and the Internal procedure of the subcommission of the Commission
on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS/L.12 – 25 May 2002).
Consequently, these Rules and their annexes supersede and replace
documents CLCS/L.3 (12 September 1997) and CLCS/L.12 (25 May 2002) as
well as all previously issued documents containing the Rules of
Procedure of the Commission and their revisions or corrections
(documents CLCS/3 (12 September 1997), CLCS/3/Corr.1 (27 April 1998),
CLCS/3/Rev.1 (14 May 1998), CLCS/3/Rev.2 (4 September 1998), CLCS/3/Rev.2/Corr.1
(28 March 2000), CLCS/3/Rev.3 (6 February 2001), CLCS/3/Rev.3/Corr.1 (22
May 2001)). |
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13 July 2004 |
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Kenya accedes to 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 (see
more...) |
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9 July 2004 |
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On 9 July 2004, Slovakia
nominated conciliators and arbitrators under article 2 of annexes
V and VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
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2 July 2004 |
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Decisions
relating to budgetary matters of the International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea adopted by the fourteenth Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention have been issued |
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2 June 2004 |
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UNITED NATIONS
OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEANS AND THE LAW OF THE
SEA:
Document
A/AC.259/11
--
Strengthening of flag State implementation (Submitted by the Secretariat
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)) - has been issued |
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2 June 2004 |
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Document A/59/63 -
Oceans and the law of the sea: Consultative Group on
Flag State Implementation is now
available |
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26 May
2004 |
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UNITED NATIONS
OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEANS AND THE LAW OF THE
SEA:
Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea
(A/59/62) has been issued in all languages |
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25
May 2004 |
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Provisional
Agenda of the third round of the informal consultations of the States
Parties to The Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of
the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement)
8-9 July 2004, United Nations, New York |
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20
May 2004 |
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On 17 May 2004, Brazil made
a submission through the Secretary-General to the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
(see more...) |
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18 May 2004 |
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On 14 May 2004, Poland
nominated conciliators and arbitrators under article 2 of annexes
V and VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
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18 May 2004 |
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On 12 May 2004, the
Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations confirmed that
Australia intends to make a submission pursuant to article 76, paragraph
8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 in
relation to all relevant areas of the extended continental shelf off the
coast of Australia and its external territories within the timeframe set
out in article 4 of Annex II to the 1982 Convention, that is, by 16
November 2004. (more...) |
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12 May 2004 |
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A
regular process for
the global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine
environment, including socio-economic aspects (GMA)
A/AC.271/WP.1 -
Draft
document prepared by the group of experts |
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25 February 2004 |
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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR
Soliciting information requested in United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 58/14 on Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995
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, and related instruments - Questionnaire addressed
to States, IGOs, RFMOs and NGOs |
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19 December 2003 |
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On 19 December 2003,
by depositing their
respective instruments with the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
the European Community and its 15 member
States expressed their final consent to be bound by the
1995 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 (see
more about the Agreement)
Note: The pages and tables containing declarations and information
on the status of the instrument will be updated in due course. |
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13 November 2003 |
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On 12 November 2003,
Lithuania acceded
to the Convention and to the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
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7 November 2003 |
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Canada ratifies the Convention and the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
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2 September 2003 |
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Mr. Anthony Amos Lucky
(Trinidad and Tobago) elected as new member of the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| 19
August 2003 |
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India accedes to 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 (see
more...)
|
| 14
August 2003 |
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South Africa accedes to 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 (see
more...)
|
| 28
July 2003 |
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Honduras accedes to the
Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI (see
more...)
|
| 23
June 2003 |
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Albania accedes to the Convention and
expresses its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...) |
| 20
June 2003 |
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The compilation of a directory
of sources of training, advice and expertise and technological services,
including relevant institutions and other sources of technical
information and practice, pursuant to paragraph 40 of resolution 57/141
is now available |
| 3
June 2003 |
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2003 G8 summit endorsed
an Action Plan on Marine environment and tanker safety. to reduce the
threat posed by excessive exploitation of marine resources and to
enhance maritime security. It also committed to the ratification or
acceding to and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea, which provides the overall legal framework for oceans (see
more...) | Texte
en français | G8
summit site
|
| 30
May 2003 |
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Due to
the death of Judge Ballah, a vacancy has occurred in the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. The election to fill the vacancy will
be held on 2 September 2003 at a Special Meeting of States Parties
convened for that purpose.
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| 12
May 2003 |
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The Ocean and Law of the
Sea web site has been updated and offers the full text of the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the six official languages
of the Organization, as well as the text of the Final Act of the Third
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
|
| 10
April 2003 |
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Mexico accedes to the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see
more...)
|
| 7
April 2003 |
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United Kingdom makes declarations
under article 298 (see more...)
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| 1 April 2003 |
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The
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea announced the death in
Trinidad, on 29 March 2003, of Mr. Lennox Fitzroy Ballah. Mr. Ballah had
been a Member of the Tribunal since April 2002. His term of office was
due to expire in September 2011. (ITLOS/Press
76) |
| 19
March 2003 |
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Marshall Islands ratifies 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 (see more...)
|
| 27
February 2003 |
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Ukraine ratifies 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 (see more...)
|
| 24
February 2003 |
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Kiribati deposited its
instrument of accession to the Convention and expressed its consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see
more...)
|
| 10
January 2003 |
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Official records of the
General Assembly discussions under the agenda item: Oceans and the law
of the sea are now available in
pdf
format in all official languages of the Organization
|
| 6
January 2003 |
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Mexico makes declarations
under articles 287 and 298 (see more...)
|
| 27
December 2002 |
|
Law of the Sea Bulletins
- past issues (which are not United Nations sales publications) are now
available in pdf format in
English,
French and Spanish
|
| 23
December 2002 |
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Seventeenth Law of the Sea
Fellowship Awarded: NEW YORK, 23 December (Office of Legal Affairs) --
The Legal Counsel of the United Nations has made two awards under the
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.
The regular seventeenth award was made to Maria Cristina Pereira of Cape
Verde and a second, funded by a special grant from the United Kingdom,
was made to Javier Plata González of Colombia. The awards were made on
the recommendation of the High-Level Advisory Panel composed of eminent
persons in international relations and in the law of the sea and its
implementation. For details see
Press
Release SEA/1766
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| 9
December 2002 |
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Commemoration of
the 20th Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the 1982 United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Fifty-seventh
session of the General Assembly, 9 - 10 December 2002
|
| 9
December 2002 |
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On the occasion of 20th
anniversary of the Convention, Armenia, Qatar and Tuvalu deposited their
instruments of ratification/accession to the Convention and expressed
their consent to be bound by the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI. Madagascar deposited the charts and lists of
coordinates of points.
|
| 17
October 2002 |
|
Cuba accedes to the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see
more...)
|
| 25
September 2002 |
|
Cyprus accedes to 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 (see more...)
|
| 28
August 2002 |
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28 August 2002 Cameroon ratifies the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...)
2 August 2002 - Kuwait accedes
to the the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...)
|
| 6
August 2002 |
|
The Ocean and Law of the
Sea web site has been updated and offers most of the official documents
in all six official languages of the Organization.
|
| 2
August 2002 |
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Sri Lanka nominates an
arbitrator and conciliator (see
more...)
|
| 19
July 2002 |
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Spain makes declarations
under articles 287 and 298 (see more...)
|
| 18
June 2002 |
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Honduras made a declaration pursuant
to article 287 of the Convention
(see
more...)
|
| 5
June 2002 |
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UN
ATLAS OF THE OCEANS - an Internet portal containing a wealth of
information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans has
been launched.
|
| 30
May 2002 |
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On 30 May 2002, Netherlands
nominated an arbitrator under article 2 of annex VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
| 29
May 2002 |
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On 24 May 2002, Tunisia ratifies the Agreement relating to the
implementation of Part XI (see more...)
|
| 21
March 2002 |
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Australia
made a declaration in relation to articles 287 and 298 of the Convention
(see
more...) |
| 21
March 2002 |
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On 7 February 2002, Spain
nominated conciliators and arbitrators under article 2 of annexes
V and VII to the Convention (see
more...) |
| 27
February 2002 |
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