United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

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The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea was a series of international meetings that produced the comprehensive legal framework governing the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world’s oceans, culminating in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference ⓘ
diplomatic conference ⓘ
international law codification effort ⓘ
aim to create a comprehensive legal framework for the use of the world’s oceans ⓘ
to define rights and responsibilities of states in maritime zones ⓘ
to facilitate equitable and efficient utilization of marine resources ⓘ
to promote peaceful uses of the seas and oceans ⓘ
to protect and preserve the marine environment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UNCLOS conference ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple common heritage of mankind ⓘ
freedom of the high seas ⓘ
culminatedIn United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
field law of the sea ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
hasPart First United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalOutcome 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
negotiationFormat multilateral treaty negotiation ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations ⓘ
participation member states of the United Nations ⓘ
non‑member states ⓘ
precededBy work of the International Law Commission on the law of the sea ⓘ
relatedInstrument Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
relatedTo Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ⓘ
International Seabed Authority ⓘ
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ⓘ
resultedIn United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
shortName UNCLOS I ⓘ
UNCLOS II ⓘ
UNCLOS III ⓘ
topic contiguous zone ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ
dispute settlement in the law of the sea ⓘ
exclusive economic zone ⓘ
high seas ⓘ
innocent passage ⓘ
international seabed area ⓘ
marine environmental protection ⓘ
marine scientific research ⓘ
territorial sea ⓘ
transit passage ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations conferences → includes → United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → alsoKnownAs → UNCLOS conference ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → shortName → UNCLOS I ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → shortName → UNCLOS II ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → hasPart → First United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → hasPart → Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea → hasPart → Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
Satya Nandan → contributedTo → Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
UNCLOS Part V → adoptedAt → United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (Third Conference) ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea → adoptedAt → United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ⓘ