United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

1.3 PROGRESSION: Dating from 17th Century, the 'freedom of the seas ' concept was replaced by UNCLOS. The predominant influence of the concept got emerged between the first Hague Conference of 1899 to the end of the Cold war which established the regimes of naval warfare and others over time and then came the Jackson Hole Agreement. In the early 20th Century, Many nations wanted to extend national claims, the purpose being to include mineral resources, to provide the means to enforce pollution

United Nation Convention on the Law of The Sea (UNCLOS) is one of the efforts of United Nation to create a regime that may unify all nations regarding the sea matters. The creation of UNCLOS started in 1956 when the General Assembly adopted the resolution 1105 (XI). During that time only 82 states that join the UNCLOS. UNCLOS I had produce the other four separated conventions concluded in 1958. They are: i) The Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone; ii) The Convention on the High

Introduction International law sets out principles in respect to a state’s legal relationship with other states in many areas including transnational crimes, state boundaries, oceans, and world trade to name a few. Without international law, chaos and tension could develop. Disputes are unavoidable when there are overlapping jurisdictional claims over the sovereignty of a particular area. The recent escalation of tensions in the East and South China Seas has directed attention to the likelihood

In the Western Pacific, the South China Sea is a global crossroads that holds strategic importance for many nations world wide. The South China Sea stretches from the Taiwan and Luzon Straits in the north to Indonesia and the Strait of Malacca in the south with Vietnam on the west and the Philippines and Borneo on the east. In total size, the South China Sea surpasses the Mediterranean Sea. However, unlike this Near-Eastern comparator, territorial disputes and conflicting claims threaten the movement

relevant for assessing government progress towards implementation of drivers for CCS demonstration and deployment (IEA, 2014b, p.11-12). 2.9.2 International Legislation and Conventions The main international conventions relevant to CCS include the 1992 Oslo-Paris (OSPAR) Convention, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),

Briefing Paper – South China Sea Policy Analysis: Topic: The South China Sea has become a significant source of tension in the Indo-Pacific region mostly regarding competing legal claims of territorial sovereignty . China is at the forefront of this dispute and bases their claim on the ‘nine-dash line’ map. In May 2014, tensions dramatically increased when China began drilling for oil near the Paracel Islands located 120 nautical miles away from the Vietnamese coast. Additionally, sovereignty claims

to the sea, spreading pollution, competing demands for living marine organisms, tension between nations for resources, and the increasing push for seabed mineral extraction, UNCLOS was created (United Nations 2013). The primary purpose of UNCLOS is to support the efficient use of marine resources, the conservation of living resources, and the protection/preservation of the marine environment (Wang 2004). One of the main benefits of UNCLOS is that it increases the ability for coastal nations to be

Country: Netherlands Name: Michael Zuker and Max Myszkowski Committee: United Nations General Assembly Topic: Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea Background Following the cessation of the Cold War, a massive territorial dispute erupted over two island chains in the South China Sea (SCS), the Paracels and the Spratleys. Those nations disputing their rightful ownership include China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan. The source of the conflict in this area stems from

Committee: 6th Legal Topic: South China Sea Disputre Country: Nigeria BACKGROUND The Southern China Sea dispute is essentially a contest between China and Vietnam, Philippine, Malaysia and several other Southeast Asian nations over territorial control in the South China Sea, which includes some of the most strategically important maritime territory on earth. China claimed the sovereignty of territory by far the largest portion of territory - an area defined by the "nine-dash line" which stretches

states. The urgency of the situation is best explained by irreversible quality of the consequences the state actions discussed below. The existence of our nation depends on the commitments that are to emerge from the UN climate change conference in Paris. This statement is not a metaphor, as the disappearance of land territory is a reality; rising sea levels could have Tuvalu completely submerged under water soon. Our primary goal was for these commitments to have legal force, primarily because issues