9.2 The core functions of the Division are as follows: (a) Promoting better understanding and wider appreciation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention), the ...

In his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Bellinger argues that the Law of the Sea Convention is beneficial to the United States military, especially ...

The announcement shows just how shrewdly the U.S. has gamed the international system. Since 1982, a United Nations agreement ...

Land-locked States shall have the right of access to and from the sea for the purpose of exercising the rights provided for in this Convention including those relating to the freedom of the high ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as ...

The adoption of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, 1982 was the result of the world's most ambitious law reform movements. The Convention is a comprehensive instrument functioning as a ...

“Our activities in our exclusive economic zone are legal (and) in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,” said Manalo. “We're merely asserting our right ...

Amid China’s recent patrols in the West Philippine Sea, militaries from the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and ...