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The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea created a new framework for the conduct of maritime affairs. The Convention remains a shining example of international cooperation, diplomacy and the role of international law in the regulation of international affairs and oceans management. The institutions established under the Convention, which entered into force in 1994, are now all operating and the way they are fulfilling their tasks under the Convention is taking shape. Chapters throughout this book assess the roles and impact upon oceans management of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Sea-Bed Authority, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, and the Convention's Meeting of States Parties. Institutions outside the Convention's framework are also assessed, including the International Maritime Organization in respect of the regime for archipelagic sea lanes and international straits, the Food and Agriculture Organization and regional fisheries organizations, and the United Nations General Assembly as concerns its coordinating role in the field of oceans and law of the sea. In the evolving area of oceans management, the way in which global and regional institutions have been involved in implementing the Convention on the Law of the Sea raises both questions concerning the interpretation of the Convention's substantive provisions and how these various institutions interact. The impetus to resolve these and other challenges in the law of the sea and oceans management will ensure the law of the sea's continuing evolution in the years ahead.

Law of the sea. --- Maritime law. --- Arbitration (International law) --- Arbitration, International --- International arbitration --- International political arbitration --- Pacific settlement of international disputes --- International commissions of inquiry --- Jurisdiction (International law) --- Mediation, International --- Law, Maritime --- Marine law --- Merchant marine --- Merchant ships --- Navigation --- Navigation laws --- Shipping --- International law --- Commercial law --- Law of the sea --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Law and legislation --- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho del mar --- Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer --- Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah li-Qānūn al-Biḥār --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah lil-Qānūn al-Dawlī lil-Biḥār --- Kaiyōhō ni kansuru Kokusai Rengō jōyaku --- Konvensi Hukum Laut --- Konvent︠s︡ii︠a︡ OON po morskomu pravu --- Law of the Sea --- Law of the Sea Convention --- Lian ho guo hai yang fa gong yue --- Lien ho kuo hai yang fa kung yüeh --- Symvasis tōn Hēnōmenōn Ethnōn dia to Dikaion tēs Thalasses --- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea --- UNCLOS 1982 --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue (1982 December 10) --- 联合国海洋法公约 (1982 December 10) --- Haeyangpŏp e kwanhan Kukche Yŏnhap hyŏbyak --- Konvensi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa Tentang Hukum Laut --- UNCLOS --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue --- 联合国海洋法公约