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A. The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (herein- ter the “Convention”) marks the beginning of a new era in the law of 1 the sea. The negotiations for this treaty at the Third United Nations Conference for the Law of the Sea (hereinafter “UNCLOS III”), lasted for nine years, from 1973 to 1982. The Convention regulates the principal aspects of international oceans affairs. It establishes and fixes the limits of maritime zones, provides for the rights and duties of states in these zones, establishes the law app- cable in the international seabed area on the basis of the principle of common heritage of mankind, imposes obligations on states to protect the marine environment, and provides for the means of dispute sett- ment. One of the most contentious and divisive issues at UNCLOS III were the outer limits of the continental shelf. Previously, in the 1958 Con- 2 vention on the Continental Shelf (hereinafter the “1958 Convention”), no limits were established for the continental shelf. States were allowed to claim areas of continental shelves based on their capacity to exploit the mineral resources of the shelf. The legal framework in the 1958 Convention would obviously conflict with the principle of the common heritage of mankind. Delegates realized that limits have to be est- lished, but up to where and on the basis of which principles, was a c- tentious question.

Continental shelf --- 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 --- Limit, Three-mile (Territorial waters) --- Marginal sea (Territorial waters) --- Maritime belt (Territorial waters) --- Territorial sea --- Three-mile limit (Territorial waters) --- Bodies of water --- Jurisdiction, Territorial --- Territory, National --- Contiguous zones (Law of the sea) --- Economic zones (Law of the sea) --- Innocent passage (Law of the sea) --- Law of the sea --- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. --- Public International Law . --- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space. --- Public international law. --- Law of the sea. --- International law. --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Law and legislation --- UNCLOS --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue --- 联合国海洋法公约