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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA........................................ 1 Status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention and of the Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks ..................................................................................................................... 1 1. Table recapitulating the status of the Convention and of the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2003................................................................................................................ 1 2. Chronological lists of ratifications of, accessions and successions to the Convention and the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2003.................................................................................. 12 (a) The Convention.................................................................................................................... 12 (b) Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention ............................. 13 (c) Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks ................................................................................................. 14 3. Declarations by States................................................................................................................ 15 (a) Mexico: Declaration of 6 January 2003 pursuant to articles 287 and 298 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .......................................................................... 15 (b) Kiribati: Declaration of 24 February 2003 made upon accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea..................................................... 15 (c) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Declaration of 7 April 2003 pursuant to article 298, paragraph 1, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.............................................................................................................................. 16 II. LEGAL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA............................................................................................................ 17 A. United Nations General Assembly resolutions of interest .............................................................. 17 1. General Assembly resolution 57/141 of 12 December 2002: Oceans and the law of the sea .................................................................................................... 17 2. General Assembly resolution 57/142 of 12 December 2002: Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high seas/illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments........................................................................................ 29 - iii - CONTENTS Page 3. General Assembly resolution 57/143 of 12 December 2002: Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks ............................................................................................. 35 B. National legislation ........................................................................................................................ 40 1. Czech Republic: 40 (a) Act 61 on Maritime Navigation, 24 February 2000 ............................................................. 40 (b) Act No. 158 of 18 May 2000 on Prospecting, Exploration for and Exploitation of Mineral Resources from the Seabed beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction and Amendments to Related Acts, ........................................................................................................................ 78 2. Republic of Korea: Enforcement Decree of Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act. Presidential Decree No. 9162, 20 September 1978.................................................................... 88 3. Madagascar: Extract from Act No. 99-028 of 3 February 2000 93 amending the Maritime Code .................................................................................................... C. Treaties........................................................................................................................................... 95 4. Timor-Leste and Australia: (a) Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor concerning Arrangements for Exploration and Exploitation of Petroleum in an Area of the Timor Sea between Australia and East Timor, Dili, 20 May 2002...................................................................................... 95 (b) Timor Sea Treaty, Dili, 20 May 2002 .................................................................................. 96 (c) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor and the Government of Australia concerning an International Unitization Agreement for the Greater Sunrise field, Dili, 20 May 2002 ............................................... 121 (d) Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitization of the Sunrise and Troubadour fields, Dili, 6 March 2003.......................................................................... 121 - iv - - 1 - I. UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA A. Status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention and of the Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks 1. Table recapitulating the status of the Convention and of the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2003 Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and United Nations Convention on Agreement relating to the implementation of management of straddling fish stocks and highly the Law of the Sea Part XI of the Convention migratory fish stocks State or entity (in force as from 16 November 1994) (in force as from 28 July 1996) (in force as from 11 December 2001) Italicized text indicates non- members of the United Ratification; formal confirmation(fc); Nations; Ratification; formal accession(a); definitive signature(ds); Signature Shaded row indicates Signature confirmation(fc); accession(a); participation(p);1 simplified procedure ( - declaration or Ratification; accession(a) 3 landlocked States ( - declaration) succession(s); ( - declaration) Signature (sp); 2 statement) ( - declaration) TOTALS 157 (35) 142 (52) 79 112 59 (5) 34 (8) Afghanistan Albania Algeria 11 June 1996 11 June 1996 (p) Andorra Angola 5 December 1990 Antigua and Barbuda 2 February 1989 Argentina 1 December 1995 1 December 1995 Armenia 9 December 2002 (a) 9 December 2002 (a) Australia 5 October 1994 5 October 1994 23 December 1999 Austria 14 July 1995 14 July 1995 1 States bound by the Agreement by having ratified, acceded or succeeded to the Convention under article 4, paragraph 1, of the Agreement. 2 States bound by the Agreement under the simplified procedure set out in article 5 of the Agreement. 3 In accordance with its article 40, the Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession. - 2 - Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and United Nations Convention on Agreement relating to the implementation of management of straddling fish stocks and highly the Law of the Sea Part XI of the Convention migratory fish stocks State or entity (in force as from 16 November 1994) (in force as from 28 July 1996) (in force as from 11 December 2001) Italicized text indicates non- members of the United Ratification; formal confirmation(fc); Nations; Ratification; formal accession(a); definitive signature(ds); Signature Shaded row indicates Signature confirmation(fc); accession(a); participation(p);1 simplified procedure ( - declaration or Ratification; accession(a) 3 landlocked States ( - declaration) succession(s); ( - declaration) Signature (sp); 2 statement)