Law of the Sea: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment of ..., 94-1, May 22, 19751975 - 116 pages |
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Page 74 - In the absence of agreement, and unless another boundary line is justified by special circumstances, the boundary is the median line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the base-lines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of each State is measured.
Page 60 - In localities where the coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its immediate vicinity, the method of straight baselines joining appropriate points may be employed in drawing the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
Page 38 - No State shall claim or exercise sovereignty or sovereign rights over any part of the Area or its resources, nor shall any State or person, natural or juridical, appropriate any part thereof.
Page 47 - They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the organization. 2. Each member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Page 41 - All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.
Page 75 - Each State shall fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships, for the registration of ships in its territory, and for the right to fly its flag.
Page 69 - Neither the installations or devices, nor the safety zones around them may be established where interference may be caused to the use of recognized sea lanes essential to international navigation.
Page 62 - Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State.
Page 70 - ... 2. The coastal State, taking into account the best scientific evidence available to it, shall ensure through proper conservation and management measures that the maintenance of the living resources in the exclusive economic zone is not endangered by over-exploitation. As appropriate, the coastal State and relevant subregional, regional and global organizations shall co-operate to this end. 3. Such measures shall also be designed to maintain or restore populations of harvested species at levels...
Page 60 - The outer limit of the territorial sea is the line every point of which is at a distance from the nearest point of the baseline equal to the breadth of the territorial sea.