Introduction
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Index |
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| Preamble | |
| Part I | Introduction |
| Part II | The territorial sea and contiguous zone |
| Part III | Straits used for international navigation |
| Part IV | Archipelagic States |
| Part V | Exclusive economic zone |
| Part VI | The continental shelf |
| Part VII | High seas |
| Part VIII | Regime of islands |
| Part IX | Enclosed or semi-enclosed seas |
| Part X | Right of access of land-locked states to and from the sea and freedom of transit |
| Part XI | The Area |
| Part XII | Protection of marine environment |
| Part XIII | Marine scientific research |
| Part XIV | Development and transfer of marine technology |
| Part XV | Settlement of disputes |
| Parts XVI | General provisions |
| Part XVII | Final provisions |
| Annex I | Highly migratory species |
| Annex II | Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
| Annex III | Basic conditions of prospecting, exploration and exploitation |
| Annex IV | Statute of the enterprise |
| Annex V | Conciliation |
| Annex VI | Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| Annex VII | Arbitration |
| Annex VIII | Special arbitration |
| Annex IX | Participation by international organizations |
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