General Assembly calls on all states to become parties to Convention on the Law of the Sea.

From: UN Chronicle | Date: February 1, 1986 | Copyright information

General Assembly calls on all States to become Parties to Conventio on the Law of the Sea

The General Assembly on 10 December 1985 called on all States that had not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at the earliest "to allow the effective entry into force of the new legal regime for the uses of the sea and its resources".

In adopting resolution 40/63 by a vote of 140 in favour to 2 against (Turkey, United States), with 5 abstentions (Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Peru, United Kingdom, Venezuela), the ...

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