The United States is not likely to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the near term, or perhaps ever. However, this does not mean that the United States should ...

FILE - In this image taken from a video released by Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard vessel sails along a Philippine boat, bottom, to block off the Waters of Second Thomas Shoal, on May ...

THE Philippines stressed that its claim to its extended continental shelf (ECS) in the Western Palawan Region is consistent with its maritime entitlements under the United Nations Convention on the ...

Vietnam and Indonesia agreed to delimit their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) on 22 December 2022 after 12 years of negotiations. The agreement provides hope for the strengthening of the ...

Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sets out the legal regime governing the novel ‘continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles’ or ‘the outer continental shelf’.

PETALING JAYA: Sarawak must continue to defend its rights on the continental shelf and should never give them up, says state legal counsel JC Fong. Fong said that while international laws recognise ...

According to Konstantin Kosachev, Washington "outdid itself" this time, disregarding even the interests of its allies in the Arctic MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The United States’ claims to an ...

On 23 May 2019, Canada submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the Convention, information on the limits of its continental ...

On 21 December 2020, the Republic of Chile submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has asked a United Nations body to formally recognize the extent of its undersea continental seabed in the South China Sea, where it would have the exclusive ...