United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Its Implementing Agreements

Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, with excerpts from the Final Act of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention) is generally considered by the international community as the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out and is known as the ""constitution for the oceans". This combined edition of the Convention and its three implementing agreements is an important and timely reference document on the law of the sea.