Historical development to the 1982 United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea and the new international economic order.

Ochem, Charles Emeka; Debski, Anwulika Joy

Abstract

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority by the U.N.G.A. on the 17th of December 1970 it was decided to convene a new law of the sea in 1973, chief among other factors that would have provoked this decision, fifteen years only after the 1958 Geneva Convention, was the proposal of Ambassador Arvid Padro, the head of Malta delegate on and a Permanent Mission, to the U.N.G.A. to study the peaceful uses of the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limit of National Jurisdiction. By this the objective of giving the seabed and its subsoil the status of a “common heritage of mankind”, and in practical term, this would mean that the area in question belongs to the international agency. All the above were subsequent on the analysis of the new technical, economic, political and military developments to the 22nd session of the U.N.G.A. in 1967; by Dr. Arvid Padro.

Citation

OCHEM, C.E. and DEBSKI, A.J. 2021. Historical development to the 1982 United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea and the new international economic order. Igbinedion University journal of jurisprudence and international law, 2, pages 212-237.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 7, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 21, 2022
• Journal: Igbinedion Universuity journal of jurisprudence and international law
• Publisher: Igbinedion University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 212
• Keywords: Law of the sea; Peaceful; Seabed; Oceon floor; National jurisdiction
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1544298