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International Law Implications of the 1994 Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Louis B. Sohn
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This paper analyzes the legal implications of the Draft Resolution and Draft Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, as well as the effectiveness of the proposed arrangements under international law.

Type
Law of the Sea Forum: The 1994 Agreement on Implementation of the Seabed Provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 88 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 696 - 705
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1994

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References

1 Draft Resolution and Draft Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, UN Doc. SG/LOS/CRP.1/Rev.1 (June 3, 1994) (English version of six-language text) [hereinafter Agreement].

2 Id., annex, para. 12(a).

3 Id., para. 12(b).

4 Id., para. 12(c), (d), (e).

5 The first essay in this forum—Bernard H. Oxman, The 1994 Agreement and the Convention, supra p. 687—deals with these issues of substance.

6 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, July 29, 1899, Preamble, 32 Stat. 1779, 1 Bevans 230; Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, Oct. 18, 1907, Preamble, 36 Stat. 2199, 1 Bevans 577.

7 Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Oct. 18, 1907, Preamble, 36 Stat. 2277, 1 Bevans 631.

8 For a list of treaties concluded under the auspices of the League, see League of Nations, Essential Facts About the League of Nations 328–33 (9th rev. ed. 1938).

9 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, opened for signature May 23, 1969, Art. 1(a), 1155 UNTS 331.

10 Id., Art. 12(1).

11 Agreement, supra note 1, Art. 6.

12 See 9 International Legislation 366 (Manley O. Hudson ed., 1950).

13 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, supra note 9, Art. 25(1). A detailed analysis of the drafting of Article 25 may be found in Martin A. Rogoff & Barbara E. Gauditz, The Provisional Application of International Agreements, 39 Me. L. Rev. 29, 43–51 (1987).

14 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Aug. 22, 1978, Arts. 16, 27–28, 3 United Nations Conference on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Official Documents, UN Sales No. F.79.U.10 (1979), reprinted in 17 ILM 1488 (1978).

15 [1952] 2 Y.B. Int’l L. Comm’n 53, UN Doc. A/CN.4/SER.A/1952/Add.1.

16 See, e.g., [1965] 1 id. at 105–13, UN Doc. A/CN.4/SER.A/1965.

17 United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties, Second Session, Official Records 39–41, UN Doc. A/CONF.39/ll/Add.1, UN Sales No. E.70.V.6 (1970).

18 Congressional Research Service, Lirrary of Congress, 93d Cong., 2d Sess., Law of the Sea Treaty: Alternative Approaches to Provisional Application (Comm. Print 1974).