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394 Subject Index
CONSOLIDATED INDEX TO COMPENDIUM OF BASIC
DOCUMENTS ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
This consolidated index to the compendium of basic documents on the law of
the sea was prepared by the Office of Legal Affairs of the International Seabed
Authority with the assistance of a professional indexer. The index contains citations
for the following instruments:
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982;
• Resolutions I to IV of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law
of the Sea;
• Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982;
• Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks; and
• Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules in
the Area.
Nomenclature used in the index
Citations for articles in the body of the Convention are preceded by the letters
“LOSC” and given by article number, paragraph, subparagraph and sub-subparagraph
as appropriate, e.g., LOSC/298(1)(a)(ii) denotes article 298, paragraph 1,
subparagraph (a), sub-subparagraph (ii), of the Convention.
Citations for the Preamble of the Convention refer to the operative paragraph
number of the Preamble, e.g., LOSC/Preamble(5) refers to the fifth paragraph of
the Preamble.
Citations for articles in Annex I to Annex IX are in the form “LOSC/A” followed
by the number of each annex in arabic notation (LOSC/A1-LOSC/A9) and the article
number, paragraph and subparagraph, as appropriate, e.g., LOSC/A3/
17(1)(b)(xii) refers to Annex III, article 17, paragraph 1, subparagraph (b), subsubparagraph
(xii).
Citations for Resolutions I to IV of the Third United Nations Conference on the
Law of the Sea are designated by an upper-case “R” followed by the number of each
resolution in arabic notation (R1 to R4) and the paragraph, subparagraph and subsubparagraph
as appropriate, e.g., R2/12(a)(ii) denotes Resolution II, paragraph 12,
subparagraph (a), sub-subparagraph (ii). Citation for the Preambles of Resolutions I
and II refer to the relevant paragraph of the Preamble, preceded by R1/Preamble or
R2/Preamble, as appropriate, and followed by the paragraph number, e.g., R2/Preamble(4)
refers to the fourth paragraph of the Preamble of Resolution II. In the case
of Resolution IV, which contains six annexes, “R4” is followed by the number of the
relevant annex and the article number, e.g. R4/A2 refers to Resolution IV, Annex 2.