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Article 89: Invalidity of Claims of Sovereignty Over
the High Seas.
No State may validly purport to subject any part of
the high seas to its sovereignty.
Article 90: Right of Navigation.
Every State, whether coastal or land-locked, has
the right to sail ships flying its flag on the high seas.
Article 301: Peaceful Uses of the Seas.
In exercising their rights and performing their duties
under this Convention, States Parties shall refrain
from any threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any State, or
in any other manner inconsistent with the principles
of international law embodied in the Charter of the
United Nations.
ENDNOTE - APPENDIX 1
1. The United Nations, Oceans and Law of the Sea, Division
for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Available at http://www.
un.org/Depts/los/index.htm.
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