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UNCLOS: Many a Slip

The 1960 UN Conference on the Law of the Sea failed to reach agreement on the breadth of the territorial sea and fishing limits, with India, Chile and Ecuador playing decisive roles. The road to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was littered with failed treaty-making conferences. In 1930, a League of Nations conference broke up without a decision over territorial waters. In 1958, a UN conference failed to agree on the breadth of the territorial sea and associated fishing limits. In 1960, a follow-up UN conference to decide these two outstanding questions collapsed.

Title of publication: Samudra Report
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Issue: 83
ISSN: 0976-1121
Page range: 55-57
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Author: Kirsten Sellars
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Organization: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Year: 2020
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Type: Journal article
Content language: English
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