United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, 10 December 1982)
(Signatories: 157; Parties: 168)
It is also called the ‘Law of the Sea Convention’ or the ‘Law of the Sea treaty’.
It came into force on16 November 1994, in accordance with article 308(1) of UNCLOS.
It is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982.
The issue of varying claims of territorial waters was raised in the UN in 1967 by Arvid Pardo of Malta.
